New York City has announced that it will save $ 1 billion, or about $ 887 million, in police annual budgets. The city council has approved a budget of which this saving forms part.
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Ever since the US police was once again discredited in late May for racism and the use of excessive force, calls across the country have been calling for cutbacks on the police. The Black Lives Matter movement advocated saving on the police and putting that money into housing, education, health care and disadvantaged areas.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the budget for the police has been cut from about $ 6 billion to about $ 5 billion.
However, some city council members say this is not correct. For example, 400 million in savings would still go to the police, but then through the education department. After all, the costs of school security would be transferred to that department.
President Donald Trump says on Twitter that he is not happy with the cut on the police.
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