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Seattle City Council Approves Nearly $4 Million in Cuts to Police Department

Seattle City Council Approves Nearly $4 Million in Cuts to Police Department
Police officers block a street as city crews dismantle the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) area outside of the Seattle Police Department's vacated East Precinct, in Seattle, Wash., on July 1, 2020. David Ryder/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
8/10/2020|Updated: 8/11/2020

The Seattle City Council on Monday approved nearly $4 million in cuts to the city’s police department, a precursor to plans for larger cuts in next year’s budget.

“Reducing the budget of the Seattle Police Department is a response to the calls for advocating for racial justice and investments in BIPOC communities,” Council President M. Lorena Gonzalez, a Democrat, said in a statement after the vote.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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