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14 Philadelphia city council members say no to $14M proposed increase to police budget

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PHILADELPHIA - Fourteen city council members wrote a letter to Mayor Jim Kenney expressing they cannot accept a $14 million proposed increase to the police budget for the 2021 fiscal year.The letter was signed by Kenyatta Johnson and co-signed by 13 members of council, including Council Darrell President Clarke.“Police reform in Philadelphia Mayor Kenney, Philadelphia can’t breathe.

In the poorest big city in America, during a global health pandemic and a massive economic crisis, the people of our city are telling us that police reform cannot wait.

We must hear them and act decisively. Policing is difficult, dangerous work. It is vitally important work. For exactly those reasons, the Police Department must earn and maintain the trust of the.

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