The council is proposing to take away a third of the Austin Police Department’s budget.
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Austin’s Socialist Councilmember Wants to Take Police Money and Spend It on Killing Children
The councilmember said these “reinvestments” will make Austin “a safer and better place to live.”
Austin Council Members Want to Defund Local Police and Demolish Their Headquarters
“Nothing is more symbolic of recent efforts to defund the police than this scheme to demolish Austin Police Headquarters.”