El ayuntamiento de Seattle se compromete a reducir a la mitad los fondos para la policía, lo que puede desmantelarlo por completo

Ahora Seattle se va a joder aún más al desalojar a la policía. Del federalista:

The majority of the Seattle City Council say they agree with a proposal to defund the Seattle Police Department by 50 percent and reallocate the funds to other areas in the community.

“Decriminalize Seattle” and “King County Equity Now” are two new coalitions that have emerged during the recent Black Lives Matter riots calling for the defunding of police departments in Seattle.

In a presentation to the Seattle City Council’s budget committee on Wednesday, the coalition demanded the Police Department’s 2021 budget be reduced by 50 percent from the status quo (its 2020 annual budget is $409 million). Additionally, they are asking that the remaining 2020 budget be cut by 50 percent this summer.

Bien, quiero decir, eso es malo, pero empeora aún más. Recortar el presupuesto en un 50 por ciento realmente desmantelaría la fuerza por completo. Este es el por qué:

In a letter, Senior Deputy Mayor Mike Fong begged council members to approach “re-envisioning policing” in a more “thoughtful” way.

Fong explained that the cuts would force the city to “abolish the department”.

“Some of the proposals we have heard that Council (sic) may be considering related to the current 2020 budget rebalancing effort would immediately cut as much as 25% ($100 million) or 50% ($200 million) from SPD’s budget. These blunt efforts would not serve our communities or lead to the thoughtful change needed. SPD has already spent half of its $400 million annual budget by now, so a $200 million cut (or 50% of SPD’s budget) would leave the department with zero budget remaining for 2020 and require the City to abolish the department. $100 million reduction (or 25% of SPD’s budget) would mean immediate layoffs of up to 1,000 personnel leaving Chief Best and the Seattle Police Department unable to conduct basic functions.

Guau. Odio lo que esto significa para los residentes decentes y dueños de negocios de Seattle, pero me gustaría ver qué sucede cuando Seattle se convierte en un pozo negro de crímenes. ¿Los manifestantes de BLM entrarán en la brecha y lucharán contra todas las cosas horribles que llenan el vacío de la policía? Sí, de alguna manera lo dudo ...