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Backtheblue | Bluelivesmatter | SEATLE City COUNCIL APPROVES DEFUNDING POLICE | 100 Cops lose jobs
Backtheblue | Seattle City Council Approves Plan to Defund Police, Lay Off 100 Cops, Slash Salaries
The Seattle City Council approved proposals Monday that would reduce the police department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition — an action supported by protesters who have marched in the city following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis but strongly opposed by the mayor and police chief. Measures that would cut less than $4 million of the department’s $400 million annual budget this year passed out of committee unanimously last week. On Monday, only Seatle city council member Kshama Sawant voted against the budget package, saying it does not do enough to defund the police in Seatle.

Seattle currently has about 1,400 police officers and the reductions fell short of the 50 percent cut to the department that many Black Lives Matter protesters are seeking. Several council members on Monday said the changes were a starting point in a long process to reimagine policing and public safety.