Police and Prosecutors

4 actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now
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We likely won’t see the 75% cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.
We likely won’t see the 75% cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.
“We are the revolution. It is in our bodies. It is in our bones. It is in our art. It is in the way that we speak.”
Let Us Breath organizer Kaleb Autman, 18, reflects on his awakening as a West Side activist and how he’s responding to the needs of his community.
Wisconsin cities with the highest numbers of Black residents tend to spend more on policing. Those police forces are also a lot whiter than the cities they serve.
To educate ourselves, and our readers, Injustice Watch hosted a conversation with six Chicago-area abolitionists. Here’s a snapshot of what we heard.
“Reform is a perfectly warm, comforting blanket. It is comfortable and sedating. But it also smothers.”
For activists and city leaders calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cut the police budget, it’s clear that the money could be better spent elsewhere.