The Portland City Council passed a budget last week cutting at least $15 million from the police bureau, according to local news outlets, following weeks of protesters’ cries to “defund the police.” The budget for the upcoming fiscal year also includes $4.8 million in funding for Portland Street Response, a program proposed as an alternative to policing.
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.Protections for law enforcement officers were removed from Georgia's first-ever hate crime bill by Republicans in the state Senate on Tuesday, one day after they first put them in.
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The bill, originally passed by the Georgia House last year, would institute harsher penalties for hate crimes. Georgia is only one of four states in the country that doesn't have a law explicitly against hate crimes.
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In addition to removing protections for first responders, GOP lawmakers also added "sex" to be one of the protected factors.
The bill would need to reach the floor for a vote by Friday, the end of the state Senate's legislative session.
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