/tags/defunding-police Defunding Police en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-07-23/kc-mayor-warns-against-missouri-amendment-4-police-funding The amendment's supporters say “adequate funding is needed” to keep Kansas City safe, but Mayor Quinton Lucas opposes the proposed amendment because it “takes power” from local officials. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-07-23/kc-mayor-warns-against-missouri-amendment-4-police-funding Gregory Holman /government-politics-issues/2021-06-10/defund-the-police-was-designed-to-provoke-a-response-in-missouri-it-worked Republican lawmakers responded with outrage by moves in Kansas City and St. Louis to reshuffle police funding. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:27:38 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-06-10/defund-the-police-was-designed-to-provoke-a-response-in-missouri-it-worked Rebecca Rivas, Allison Kite /government-politics-issues/2021-06-02/missouri-republican-lawmakers-want-to-stop-any-defunding-of-police Critics note St. Louis already spends lots of money on law enforcement — but that hasn't resulted in lower crime. Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:22:31 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-06-02/missouri-republican-lawmakers-want-to-stop-any-defunding-of-police Jason Rosenbaum /government-politics-issues/2021-05-25/a-year-after-george-floyds-murder-st-louisans-say-there-is-much-more-work-to-be-done A year after George Floyd’s death, in which former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder, activists for racial justice are still calling for cities to redistribute some money earmarked for police departments to mental health and other community services. Tue, 25 May 2021 20:57:12 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-05-25/a-year-after-george-floyds-murder-st-louisans-say-there-is-much-more-work-to-be-done Andrea Y. Henderson /government-politics-issues/2021-05-13/wide-ranging-missouri-police-and-public-safety-bill-heads-to-gov-parson A ban on chokeholds, expanded police background checks and higher pay for most county sheriffs are in the bipartisan, compromise bill. Thu, 13 May 2021 19:57:57 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-05-13/wide-ranging-missouri-police-and-public-safety-bill-heads-to-gov-parson Jonathan Ahl /government-politics-issues/2021-05-06/the-ferguson-movement-is-on-the-cusp-of-revolutionizing-political-power-in-st-louis As Kayla Reed and a new generation of local leaders saw each of their reform efforts fail to curb police violence in the St. Louis area, they soon realized that what they really had to overcome was the police union’s political force in local elections. Thu, 06 May 2021 16:28:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-05-06/the-ferguson-movement-is-on-the-cusp-of-revolutionizing-political-power-in-st-louis Rebecca Rivas /politics-issues/2020-07-17/be-the-change-one-mans-journey-from-protester-to-police-officer In 2014, after Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer, Aloni Benson took to the streets with other protesters.But the Berkeley native found… Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:16:04 GMT /politics-issues/2020-07-17/be-the-change-one-mans-journey-from-protester-to-police-officer Marissanne Lewis-Thompson