Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that Missouri forced Kansas City to spend at least 25% of its budget on police. The measure passed, despite 66% of Kansas City residents opposing itboltsmag.orgexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1866arrow-down15
arrow-up1861arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Missouri forced Kansas City to spend at least 25% of its budget on police. The measure passed, despite 66% of Kansas City residents opposing itboltsmag.orgWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoFuckin’ statewide vote for an issue that only affects one city… And it’s not 25% of the city’s budget. It was a 25% increase in the police budget, bringing it to 38% of the city’s budget. Just enough that KC had to scrap plans for free bus fares.
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoWouldn’t be surprised if the bus thing was the real goal all along
minus-squareGrabthar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoFuck it. Hire bus drivers as police and have them drive buses.
Fuckin’ statewide vote for an issue that only affects one city…
And it’s not 25% of the city’s budget. It was a 25% increase in the police budget, bringing it to 38% of the city’s budget. Just enough that KC had to scrap plans for free bus fares.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the bus thing was the real goal all along
Fuck it. Hire bus drivers as police and have them drive buses.