Tag Archives | Police funding

Freedom Rider: The police defunding con game

Originally published: Black Agenda Report on July 8, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report) |

Cutting police budgets without establishing public control over their behavior doesn’t solve the problem, and invites politicians to shuffle budget numbers around like a three-card monte swindle.
Corporate backers of the Blue: How corporations bankroll U.S. police foundations

Originally published: Eyes on the Ties on June 18, 2020 by Gin Armstrong and Derek Seidman (more by Eyes on the Ties) | (Posted Jun 23, 2020)

Companies that say they stand with protesters have been funding police foundations for years.