The Man Who Kept the Peace in Detroit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : That budget passed before the death of George Floyd, but the City Council voted this year to increase police funding for the next fiscal year.
52% : That's execution.
46% : " Detroit hasn't defunded, but other cities cut the police budget at the expense of black officers: "The largest portion of any police budget is staffing costs.
45% : Mr. Craig likewise trusts the good intentions of many who marched: "Some affiliated with Black Lives Matter may not even understand maybe some of the Marxist underpinnings of the leadership.
44% : As the pandemic hit, Mayor Mike Duggan announced more than $300 million in city budget cuts for fiscal 2021, but police funding remained largely intact.
41% : Radical critics of law enforcement fail to understand that "people in any city in America who live in vulnerable communities absolutely rely and want the police.

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