New Report Alert: Police Spending across the U.S.

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Center for Popular Democracy, Law for Black Lives, and BYP 100 conducted a critical assessment of police spending in #Atlanta, #Baltimore, #Chicago, #ContraCosta, #Detroit, #Houston, #LosAngeles, #Minneapolis, #NewYorkCity, #Oakland, #Orlando, and #StLouis. In these jurisdictions, police spending ranges from $381 to $772 per capita, and vastly outpaces spending ...on vital community resources and services.

"As a typical child of the Eighties, I remember growing up surrounded by “Americana”. I was regaled with stories of my grandfather and his brothers fighting valiantly in WWII. I proudly memorized the Pledge of Allegiance, and knew every verse of “America, The Beautiful.” My life was not all that dissimilar to any other kid growing up in the great state of Michigan.

The difference, however, is that the Americana I grew up with was filtered through dramatically different lenses.... The powerful and stories of boot camps and dogfights were balanced with my grandfather’s experience as a Tuskegee Airman. The verses to “Lift Every Voice And Sing” were embedded in my remembrance with an almost religious conviction. And, while I stood every morning and pledged “allegiance” to the Stars and Stripes, the “Stars and Bars” were vividly on display — even causing my parents to avoid driving us through cities like Howell, MI, for fear of physical violence."