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Organizers demand reductions in officers, funding in S.F. law enforcement
Episode 173

Organizers demand reductions in officers, funding in S.F. law enforcement

At a march tonight in San Francisco, activists intend to demand that the Board of Supervisors put forward a budget with deep enough cuts to the city’s police and sheriff departments to reduce the number of officers in the city by 200. Defund SFPD Now organizer Alex Karim explains what the group is asking for and why.

Civic · Laura Wenus, Mel Baker

September 4, 202029m 31s

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Show Notes

Corrections: An earlier version of this podcast misstated the status of Jacob Blake, whom Kenosha, Wis. police officers shot and gravely injured. The podcast was further updated to clarify a reference to police use-of-force data.

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defund policebudgetsocial justicepoliceracismsfpdpolice reformsan francisco