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The Crisis Magazine
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@NAACP's official pub of politics, culture, civil rights, & history; serving and informing communities of color. Founding editor W.E.B. Du Bois
May 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Over the past 3 decades, U.S. cities have allocated larger and larger shares of their budgets towards law enforcement.
Today, the U.S. collectively spends $100 billion a year on policing, $80 billion on incarceration #PoliceReformNow #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
forbes.com/sites/niallmcc… The report also provides an overview of police budgets across several major American cities. Oakland allocated the highest share of its general fund to policing in 2017 at 41% and $242.5 million. Chicago was close behind with 39.6% ($1.46 billion).