U.S : Mayors must prioritize investments in housing, education and healthcare.

 

 

 

Dear friend sign the petition to all U.S. mayors: Defund the police, invest in our communities.  SIGN THE PETITION   Right now, our country is reckoning with the embedded history of racist violence by police. For months, millions of people in every state and Washington, DC demonstrated and protested in support of calls to defund police after the police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and countless others.    While Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, is on trial and police all over the country continue to surveil and target protestors and communities of color, we must continue to push for divestment in the racist-to-its-core institution that is policing, and focus on investment in our communities.          Add your name: Demand your mayor defund the police and prioritize funding healthcare, education, and housing for our communities.              SIGN THE PETITION   Since the beginning of the George Floyd uprising, organizers in many locales including in Minneapolis, Denver, Oakland, and Washington, DC have made significant campaign wins, decreasing funding to police and removing police officers from schools. Nationwide, communities have won over $840 million in direct budget cuts from U.S. police departments and won over $160 million investment in community services.    Police from their very inception were created to surveil, target, and harm Black, brown, and Indigenous people -- this has not changed.    Instead of pouring millions of dollars into a violent, racist institution, elected officials must prioritize funding our schools, ensuring healthcare and housing for all, and so much more.          Sign the petition to all U.S. mayors: The time is now to defund the police and invest money and resources in your communities.                SIGN THE PETITION             In solidarity,            Ntebo Mokuena, Daily Kos.                           Daily Kos Liberation League Relies on Activists Like You Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos Liberation League keep fighting ? Chip in $5 Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible.