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Photos show how protesters in New York City are occupying City Hall, demanding the police budget be cut before the July 1 deadline
Hundreds of protesters have set up camp inside City Hall Park in Manhattan to demand at least $US1 billion be cut from the New York Police Department and shifted toward community resources before the city’s July 1 budget deadline. On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to cut the city’s […]
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- On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to cut the city’s police budget by cancelling the hire of more than 1,000 new police officers and shifting school safety officers from police control to the Department of Education.
- But protesters say this falls short of their demands, and clashes between protesters and the police began to break out on Tuesday morning.