{"id":1995034,"date":"2023-08-09T05:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-city-council-slashed-police-funding-now-its-members-want-more-cops-as-shootings-plague-city\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T05:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:15:28","slug":"dcs-city-council-slashed-police-funding-now-its-members-want-more-cops-as-shootings-plague-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-city-council-slashed-police-funding-now-its-members-want-more-cops-as-shootings-plague-city\/","title":{"rendered":"DC&#8217;s City Council cut police funding, but now they seek more officers due to rising shootings."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdcs-city-council-slashed-police-funding-now-its-members-want-more-cops-as-shootings-plague-city%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995034&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Nation&#8217;s Capital\u2064 Sees Surge in Homicides<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>Washington, D.C., police respond to a \u200dshooting \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Washington, D.C.&#8217;s city council made\u200b a controversial decision in the \u200csummer of \u20642020 to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seattle-police-chief-says-media-downplayed-violence-at-chop-to-make-it-appear-peaceful\/\" title=\"Former Seattle Police Chief Says Media Downplayed Violence At CHOP To Make It Appear Peaceful\">cut millions<\/a> from the police budget. However, as \u200dhomicides continue to rise in the \u2062nation&#8217;s capital, \u2062some liberal council\u2063 members are now advocating for more police \u200bpresence.<\/p>\n<p>After witnessing 13 homicides\u200b in just the first \u2064five days of August, council members Brianne\u200d Nadeau and Phil Mendelson \u200bproudly highlighted their efforts \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-migrants-from-30-countries-arrive-at-arizona-border\/\" title=\"Thousands of Migrants from 30 Countries Arrive at Arizona Border\">secure additional resources<\/a> for \u200dthe police force. Nadeau\u2062 specifically emphasized\u200b the importance of addressing \u200dthe city&#8217;s &#8220;hot spots.&#8221; This marks a significant shift in \u200bstance for \u200cboth council members, as\u200c they had previously voted to reduce\u2062 the city&#8217;s police budget by $15 million during \u200bthe height \u2063of the Black Lives \u2063Matter movement in 2020. Nadeau had even endorsed calls to \u200c&#8221;defund MPD&#8221; and remove police from schools, while Mendelson praised a police reform\u200d report that called for a reduction in the size, responsibilities, and budget of the MPD.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 sudden\u200c support\u2064 for increased policing from Nadeau and Mendelson reflects the \u200dpolitical \u2062backlash against the &#8220;defund the \u2062police&#8221; movement, which gained momentum in liberal cities following George Floyd&#8217;s \u200cdeath. \u200bCities like \u2062New York and Los Angeles \u2064initially cut \u2063police funding in 2020, \u200donly\u200d to restore it a\u2063 year later \u200bdue \u200cto a\u2062 surge in violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Police \u2062Union chairman\u2062 Gregg Pemberton criticized the \u2064council members&#8217; change\u200c in position, accusing them of trying to avoid responsibility for the significant increase in violent crime. Pemberton urged Nadeau to repeal the policies that have negatively impacted the MPD over \u200dthe \u2064past \u200bthree years if \u2062she genuinely\u200c cares about public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Despite multiple requests \u2063for comment, neither Nadeau \u2063nor Mendelson responded.<\/p>\n<p>In addition\u2062 to the \u2063council&#8217;s support for defunding the police in 2020, \u200cD.C. lawmakers passed \u200cthe \u200dComprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act, which made it easier to\u200c terminate police officers. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-city-council-slashed-police-funding-now-its-members-want-more-cops-as-shootings-plague-city\/\" title=\"DC's City Council cut police funding, but now they seek more officers due to rising shootings.\">bipartisan \u200dcongressional group attempted<\/a> to repeal the act, but President Joe Biden vetoed the \u2062effort. Even D.C.&#8217;s liberal mayor, Muriel Bowser, criticized certain\u2062 provisions of the \u200bbill, stating that the city should not have unrestricted access to \u2062all police \u2064records.<\/p>\n<p>Another council member, Brooke Pinto, \u200calso initially voted in \u200dfavor of defunding\u2062 the police but has now expressed support\u200c for &#8220;first responders&#8221; amidst the \u200bongoing crime \u200bwave. Pinto recently boasted\u2063 about her \u200defforts \u2062to provide the police with the necessary tools to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-to-defund-police-as-biden-gives-nearly-140m-to-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Democrats push to defund police as Biden gives nearly 0M to law enforcement\">ensure community safety<\/a>. However, Pinto did not \u2062respond to\u200d a request for\u2062 comment.\u200d In 2020,\u200d she\u2064 criticized the\u2062 city&#8217;s overreliance \u2063on policing, claiming that it burdened residents and \u2064failed to address \u2064pressing issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 homicides in the first five days of August, the city council members who previously voted to cut police funding are now advocating for an increase in law enforcement presence. 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