{"id":945905,"date":"2021-10-31T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T19:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=945905"},"modified":"2021-10-31T15:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T19:13:48","slug":"video-austin-defunded-police-now-voters-will-decide-if-city-needs-more-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-austin-defunded-police-now-voters-will-decide-if-city-needs-more-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Austin Defunded Police, Now Voters Will Decide if City Needs More Cops"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fvideo-austin-defunded-police-now-voters-will-decide-if-city-needs-more-cops%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=945905&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--><p class=\"subheading\">During nationwide protests regarding police reforms last year, the Austin, Texas, city council moved to cut approximately one third of its police budget, which was the largest cut of any big city in America.<\/p>\n<p>But since the cut, Austin has increasingly become less safe, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/austin-texas-defunded-its-police-department-now-voters-will-decide-if-city-needs-more-officers\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18541978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP20158707836723.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18541978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP20158707836723.jpg\" alt=\"A demonstrator talks with Austin police in Austin, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2020, where a group gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.(AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A protester confronts police in Austin, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2020. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAccording to statistics compiled by the data analysis firm AH Datalytics, the city has&nbsp;seen a nearly 71% increase in homicides over the past year. While homicides have increased nationwide since 2020, Austin\u2019s increase is one of the largest the firm has tracked,\u201d the outlet said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>The funding cuts brought with them a series of changes to the Austin Police Department. Cadet classes&nbsp;were&nbsp;canceled, making it more difficult to bring more officers onto the force. Certain&nbsp;specialized units were cut back.&nbsp;Attrition soared. By May 2021, police staffing shortages led to a&nbsp;30% increase in 911 response times.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_18542018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP20158709034319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18542018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP20158709034319.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrators gather near the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.(AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Anti-police protesters gather near the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2020. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In August, the council, feeling pressure from an increase in violent crime and a state law penalizing cities that defund their police, reversed course when it came to the cuts and approved a substantial increase in law enforcement funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut activists at Save Austin Now think it\u2019s too little, too late. They successfully worked to put a referendum,&nbsp;Proposition A, on the ballot, with a special election set for Tuesday,\u201d the Fox report said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>It would require the city to keep two officers per 1,000 residents, promote more training, and offer incentives to recruit police officers who speak more languages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every Austinite Deserves To Be Safe. Restore Our Police &amp; Enact Important Reforms with a Vote For Prop A: Despite a skyrocketing population, Austin now has the lowest police staffing levels it has ever had. 911 responses are way up and crime is way up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PropA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PropA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Austin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Austin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/austintx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#austintx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6GZ6v2GT7\">pic.twitter.com\/a6GZ6v2GT7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Save Austin Now | Prop A For A Safe Austin (@SaveAustinNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaveAustinNow\/status\/1454131757536747520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPeople here locally do not want to fund defund-the-police efforts. They do not want to defund the police,\u201d Save Austin Now cofounder Matt Mackowiak, a Republican activist, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Save Austin Now\u2019s Matt Mackowiak on Fox News to Talk De-Funding and Prop A\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/km8mrPTBNNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In May, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/05\/24\/texas-governor-backs-bill-to-prevent-police-defunding\/\">sign<\/a> a bill barring cities from defunding their police departments.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Breitbart Texas, Abbott said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>Texas has been\u2014and always will be\u2014a law-and-order state. Defunding law enforcement invites crime and chaos into communities, and it risks the lives and livelihoods of innocent people. We will not let Texas cities follow the lead of cities like Portland, Seattle, and Minneapolis by defunding the police. Here in Texas, we don\u2019t demonize or defund our law enforcement officers\u2014we support them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly what I will do when I sign the legislature\u2019s bill to defend our law enforcement from crazy liberal attempts to defund them and leave our communities unprotected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During nationwide protests regarding police reforms last year, the Austin, Texas, city council moved to cut approximately one third of its police budget, which was the largest cut of any &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}