Los Angeles reveals plans to ‘re-fund’ the police after 2020 budget cuts

Share: It was the slaying of George Floyd in 2020 that turned  “defund the police” into the rally cry of the summer last year, with protesters fiercely fighting for revisions to police budgets across the country, the very boldest even calling for indefinite abolition. Just a few weeks later in Los Angeles, mayor Eric Garcetti would vow to slash $150 million from the annual police budget, appearing to hear and acknowledge the woes of the public—or so we thought.  While some activists viewed Garcetti’s efforts …