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2022-06-16 01:45:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1DE29DFFCF2F1B7D632BE936729EF2152D56368A843897AEFB1765ADD4E64E6F
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Texas has passed two bills amending state law in 2021 explicitly banning any locality from reducing municipal police budgets - commonly known as "defunding the police". https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/01/texas-abbott-defund-police-protest/ The Uvalde Municipal budget shows police funding has grown by 10% since 2020. https://cms8.revize.com/revize/uvaldetx/Document%20Center/Government/City%20Department/Finance/FINAL%20DRAFT%20FY%2021-22%20budget%20%209-17-21.pdf
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