This is all very bad, but worth noting St. Louis already spends ~25% of its budget on policing, and, as of 2020, was the #20 US city for amount spent on policing per resident.
https://www.vera.org/publications/what-policing-costs-in-americas-biggest-cities/st-louis-mo
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/defund-the-police-police-budgets-of-major-us-cities/32/
https://www.vera.org/publications/what-policing-costs-in-americas-biggest-cities/st-louis-mo
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/defund-the-police-police-budgets-of-major-us-cities/32/
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Zack Pizzaz
“Going forward, the department will be led by a board mostly appointed by the Republican governor. The new law, which passed with the support of police unions, also requires St. Louis to commit 25 percent of its budget to policing by 2028.”
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