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Youth and organizers call for cutting police funding and redirecting money to housing, jobs and mental-health response
Summary
Youth and community organizers demanded the council freeze police hiring, cap overtime and shift funds into affordable housing, guaranteed youth jobs and a civilian Boston People's Response to mental-health crises.
Multiple youth organizers and community members who marched to City Hall urged the Ways and Means Committee to reverse proposed police budget increases and redirect those funds to housing, year-round jobs and a civilian mental-health response.
“Instead of providing real solutions like housing and voluntary treatment, Boston is spending $20 million on overtime to lock…
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