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Missoula City budget: Public unwavering in adversity to increased police funding
Community members’ unwavering requests to direct proposed increased funds to the police department’s budget to other resources continued Monday night during a City Council budget hearing for the 2021 fiscal year.
“I would encourage further investments from police to go into other services,” said Eleanor Smith. “Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Missoulians with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by over-policing and I think a lot of us are interested in proven outcomes that are favorable for everyone who’s living in Missoula.”
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