Summary: <p>Protest concerning police actions have taken place all over the country. One of the prominent signs held up was “Defund the Police”. What does that mean? It’s a catchy phrase for a poster but do Americans REALLY think the police should be abolished? Let’s learn from Cliff Johnson from the MacArthur Justice Center – Mississippi.</p><p>It’s been a minute since we’ve had someone from the MacArthur Justice Center – Our podcast from April 10th, 2018 with Cliff Johnson profiled the center and its work. <a href="%20http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c996625764d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c996625764d</a></p><p>You can also go to their website: <a href="macarthurjustice.org/mississippi/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">macarthurjustice.org/mississippi/</a></p><br><p>Calls concerned:</p><ul> <li>children segregated in preschool</li> <li>police target some groups don't target others</li> <li>society needs to meet its needs</li> <li>protesters blocking right of ways</li> <li>small protests</li> <li>police should be well vetted</li> <li>we need police to do their job</li> <li>police are needed</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Cliff Johnson mentioned the written works of <a href="https://deray.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DeRay Mckesson</a>.</p><br><p>Oxford’s Public Safety spent $15,632,569 out of total city expenditures of $73,666,538 or 21.2% of expenditures for the city. </p><p><a href="http://www.oxfordms.net/documents/departments/cityclerk/2018-audit.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.oxfordms.net/documents/departments/cityclerk/2018-audit.pdf</a></p><br><p>Jackson’s Public Safety spent $60,996,096 out of total city expenditures of $159,729,856 or 38.2 % of expenditures for the city.</p><p><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/jacksonms/uploads/2019/09/2018-CAFR.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/jacksonms/uploads/2019/09/2018-CAFR.pdf</a></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
