It's almost equal to the amount Mayor Stothert wants to add to the police budget. It's beyond disingenuous to call it a "$2 million swipe" to their budget.
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$2 million is less than OPD spent in overtime alone as they deployed chemical munitions on peaceful protesters and enforced a curfew that criminalized speech.https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/proposal-would-shift-2-million-from-omaha-police-budget-to-workforce-mental-health-services/article_32a09147-8d09-596a-833f-d859e718881c.html?fbclid=IwAR3gDa_p2_W8b0TNZct33OQPeDd8xLfQaZkhYSoL4umLdwyUljMWQpb9tN0#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 …
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This is an incredibly modest recommendation that signals to protesters that city leaders are listening. Mayor Stothert and Chief Schmaderer are acting like it's a threat to public safety.
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Police aren't mental health experts. They're not addiction specialists.
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Our communities need to be safe for everyone. We can get there by reimagining the role of police and shifting resources to community-based and community-led services, especially those that uplift Nebraskans of color, who have been disproportionately targeted and harmed by police.
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Divestment will make us safer. This proposal is a very small step in that direction. City leaders can choose to listen or reaffirm a broken status quo.
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