But there are cases where street protests have forced the governments hand, and that gives some people hope. Its not just the lack of negative consequences that are the problem. Federal funding for federal and local police has dropped consistently over the past 15 years, from 1.2% of gross domestic product to 0.8% today. He worries that the current administrations move back toward militarized policing under the newly formed National Guard, paired with sizable federal budget cuts, could undermine progress. Police violence has prompted protests everywhere from Paris to Minnesota this year.
federal and local police has funded himself and his family.
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