Occupy City Hall grows in numbers as NYPD budget deadline looms
https://www.foxnews.com/us/occupy-city-hall-protest-new-york-city-nypd-defund-police-budget-deadlineProtesters living in a tent encampment meant to Occupy City Hall kicked off their sixth consecutive day on Sunday taking up space in New York City to demand at least $1 billion out of the NYPD’s $6 billion budget be cut before the upcoming July 1 city budget deadline.
Photos shared on social media showed officers dressed in riot gear standing outside City Hall Park in lower Manhattan, where hundreds of people camped out Saturday night into Sunday morning.
The #DefundNYPD for #NYCBudgetJustice campaign demands the $1 billion be reinvested for services, programs and infrastructure that “directly benefits Black, Latinx and other communities of color most devastated by COVID-19,” according to the Communities United for Police Reform website.
Occupy Wall Street is back as Occupy City Hall. Their goal is to defund (abolish) police.
