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A Kentucky grand jury indicted one of the three Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved in the shooting that killed Breonna Taylor in March. The news sparked a peaceful demonstration in downtown Dallas Wednesday night, as the city council was voting to finalize the $3.8 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
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For months, many Dallas activists have been calling for city leaders to defund police in the upcoming budget.
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Despite calls to slash $200 million from the police and divert that money to social and community services, the department’s $500 million budget will remain mostly intact.
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The announcement in the Breonna Taylor case sparked protests in Louisville and around the country Wednesday night.
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Two Louisville Metropolitan Police officers were shot as protesters marched in the city. Both were hospitalized but Louisville Chief Robert Schroeder said they were both "non-threatening injuries."
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The final Dallas city budget did feature a few changes to police funding, though much less significant than what activists had requested.
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The budget allocates funding for the expansion of the RIGHT Care program that pairs police, EMS and mental health professionals together to handle mental health emergencies.
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Council also put money toward expanding the Office of Community Police Oversight, programs to reduce implicit bias and training in de-escalation and less-lethal tactics.
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The city also expanded funding for 3,000 additional mobile internet hotspots in hopes of increasing access among the more than 40% of Dallas households that don’t have internet service.
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Keren Carrión is a corps member with Report For America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. Got a tip? Email Keren at Kcarrion@kera.org. You can follow Keren on Twitter @kerencarrion8.
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