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54% of Black respondents supported defunding police departments, compared to 24% of white respondents.
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Martin Gugino suffered a fractured skull after being shoved backward by officers at a protest against police violence on June 4. The 75-year-old will continue his recovery at an undisclosed location.
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Cariol Horne was fired in 2007 after stepping in to stop a White officer who held a Black suspect in a chokehold.
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“These ideas increase funds, but don’t increase public safety.”
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Two Buffalo Police officers have been suspended from the department and are charged with second degree assault.
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The mayor called the process a reinvention of public safety that will include town hall meetings, canvassing, and outreach to a variety of organizations.
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Action comes one week after Black Caucus members led protest on House floor
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"Our primary goal is keeping people safe, whether that be making sure they’re wearing masks, or if someone falls and gets hurt, or any number of different kinds of ailments."
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"We need to be critical, even for things we can see with our own eyes. We need to relearn not to trust everything
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"Now is the time when true leaders will emerge to roll up their sleeves, stay in the room and have the passionate debate."