Protest: more $ for community, not police. Fund peace, not force!
When:
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2020 5:00p -
8:00p
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2020 5:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Lynn City Hall
3 City Hall Sq
Lynn, MA
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Social Good
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/858363077984749/
The Lynn City Council is considering a proposed budget this Tuesday. It includes $22 million for the police department, an increase of $2 million from last year!
The budget does nothing to address the systemic racism of the police and criminal justice system, and it fails to respond to community demands for change.
In the wake of massive protests around the country in response to the murder for George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, Lynn residents are demanding that racial justice become a focus of the city budget.
• We demand a 10% reduction in the police budget, with those funds reallocated to support an unarmed community based crisis response program. *
• We demand that the City Council and Mayor table the budget, commit to funding peace over force and addressing institutional racism, and include the community in the budgeting process.
Join us in front of City Hall to raise your voice and demand real change.
Groups organizing this include: ECCO, Lynn United for Change, Neighbor to Neighor to Neighbor, New Lynn Coalition, North Shore Juneteenth Association, and more (list in formation).
Please wear a mask/face covering and maintain a distance of 6 feet from others. More details will be posted on this page soon.
* A crisis response program could handle nonviolent 911 calls and other urgent situations that require de-escalation and care, rather than intervention from armed officers of a police force with a track record of institutional racism.
#BlackLivesMatter
