City council on Monday rejected a move to ask the Toronto police to cut its budget in 2021 by at least 10 per cent, following weeks of protests calling on them to defund the police. The motion to ask the police to have all officers outfitted with cameras by next year passed 17 to 7. “I’m very frustrated, but beyond that I am so incredibly embarrassed that this is our city council,” Sandy Hudson, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto told the Star following the vote. Hudson’s group had asked for at least 50 per cent to be cut from the budget. Cressy said he was concerned the mayor’s motion contains “no clear targets” for the re-allocation of funds.

Source: thestar June 29, 2020 22:09 UTC