Gaining stronger than expected Democratic support, the Texas Senate has approved a Republican priority bill that would penalize cities and counties that cut spending on police.
Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, said Tuesday that her bill was intended to promote public safety and show support for law enforcement amid calls to defund police during last year's protests over police brutality after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis officer in May. Groups like Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA have championed the "Defund the Police" efforts in that city and elsewhere.
The Democrat-controlled Austin City Council last year partially defunded their police department, by cutting nearly a third of its budget.
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