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Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor, Mandela Barnes, has since 2018 pushed to defund the police department and protested continuously regarding the “over bloated budgets in police departments.”
In his words, he said, “I can say, you know, in my hometown of Milwaukee, the police budget has exceeded the entire property tax levy for five consecutive years. I can say that 45% of all departmental allocations go towards the police department in the city of Milwaukee while libraries get about 3%. We need to invest more in neighborhood services and programming for our residents, for our communities on the front end. Where will that money come from? Well, it can come from over bloated budgets in police departments, you know?” in an interview.
Though Barnes had fought for the police services to be used only when necessary, as they are not social workers, as a result, he has been called out on his hypocrisy by the public. According to public records, he had racked up over half a million dollars in security costs in just two years. Reports say state taxpayers recently footed a security bill of almost $600,000 for this democrat who claims that the budget in the police department is over bloated…
