A majority of Seattle City Council members now support a proposal to slash funding for the Seattle Police Department (SPD) by 50 percent.
Council members Dan Strauss and Andrew Lewis came out in support of the plan on Thursday.
Plan to Defund Seattle Police Department Gains Support of Majority of City Council
A Seattle Police officer stands watch as several people are arrested near the recently-cleared, so-called autonomous zone in Seattle, on July 1, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
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