Voters Reject Defund the Police Efforts in Fort Worth

A young boy and his family members look at the horses of the Fort Worth, Texas, mounted police on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 20, 2016. Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty Images

Voters in America’s 13th largest city signaled opposition to the defund the police movement by approving the continuation of a tax that provides funds to the city’s police department.

Just over 64 percent of voters in Fort Worth approved for 10 more years a half-cent sales tax that was set to expire on Sept. 30.