‘It’s a slap in the face’: LA activists protest mayor’s police budget increase

<p>Families of people killed by Los Angeles police called this week’s verdict in Chauvin trial a win, but are pushing forward with demands to defund</p><p>Los Angeles activists denounced a budget proposal by the mayor that includes increases to the law enforcement budget, one day after the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/minneapolis-verdict-george-floyd-new-beginning">conviction of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis</a> has fueled renewed scrutiny of police across the US. </p><p>Protesters who gathered outside a local police union building near downtown LA on Wednesday celebrated the rare guilty verdict in a police murder case, but also called for systemic changes locally, including the defunding of the LA police department (LAPD).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/22/los-angeles-protest-mayor-police-budget-increase">Continue reading...</a>