Jesse Hagopian: Why Seattle Educators Demand Cut to Police Budget
Jesse Hagopian is a high school teacher and social justice activist in
Seattle. He has been a leading force on behalf of Black Lives Matter
Movement.
He wrote this opinion article for the Seattle Times to explain why Seattle educators want money
redirected from policing to social services.
He writes:
Seattle’s Education Association representative assembly — the union body
that represents Seattle’s teachers, nurses, librarians, instructional
assistants, office professionals and educational support staff — has
overwhelmingly passed seven resolutions in solidarity with the movement
for Black lives. These included removing police from schools and the King
County Labor Council, (which was achieved by a recent vote of the
council), educating SEA members on alternatives to calling 911 on
students, and my own resolution to defund the Seattle Police Department
and reinvest the money in education, health care and programs to support
families.
These bold resolutions, adopted June 8, were surely CONTINUE
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