Good morning.

This evening at 6:00pm, Mayor Tim Kelly’s administration will present the city budget to the Chattanooga City Council, after delaying the city’s budget process for several months. This budget includes police funding.

Chattanooga invests in police more than anything else - more than 25% of YOUR tax dollars are spent on police each year. The Chattanooga DSA, along with Concerned Citizens for Justice (CCJ) ([link removed]) , is working to change that.
Hamilton County and the local Chattanooga Police Department are not exempt from terrorizing marginalized communities with brutality and murder. We reject the theory that there are only a few bad police on the force, because we know that the CPD, Hamilton County Sheriff's Department and local law enforcement cover-up, lie and avoid accountability in every way possible.

Over seventy community members of the Chattanooga and Hamilton County Metro Area have died at the hands of local law enforcement. It’s beyond time to defund the police. We can no longer accept reforms, “diversity trainings,” and other tired old attempts to avoid addressing police violence in our city.


** Here's how you can help.
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* Call or email your councilperson today and let them know you would rather see funding spent on housing, transportation, and children and family programs rather than police. Find your councilperson here. ([link removed])
* Share this post on Instagram. ([link removed]) When the city government asked for public input on the police budget in 2020, NO RESPONDENTS said they wanted more police funding. Let's help keep that conversation going!
* Follow Chattanooga DSA ([link removed]) and Concerned Citizens for Justice ([link removed]) for the latest updates and more possible actions you could take.

If you'd like to get more involved in the Chattanooga DSA:
* Most importantly, join our Slack group ([link removed]) to stay in the loop. This is our main communication method.
* Check out our website - chattanoogadsa.org ([link removed]) .
* Like our Facebook page ([link removed])
* Follow us on Twitter ([link removed]) and Instagram ([link removed])
* And if you aren’t a dues-paying member with DSA, now’s a great time to join ([link removed]) .

Solidarity,

Chattanooga DSA
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