Over-policed and under-housed: DTES residents call for defunding police as community alternative to class war
Unceded territories, December 3, 2019 – Downtown Eastside residents and advocates will be rallying and speaking at City Hall today to demand a change in policing that targets poor people and overlooks systemic social injustice, and for the conscious redirection of VPD funds into essential community services and supports. The Vancouver Police Budget has dramatically increased […]