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Kansas City, Missouri, Debates Reallocation Of Police Budget

A number of people in Kansas City, Missouri, are accusing Mayor Quinton Lucas of defunding the police after he pushed through a plan that would reallocate money from the city’s police department budget toward social programs.

KCUR’s Peggy Lowe reports.

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