Democratic Socialists of America: ‘Really Upsetting’ De Blasio Portraying $1B NYBD Budget Reduction as ‘Victory’

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CUNNINGHAM: "My mask says 'Stop killing black people,' it's straight to the point, it's why we're all out here. We're very upset with the fact that Mayor De Blasio and the speaker of the city council, Corey Johnson, are attempting to rate this as a victory when really all they've really done is shifted money from the NYPD budget over to school safety officers. It shows that there are completely tone-deaf about what this moment is about. We know that school safety officers contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline and that kids are saying, overwhelmingly students all over the city are saying that metal detectors don't keep them safe, that having police officers in school don't make them feel safe. In fact, it makes them feel like criminals. So the fact that they're parading this as a victory by increasing police presence in schools is really upsetting in this moment."