And we know that these politicians now running to be mayor made a terrible, terrible mistake. They uttered the three dumbest words ever uttered by a government cut police funding. They [politicians running for mayor] cut $1 billion from the police budget. What did you think was going to happen? It created a city in chaos. People got hurt. It was a deadly mistake. It wasn't progressive politics. It was regressive. (05:24–05:39)
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Asserts that $1 billion was cut from the police budget by mayoral candidates.
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