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John Whitmire: “We lost our criminal justice funding last Wednesday.”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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He could cut out transportation money. He could cut out health care. And folks including the council members said, oh, he'll never do that. He's done it. We lost our criminal justice funding last Wednesday. It affects our police overtime. It affects protecting juvenile justice, domestic violence, homicide investigations. It will interfere with our preparation for FIFA. We leased 50ambulances to have additional resources for FIFA. (02:06–02:11)

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Asserts that Houston lost its criminal justice funding on the previous Wednesday.

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