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Philly plans to increase police funding while cutting city services. Critics say that’s a mistake.

About one-quarter of the city's nearly $5 billion budget is allocated toward criminal justice programs such as police and prisons.

Protestors and police at City Hall, in Philadelphia, June 01, 2020. Monday is the third day of protests about the police involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Protestors and police at City Hall, in Philadelphia, June 01, 2020. Monday is the third day of protests about the police involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer