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LA Police Union Official: 'Every Dollar You Take Away' Has Consequences

Robert Harris, a director of Los Angles Police Protective League, fends off criticism that the union opposes change and slams LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's proposed cuts to the police department budget.

In the two-and-a-half weeks since police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, the question of how to change policing has eclipsed almost every other topic of debate.

Some of the loudest voices opposing dramatic change are from police unions.

In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to cut the police budget by.In a recent speech, he In response, union directors .

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