Mayor-President Sid Edwards and the Metro-Council are currently debating how to proportion the parish's budget. You know that the Baton Rouge police have a history of abuse and violence, and you know that the best way to prevent crime is to fund communities through social programs, homelessness support, good jobs, parks, transportation, schools and other people-centered approaches. The police can only respond to crime, but we can have a safer city by tackling the root causes. Hiring more police officers or paying them more will not address these problems, and they could make them worse.

Tell Mayor Edwards and your Metro-Council representative to FUND COMMUNITIES, NOT POLICE.

See Baton Rouge DSA's full statement here: https://brdsa.org/blog/fund-communities-not-police/