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Asheville City Council Tuesday approved $2.1 million for the reparations fund for the city s Black community. But what the money will be spent on is still unknown, as the truth telling sessions the city is holding to determine what form reparations will take continue throughout June.
The $2.1 million council members approved comes from proceeds of the sale of city-owned land on Charlotte Street to White Labs Inc. The approximately $3.7 million sale involved land Asheville acquired through its Urban Renewal program in the late 1960 s and early 1970 s which devastated Black communities in the city. The other $1.6 million was already appropriated into Community Block Development Grants earlier this year.
Asheville politicians are re-imagining public safety—and putting the public in danger
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Police shortages force cutback of responses to crimes
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Year after Asheville protests, APD attrition remains high as cops cut services Joel Burgess, Asheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE - A year after local protests against police violence marked a spike in officers quitting, the attrition rate among city police continues to surge, setting off what the chief has called a crisis and leading to a recent announcement that officers would not respond to some crimes. © Maya Carter/Asheville Citizen Times An Asheville Police car pictured on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
Asheville Police Department Police Chief David Zack said delayed response times for crimes, such as fraud and many thefts under $1,000 and even more service cuts are likely as APD struggles to fill vacancies that now amount to 30% of the 238 sworn officer positions.