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struggle4progress

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Thu Apr 24, 2025, 05:06 PM 20 hrs ago

US cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims

By Peter Eisler and Sarah N. Lynch
April 23, 20257:30 PM EDT Updated a day ago

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from mental healthcare for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault, according to internal records and four people familiar with the matter.

At least 365 grants from the Office of Justice Programs, the department's largest grant-making arm, were terminated late Tuesday, said two of the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss details that have not been made public ...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-cancels-hundreds-grants-police-crime-victims-2025-04-23/

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US cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims (Original Post) struggle4progress 20 hrs ago OP
Backfire............. Lovie777 20 hrs ago #1
Back the Blue! progressoid 20 hrs ago #2
Thin Blue Line! Blue Lives Matter! maxsolomon 19 hrs ago #3
I had a "discussion" with a MAGA earlier this year about all that bullshit. progressoid 18 hrs ago #4

progressoid

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4. I had a "discussion" with a MAGA earlier this year about all that bullshit.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 06:52 PM
18 hrs ago

Nothing I said made any difference. I showed her all the times our local Repub Rep voted against "The Blue." Or how trump pardoned the people who attacked police officers (Jan 6th). Etc. None of it made it through in her brainwashed skull. I don't know why I bothered.

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