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No DC councilmember has ever been recalled from office during half a century of home rule. However, two councilmembers are now facing campaigns calling for their removal from office amid an unprecedented rise in violent crime: Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau and Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, the former chair of the council’s public safety committee.
Organizers for both recall campaigns point to Allen and Nadeau’s 2020 vote to cut $15 million from the Metropolitan Police Department budget amid a nationwide reckoning on police brutality following the murder of George Floyd. “There’s a lot of misconceptions about what’s being spent, or what’s being cut, but funding has been consistent year over year, and they’ve continued to spend more than they were allocated this year,” says Johnson.
“I have also long worked to address homelessness, mental health and substance use disorder needs, and youth disengagement – the things that evidence and common sense tell us are most effective in preventing crime before it happens,” wrote Nadeau. “A recall effort does not change that.
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