Democrat Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks diverted $20 million from Prince George's County police during her time as a county executive in order to build a mental health facility.
FIRST ON FOX: The Democrat running in one of this year's top Senate races previously diverted millions of dollars from law enforcement to fund a mental health facility despite an ongoing surge in crime. Prince George's County executive Angela Alsobrooks, who is running to replace retiring Democrat Sen.
The reallocation came amid a wave of nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd while in police custody, which led to increased calls for defunding police by Democrats and left-wing activists. Violent crime also surged that year, including a historic 30% nationwide increase in the murder rate from the previous year, according to FBI statistics.
And so one of the things that we’ve done during our administration is, I decided that we were going to reallocate $20 million away from a police training facility. Now, we still have a training facility, but this one was going to be very expensive. And I have decided that you can’t heal people in jail,' Alsobrooks said in the January 2022 interview. 'I have reallocated, with the support of the County Council who had to vote to approve it — and it was also on your ballot in 2020.
Alsobrooks will face former Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in the November general election. Elections analysts rate the race as 'likely Democratic,' although Hogan could keep the race competitive considering his high approval rating upon leaving office in 2023 despite leading a traditionally deep-blue state. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
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