Okc Council Candidates Oppose Cuts To Police Funding

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A USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll published Friday shows Americans, by an 18-point margin, say it is more important to ensure law and order than to protect the right to protest. Results reflect a change in attitudes from last June, amid demonstrations over the death in police custody of George Floyd, when Americans were more evenly split on the question. The poll spotlights issues central to the Oklahoma City police union and its decision whether to back any candidates in the Ward 1 and Ward 3 city council runoffs on April 6. Last Monday, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 123 sponsored a candidate forum at the lodge on S Agnew Avenue with Ward 1 candidates Bradley Carter and Shay Varnell and Ward 3 candidates Jessica Martinez-Brooks and Barbara Young. All four are unfriendly toward the idea of reducing police funding.Read more on NewsOK.com

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