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FIRST ON FOX: Georgia’s Democratic Governor Stacey Abrams began a second bid to the Governor in December 2021, despite being a board member of the Foundation who wants to abolish police and personally support rebels. Since then, we have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to private security through the campaign. -Police initiative.
Between December 2021 and April 2022, the Abrams campaign donated more than $ 450,000 to the Atlanta-based private security company Executive Protection Agencies (EPA Security). According to the company’s website, the group provides clients with executive protection with a “sharp eye to fully understand the venue through threat assessment.”
Nine payments from the Abrams campaign to EPA Security ranged from $ 39,335 to $ 56,760.
This is not the first time Abrams has paid for private security. According to Filing, Fair Fight PAC, part of Abrams’ network, spent more than $ 1.2 million on security services last year at the same company as the Abrams campaign.
Stacey Abrams Group paid more than $ 1.2 million to a private security company last year
Abrams recently insisted on Axios to help increase police funding and officer payments as her role at the Seattle-based Margaret Casey Foundation became politically responsible.
More than 100 sheriffs in Peach have accused Abrams of his relationship with the Foundation and “crime-vulnerable policies,” and Governor Kemp has asked her to resign from the board. Attention follows numerous FoxNewsDigital reports on her involvement in the group.
The Margaret Casey Foundation has repeatedly expressed support for police financing and abolition, Fox News Digital previously reported.
They also awarded millions to professors and scholars who defended the views of anti-capitalist and prison abolitionists.
“”I don’t do that, I haven’t said it, and I haven’t endorsed police funding. ”
However, Abrams supported an expanded anti-police initiative from the Foundation shortly after joining the board in early May 2021, Fox News Digital also reported.
The Board of Directors, including Abrams, unanimously approved the “Answer Uprising” campaign in late May 2021. This included increased financial support for the Left Group working on law enforcement issues. This initiative has also established a coalition with other grant groups that provide assistance in defending police groups.
Margaret Casey Foundation in 2020 Grant to Left wing group He wants to defend police such as Black Lives, Black Organizing Project and Louisville Community Bail Fund.
More than 100 Sheriffs Georgia accuse Stacey Abrams of “Defund the Police” Foundation
Abrams also previously signaled support for repaying police funds while trying to redefine police.
During George Floyd’s anxiety in 2020, she repeatedly sought to rebrand the “refund” aspect of the movement in support of “reform and change” in law enforcement, rather than abolishing police. ..
“We see the role of law enforcement agencies, the structure of public security, and how to invest in the work we need, as well as the work they need to do to protect us. We need to change, Abrams said in June 2020, “What we need to do to protect and build our communities.”
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“Yes, because we have to redistribute resources,” she said in another interview in the same month when asked if police budgets should be reduced. “If the resources are very tight and there are moments when you have to choose between killing or serving blacks, absolutely: our choice must be service.”
Shortly thereafter, she advocated a “dollar redistribution” from the police budget, saying, “We are not just investing in public safety, but through education, health care, food safety, and affordable housing. We’re building a safer public, and while we don’t consider these things to be in conflict, it’s one of our overall visions of America, law enforcement, and society in the 21st century. Must be a department. “
The Abrams campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital media inquiries.
Jessica Chasmar and Houston Keene contributed to the report.