this is a very interesting development, I wonder if this plan will actually come to fruition
BREAKING: Minneapolis city council announces plans to ABOLISH police department following MURDER of ADULT ACTOR George Floyd
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this is a very interesting development, I wonder if this plan will actually come to fruition
Become a military state which will be 10x worse than a couple of racist cops y'all
or we will have the likes of eedo @Basra protecting our businesses & streets
They’ll destroy the police department, create a new one with new employees and a new chief. It’s happened before.Become a military state which will be 10x worse than a couple of racist cops y'all
They will still complain.
Minneapolis did this before. It’s not a solution, they’ll just make the cops reapply for positions again.
Nothing different, basically like a cabinet shuffle
what are they referring to by "community-led public safety"?
They mean the police need to prioritize serving the community over smashing heads in like their still in Fallujah.
Lol this is insanity, as much as a lot of bad cops exists, go a day without law enforcement and see how that works for you.
Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council on Sunday announced they intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department following the police killing of George Floyd.
There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means
"We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of public safety that actually keeps our community safe," Council President Lisa Bender told CNN.
With nine votes the city council would have a veto-proof supermajority of the council's 13 members, Bender said.
Sunday's pledge was an acknowledgment that the current system is not working, Bender said.
"(We need) to listen, especially to our black leaders, to our communities of color, for whom policing is not working and to really let the solutions lie in our community," she said.
Pressed for details on what the dismantling might look like, Bender told CNN she was looking to shift police funding toward community-based strategies and that the city council would discuss how to replace the current police department.
"The idea of having no police department is certainly not in the short term," she added.
Bender and other council members analyzed the nature of 911 calls by constituents, she said, and found most were for mental health services, health and EMT and fire services.
The nine council members made the announcement at a community rally in Minneapolis. News of the announcement was first reported by The Appeal.
Calls by some to defund or outright abolish police departments have grown in the wake of Floyd's death and nationwide protests against police brutality.
City council members had previously said they would take steps to dismantle the police department, including Bender, who tweeted earlier this week, "Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety."
Minneapolis mayor booed by protesters after refusing to defund and abolish police
Jeremiah Ellison, city councilman for Ward 5, tweeted a similar message Thursday, writing, "We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. And when we're done, we're not simply gonna glue it back together. We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response."
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was booed by protesters Saturday night when he refused to commit to defunding and abolishing the city's police force.
A spokesperson for the mayor said in a statement that he is "unwavering in his commitment to working with Chief (Medaria) Arradondo toward deep structural reforms and uprooting systemic racism."
There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means
"We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of public safety that actually keeps our community safe," Council President Lisa Bender told CNN.
With nine votes the city council would have a veto-proof supermajority of the council's 13 members, Bender said.
Sunday's pledge was an acknowledgment that the current system is not working, Bender said.
"(We need) to listen, especially to our black leaders, to our communities of color, for whom policing is not working and to really let the solutions lie in our community," she said.
Pressed for details on what the dismantling might look like, Bender told CNN she was looking to shift police funding toward community-based strategies and that the city council would discuss how to replace the current police department.
"The idea of having no police department is certainly not in the short term," she added.
Bender and other council members analyzed the nature of 911 calls by constituents, she said, and found most were for mental health services, health and EMT and fire services.
The nine council members made the announcement at a community rally in Minneapolis. News of the announcement was first reported by The Appeal.
Calls by some to defund or outright abolish police departments have grown in the wake of Floyd's death and nationwide protests against police brutality.
City council members had previously said they would take steps to dismantle the police department, including Bender, who tweeted earlier this week, "Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety."
Minneapolis mayor booed by protesters after refusing to defund and abolish police
Jeremiah Ellison, city councilman for Ward 5, tweeted a similar message Thursday, writing, "We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. And when we're done, we're not simply gonna glue it back together. We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response."
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was booed by protesters Saturday night when he refused to commit to defunding and abolishing the city's police force.
A spokesperson for the mayor said in a statement that he is "unwavering in his commitment to working with Chief (Medaria) Arradondo toward deep structural reforms and uprooting systemic racism."
I love my city. No more cops. Crime rate is about to go down. Who knew Minneapolis would change the country and world.
Good, they should've done this before they were killing random people.
I got a message from a white friend which sounded to me fear of this vote.
Minny police let their precinct get conquered like it was some base in Iraq, their budgets should be slashed for taking that massive L
It’s a complete culture change. White people love their cops. No more random calls to cops because of “suspicious behavior” or getting pulled over for no reason. This move might be a catalyst for change in other cities across the country.
Shout out to Ilhan. She was on it from the get go.Ilhan and the Somalis really run Minny
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