6/8/2020, 8:43 am
The Minneapolis City Council on Sunday voted to disband its police department and invest in community-based public safety programs
Yes, they've done it! The Minneapolis city council has a veto-proof majority in the city council to dismantle the Minneapolis police department.
Who or what will replace the police department?
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News quoted one activist as saying that “a uniformed mental health crisis response team” might form the core of a new system that “looks nothing like the current police department system.”
From Star Tribune (Minnesota's major newspaper)
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.
Council President Lisa Bender told CNN that with the nine votes the city council members would have a veto-proof majority of the council's 13 members.
Pressed for details on what the dismantling might look like, Bender told CNN police funding would be shifted to other needs, and the city council would discuss how to replace the current police department.
Here is one person's take on this exciting issue
Yes, they've done it! The Minneapolis city council has a veto-proof majority in the city council to dismantle the Minneapolis police department.
Who or what will replace the police department?
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News quoted one activist as saying that “a uniformed mental health crisis response team” might form the core of a new system that “looks nothing like the current police department system.”
From Star Tribune (Minnesota's major newspaper)
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.
Council President Lisa Bender told CNN that with the nine votes the city council members would have a veto-proof majority of the council's 13 members.
Pressed for details on what the dismantling might look like, Bender told CNN police funding would be shifted to other needs, and the city council would discuss how to replace the current police department.
Here is one person's take on this exciting issue



