A majority of the City Council backs the idea, with supporters saying it would do away with a troubled department that has resisted change, and replace it with a more “holistic” and public health-oriented approach to public safety.The 15-member volunteer commission could approve the proposal; reject it; propose a substitute or ask for more time to review it. Rejection wouldn’t be fatal, because the City Council isn’t bound by the commission’s decision.
The City Council’s proposal would eliminate the Police Department from the city charter, and replace it with a “Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention.” The new department would prioritize public health, with a director who has “non-law enforcement experience in community safety services.” It would still allow for armed police officers, but they would answer to the new director.
Some members of the commission have worried that the process — which has included two public hearings and online comments — is moving too quickly. The process has also unfolded during a violent summer in Minneapolis after Floyd’s death, with shootings dramatically higher than last year, and many residents have worried about a proposal to “abolish” police officers.
Make it fucking stop. City council should be disbanded
Police are useless
A rose by any other name...
First look at Minneapolis' “Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention'
Hey, how about you get rid of all the Caucasian cops, replace them with AA cops and run the city. You clearly hVe all the answers.
So.. it's going to be the same thing just under a different name?
Good idea. Time to scrap it and start over. The police departments have been compromised by white supremacy and fascism. Especially trainers. They continue and magnify what is wrong.
realDonaldTrump I think we’re gonna need more walls.
Meanwhile, real estate in mpls is getting cheaper by the minute...😂😂
Enjoy!
What the police did & how they handled the situation was appalling, but sure am tired of promoting this punk thug as a saint. Ask his victims if they're sad he's gone. Definitely not a pillar of the community, maybe to the dealers though.
Glad I don't live there. You people realize that criminals don't respond to a time out policy.
Hahahha
Police forces descend from slave patrols, and should be disbanded.
As long as they get the racist Natzis out everybody will be safe. Life will be good for everybody. The right has been purposefully putting racists on police forces for at least a decade.
Not good.
What's this new video? Media said he never resisted? Said he couldn't breathe while he was in back seat of patrol car before he was ever put to the ground? Just saying?
LMAO!
Minneapolis is going to fire their present police department and create a new police department without those policeman and women who have blemishes on their police personnel file. They want to scrub the police department clean. Interesting. They might have a transitional issue
Property values in MN.
Total Freaking Joke
I'm really hoping every single Minneapolis police officer is out interviewing for new jobs.
Don’t punish the good people for the few bad ones.
Finally some good news, they can restructure the entire police department from the bottom up and get rid of all those who refuse to change, and treat every single person with the same justice, respect and equality no matter what the circumstances!
Lol. Goodbye property.. No way I open a business there NO WAY
Defunding the police is not the answer. The Equal Justice Initiative suggests many federal reforms, including ending the transfer of military equipment to police departments, a national comprehensive policy on use-of-force, a law banning lethal force, and racial biases training.
Maybe they could do the world and sell it as an improvement rather than a punishment. Will liberals and activists ever learn.
Please do! I can’t wait to see the mayhem!! And the federal government won’t bail you out! 🤣🤣🤣
Ooh for crying out loud give it a rest!
Cause that'll work. Welcome to Venezuela.
Living in a country in which you can trust Police, I find it hard to fathom how this apparently totally political process works.
Guess I'll never go there again. No mall of America for me
Lol Yeah send 70 yrs Miss Jenkins Down to a Domestic violent account
The Minneapolis Commission are absolute idiots. Who will people call when they need protection? A Community organizer? These so called commissioners need to be replaced with a Republican
Please do this! Please, let it pass... ppl need to see & feel how stupid & evil the globalist left have become!! The traitor media keeps giving them cover...
Truckers: no deliveries to that hell hole! No police? No food. Eat your town commisioners!
Can’t wait to see the property values year to date. These people are insane.
Did y’all not see the video.
RIP Minneapolis...
Get out while you can
Our criminals are closely watching your dismantling of cops departments.
ROCK ON
Good luck with that. By the way, how much has crime increased in that city?
I hope Minneapolis employs BLM and ANTIFA activists for its new public safety department.
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