Minnesota high court OKs ballot question on Minneapolis PD

FILE - In this Sunday, June 7, 2020, file photo, Alondra Cano, a city council member, speaks during"The Path Forward" meeting at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, which was organized to talk about the defunding of the Minneapolis Police Department. On Tuesday, Sept.

The state’s highest court overturned a lower court ruling that rejected ballot language approved by the City Council. A district judge said the wording failed to adequately describe the effects of a proposed charter amendment that would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety that “could include” police officers “if necessary.”

The Supreme Court was under pressure to rule quickly because early and absentee voting opens at 8 a.m. Friday in the Minneapolis municipals. The ballots were already being printed when Hennepin County District Judge Jamie Anderson ruled against the language Tuesday. It was the second time she had struck down the council’s wording. Chief Justice Lorie Gildea put the case on the fast track Wednesday.

The proposal has its roots in the “defund the police” movement, which gained steam after Floyd’s death last summer sparked protests, civil unrest and a national reckoning on racial justice. The amendment does not use the term “defund.” But it would remove the city charter’s requirement that Minneapolis have a police department with a minimum staffing level. Many details of how the new agency would work would be left up to the the City Council and mayor to decide later.

And they will learn the hard way as their crime and murder continues to set new records

Defunding the Police is stupid, it's counterproductive

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