Posted on 06/04/2020 6:32:26 PM PDT by Ennis85
Members of Minneapolis City Council are adding fuel to growing calls for the disbanding of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd's killing.
There have been rumblings in recent days of looking for alternative approaches to law enforcement and crime prevention in Minneapolis, as trust in the police department continues to plummet after the 46-year-old's death.
Chief among those calling for change is Northside council member Jeremiah Ellison, who on Thursday tweeted "we are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department."
"And when we’re done, we’re not simply gonna glue it back together," he added. "We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response. It’s really past due."
Ellison, the 5th Ward council member who is the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Public Schools Board Chair Kim Ellison, is not alone in expressing a desire to bring an end to MPD in its current form.
Council president Lisa Bender backed Ellison's call, tweeting: "Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety."
Earlier on Thursday, she noted how she has "long supported moving money from MPD to community strategies."
Furthermore, she says as the council moves towards transforming law enforcement in the city, she called on the city's white community to stand up.
"If you are a comfortable white person asking to dismantle the police I invite you to reflect: are you willing to stick with it? Will you be calling in three months to ask about garage break-ins? Are you willing to dismantle white supremacy in all systems, including a new system?
"I mean this quite sincerely & seriously: just look at recent conversations about City-funded neighborhood organizations to understand how explicitly we would have to work to establish alternative systems that do not replicate the same problems. White ppl need to show up for this."
The council has proved to be a check on Mayor Jacob Frey's efforts to increase policing in recent years, and the killing of Floyd has seen them become more and more vocal about calls for change.
Ward 3 member Steve Fletcher earlier this week accused MPD of reducing response times to his ward because he had voted for budget cuts for the department.
He said the continued presence of Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll shows that MPD is "irredeemably beyond reform."
Antifa is going to become the new police force.
“Whatta they gonna do, recruit the Black Panthers?”
THAT is exactly what they might do. Muslim areas controlled by muslims and black areas controlled by Black Panthers. Looks at Europe and see what’s coming.
If they get rid of the police then who will protect the criminals?
Ouch. Nice one.
Actually it’s not a bad idea. Get rid of police and put ALL law enforcement under an elected official: the Sheriff.
TRue.
Friend of 40 plus years born and lived in suburbs of MN, but worked as atty in Minneapolis. As soon as she retired and her mom passed, they moved to AZ. Now I know why
“race scholars”
Sounds racis’
how many black people can live in Minnesota to have this much power....
shame on you people for allowing this....
That’s what I don’t get....the s.o.b. looked calm as he had his knee in the guy’s neck/throat and the life was being drained out of him. Did you see the booking photo that circulated? It doesn’t even look like the same guy. It all stinks.
I’ve been saying that America has been becoming Balkanized since Slick Willy took office, and everyone thought I was crazy. Well, to all my naysayers, I hope your ‘diversity’ tastes yummy. Embrace the Third World suckage.
Run!
post of the day
Lime. You should have dumped 50# of agricultural lime there. Cheap and effective.
Any guesses on what this transformative new model might look like?
I’d like to see a ‘deep’ investigation
He’s Moooselimb. There’s nothing else anyone needs to know. That says it all
Take the guy with the shotgun first.
Please do. It’ll be a wonderful cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
You think cops are bad, wait till there are no cops.
or did he have marriage problems, perhaps the wife said BEFORE the incident that she was going to divorce him and he was just angry about it and was really going to do something bad....
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