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."
just wondering...I didn't watch it and didn't see much news coverage of it...so maybe some one can share the ratings...
surly AC Nielsen rating corp was working? right?
also wondering...
What is the educational background on all these city council members in Minneapolis have?
What is Ellison’s son, Jeremiah educational background?
They will make it up as they go along, even as what remains of the city burns.
Disincorporate the whole city. Anarchy wins
The Ellison kid is an avowed commie and the others seem to be anti-white wackjobs.
Yes, Minneapolis is a Marxist/black racist shithole. Let it burn and let the police sit on the sidelines. Then maybe the next council elections will send the commies/racists back to obscurity. Otherwise, I can see white owned businesses moving to the suburbs, a nearby county, or to a galaxy far, far away where they won’t have to put up with Marxist crap, black racism, and crime as a “normal” way of life.
I seem to recall that Peru had five different types of police. And they each wore different color uniform. One for traffic, one was military, one was private hire security, etc.
White ppl or wyppl is a pejorative racist slur.
you forgot Islamic
Sounds crappy and not at all effective. I do not want to de fund the police no way.
O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain!
My tables—meet it is I set it down
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain—
At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark.
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set.
We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Thanks. I think the Ellison’s Marxism is more of an immediate danger than their longer range Islam. The rioters, looters and shooters are more Marxists than any thing else besides being psychopathically violent.
State’s AG Ellison is also a symbol of what KAPO (Nazi helper) George Soros is doing with his money all around the country. That is an immediate danger and some of his recipients may be elected to the DC City Council (no surprise), more to the Virginia State Assembly, and possibly in Maryland.
These are America’s enemies. Know them, fight them, destroy them (Defeat is not an option. They can rise again. Total destruction prevents that).
Cops should quit. And say “ good luck morons “
I think
You’re right
This will FINALLY turn Demoncats around !
Black Lives Matter is a violent, racist organization, financed and run by white elite liberals. They are the ultimate black face for the radical left. Do not forget the violence they have engaged in. Google it. Where BLM goes violence follows. Protest after protest after protest. They demand that all police departments be de-funded. That demand is shocking. Consider the reality of a society without law enforcement. Remember the movie ‘The Purge’? But worse than that is their hatred of cops. Some of their rally chants: ‘pigs in a blanket’ ‘fry ‘em like bacon’ “What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want it? Now.” They also started the sadomasochistic phenomena of white people getting on their knees before blacks to beg for forgiveness for being white and for their white privilege. These people foment racial animus and violence and any talk from them about love and peace is made a mockery by what they actually do. They are a scary movie but you need to open your eyes and watch it. Wake up America and get up off your knees. 6/4/20
How can anyone in their right mind even think about getting rid of their police force!?!?!?!?
Perhaps someone in a rapidly depopulating ghost town, cognizant that the county sheriff can take over the role. That well may describe Minneapolis soon. All the sane resident flee from the criminals, who then turn against each other until no one survives.
A particular multiracial school system decided to apportion punishment according to race; as a result, almost all non-criminal students with even occasionally semi-reasonable families moved to other districts, resorted to home education, sought charter schools excluded from the edict, switch to private schools, or otherwise departed. Perhaps Minneapolis should consider such rules in their constabulary.
“Will you be calling in three months to ask about garage break-ins?”
What the Hell is she saying? White people are racist if they report garage break-ins? You couldn’t make this shit up.
How will they press charges against a rapist , for example?
Details, details!
With nitpickers like you, it's a miracle anything gets done!
Regards,
Just stick the point of a drawing compass into Minneapolis on a map of Minnesota and draw a circle with a radius of about 50 miles. Call it Mogadishu Lite. Because that is what it is going to be once they begin spreading out a few months later, after they’ve looted and burned and murdered everything in Minneapolis proper.
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