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."
They say he is on suicide watch...
Anarchy will rule; Trump to be blamed.
Yeah, there are thousands of well-trained al-Shabab jihadis ready to take their place, just waiting in Somalia for their visas. Right, Rep. Omar and AG Ellison?
They should just post their home address on the internet. If the cops go on strike people can have a party at the council’s residences.
Mini-nap-olis is going to be handing out guns and ammo for citizen safety?
They are fools. Do they think that this move enhances the city's image?
What cop in ANY other town in the USA would want to go there?
Minneapolis will be the first city to go legit, full on sharia.
Sick.
I’m beginning more and more to believe that this was a set up to create just this outcome, unbelievably. I cannot fathom that any half-rational human being would willingly do something so egregiously irrational without some irresistible coercion involved.
Great idea. Start tonight
I’d like to see a ‘deep’ investigation on that guy. It would be interesting to see what has made him tick and whose back pocket he’s been in.
Democrats. Can’t wait to be looted and watch their families raped and murdered.
Bet these councilors would change their tune if the Tea Party started marching towards their hood. Equal justice is what the left has attempted to destroy. Getting close to medicine time for commies.!
The mayor will have a lot more coffins to cry over.
Yep, there goes the tax revenue.
So then they hike the taxes on property and you have abandoned real estate.
Think Detroit.
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Have they run it by the residents (even the stupid ones) or is that no longer necessary ?
Mogadishu comes to mind. The Somalis will feel right at home.
All BLM demands boil down to no consequences for black criminals. Save yourselves.
Having lived through a police department that was labeled “a danger to the community”, if they really wanted to fix things they would need to identify deficiencies in training and procedures, identify problem officers and remove them, and have a hall monitor over them until they prove they learned something.
That’s not what they’re going to do.
I will have the popcorn ready for the main event when it goes down.
Any guesses on what this transformative new model might look like?
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