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."
Go ahead! I double dog dare you!
Democrat government. Democrat mayor. Democrat city council. Democrat attorney general. Democrat police force.
Leftist wet dream
“a transformative new model of public safety.”
Watch white flight really kick into gear. There won’t be any whites left in any city once they begin to realize that Kumbaya and “Imagine” doesn’t keep the bad guys from crime.
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.
Dang....the entire family runs the city. AG, Public Indoctrination Centers, the Wards....
What a miserable cesspool.
Are there NO law and order loving citizens to stand up to these thugs?
I used to not be a conspiracy theorist, but have since learned that conspiracies do exist, by the bucketfuls.
Dismantle the 911 system while you are at, bud. After all how can people put full expression to their anger if the fires get put out?
Why are the Police Unions putting up with this? Just walk out and let the criminals take over. When enough citizens get no answer when they call 911 they might just get involved and oust the council members, mayors, and other crooks running things. Better yet, since there will be no law just start shooting anyone who even looks like they intend you harm. Better than being the victim. Oh, and don’t forget your Covid mask so you can’t be identified.
I wonder what the white population there is (currently).
Yes, what an excellent idea! Let these Democrat cities disband their police departments and replace them with social workers. The people in these cities deserve what they voted for. I shouldn’t say it, but it will be fun to watch.
Will their shirts be brown?
There won’t be any taxpaying whites left in the city when they realize they are second class citizens and tax donkeys.
Morons. Just provide much better TRAINING for the police.
Any guesses on what this transformative new model might look like?
Committees of Public Safety.
Buy Guillotine Futures; and (for 8 years out) defense stocks. Consider moving to an old ICBM bunker.
Why are the Police Unions putting up with this?
= = =
Great question.
“Come pick up the corpse.”
Corpse? What corpse?
All I see is a freshly dug hole in my backyard with somewhat of an odor coming from it.
It will be like Russia under Stalin. The police will be replaced by party loyalists. The most serious crimes will be opposition to the State and those crimes will be punished severely.
Maybe they should think about dismantling Minneapolis instead. Years ago I was looking into police work. I met with the recruiting officer from the MPD. He was black and had been a street cop for some time. He talked about how police work had changed in the city. He said there was time when an officer might go through his whole career without drawing or firing his weapon. He said, now he could not go through a shift without unholstering.
It’s hard to see anything stopping them now, for that matter...
That is what the people want. I know that is what they want because if they did not want it they would not have elected bastards like this. The facts speak for themselves.
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