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Minneapolis City Council President Defends Plan to Dismantle Police: Expecting Help Is ‘Privilege’
BREITBART ^ | June 8, 2020 | pam key

Posted on 06/08/2020 10:46:33 AM PDT by Morgana

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender defended her council’s attempt to disband the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.

Bender said, “I think in Minneapolis, watching George Floyd’s death, and the actions of the four police officers that were involved has been a huge wake-up call for so many in Minneapolis to see what many already knew, which is that our police department is not keeping every member of our community safe. And so I think step one for us is to tell the truth. Nine council members from communities all across the city of all different backgrounds, standing together, to tell the truth, and say, this system isn’t working for too many of our neighbors for too long. Our reform efforts have failed, and we have done many, many attempts at reform and new leadership in the department and many things, and we still see this tragic death. And so I think the wake-up of our community is what’s driving the city council’s announcement yesterday. And now the hard work begins for us to rebuild systems that really work to keep all of our communities safe.”

Host Alisyn Camerota asked, “But to be clear, you’re not talking about reform. The word dismantle is intentionally different than reform. This is more than reform. This is dismantling. I mean, activists who support this are calling this a police-free future.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: defundpolice; democrats; fullretard; moregana; mpls; mplscitycouncil; mplspolice; police; retarddemocrats
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Freepers have they gone Full Retard?
1 posted on 06/08/2020 10:46:33 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

It sounds like something out of the Babylon Bee. However I have zero sympathy for the people of Minneapolis, even the ones who had their businesses destroyed and looted. They voted for these clowns. Now they can live with their votes.


2 posted on 06/08/2020 10:48:16 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Morgana

This is shaping up nicely.


3 posted on 06/08/2020 10:49:08 AM PDT by Thilly Thailor
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To: Morgana

I think they want to force Trump to call in the troops.

The minute this becomes “official” is when things go absolutely crazy. This will require troops to control.

And then they will slam Trump for calling in the troops on citizens.


4 posted on 06/08/2020 10:49:17 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Morgana

YES


5 posted on 06/08/2020 10:49:19 AM PDT by bantam
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Have they checked to see if they can buy insurance in a city without a police force?


6 posted on 06/08/2020 10:50:14 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Morgana

Nope. They are Communists and want to overthrow our Constitutional system of government for an all powerful centralized Communist state in the image of the Soviet Union and Red China.


7 posted on 06/08/2020 10:50:29 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Fight the Left - the communists - not our own.)
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To: Morgana

You can’t outsmart crazy. They’ve gone full, semi-auto retard. This should be fun to watch.


8 posted on 06/08/2020 10:51:37 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: Morgana

Blacks call police for help 7 times as frequently as whites and other inconvenient truths

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3852728/posts


9 posted on 06/08/2020 10:51:55 AM PDT by MNDude
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Freepers have they gone Full Retard?

Shhh, don't say anything. They are handing President Trump the election. Never interrupt the enemy when it's destroying itself.

10 posted on 06/08/2020 10:52:15 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: Morgana
Bender said, “I think in Minneapolis, watching George Floyd’s death, and the actions of the four police officers that were involved has been a huge wake-up call for so many in Minneapolis to see what many already knew, which is that our city police department is not keeping every member of our community safe has gone to shit.

People capable of thinking should leave that insane hellhole.

11 posted on 06/08/2020 10:52:25 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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If this dismantling of the police becomes a reality, I expect firearm sales to skyrocket in the Twin Cities area.

The thing that politicians hate the most is armed vigilante citizens who discover that they no longer need the police or government to protect them. That scares just about every corrupt politician.

I think that the Twin Cities will become an object lesson for the rest of the country in how not to respond to riots. I also expect that the toll on human life and the local economy will within a year turn the Twin Cities into a living hell.


12 posted on 06/08/2020 10:52:33 AM PDT by Robert357
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To: Morgana

So I expect her to bend over and allow the burglar to take ALL HER STUFF if someone breaks in cause ya know, privilege


13 posted on 06/08/2020 10:52:40 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Morgana
When I was on the fringes of the left in my college days, two slogans were popular: "The urge to destroy is a creative urge;" and "Increase the contradictions." The "contradictions" referred to in the second slogan are the presumed contradiction in capitalist society: rich versus poor, labor versus capital, and race against race. EVERYTHING the left does is based on those principles.

The proposal to abolish police departments is intended to heighten violence, not reduce it. It is an attempt to increase social chaos to the point where people demand an authoritarian government to put an end to it. It is an attempt to increase violence to the point where people demand the confiscation of all firearms.
14 posted on 06/08/2020 10:52:42 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: cuban leaf

I think Trump is letting the council hang themselves with their own rope by dismantling the police.


15 posted on 06/08/2020 10:53:43 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: Morgana

16 posted on 06/08/2020 10:53:47 AM PDT by knarf
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To: Morgana

Dismantle the Police?! The response to violence works both ways. Neighborhoods will form their own armed patrols with swift, and permanent, justice meted out.


17 posted on 06/08/2020 10:54:04 AM PDT by captain_dave
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To: bantam

Let the police go by the wayside. By the way, if you have been waiting to sell your house, it’s too late. The whole place will look like Detroit or worse. Who cares, that’s who they voted for.


18 posted on 06/08/2020 10:54:09 AM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: Morgana
She lives in Lowry Hills East, Minneapolis.

Based on the demographics she may never have to call the police.

In 2010, the population of the neighborhood was 6,150. The neighborhood was 83.5% White, 4.4% Black or African American, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.2% Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% two or more races, and 0.2% other race.

19 posted on 06/08/2020 10:54:45 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Steve_Seattle

These are some crazy bastards. Even the ancient Egyptians had police. I feel sorry the good people who are stuck in this city.


20 posted on 06/08/2020 10:55:53 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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