Their discussion is starting to sound a little more like what groups like Reclaim the Block and the Black Visions Collective have been saying for years. On Tuesday, Fletcher published a lengthy Twitter thread saying the police department was irredeemably beyond reform, and a protection racket that slows down responses as political payback.
Several of us on the council are working on finding out what it would take to disband the Minneapolis Police Department and start fresh with a community-oriented, nonviolent public safety and outreach capacity, he wrote....part of article. Important to understand.
ONLY AT THE PRECIPICE [moment of destruction]
WILL PEOPLE FIND THE WILL TO CHANGE.
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1,300 posted on 06/04/2020 2:08:54 PM PDT by STARLIT
("And those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.".)