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Minneapolis City Council president aims to replace police department with ‘transformative new model of public safety’
Washington Examiner ^ | 6/04/20 | Anthony Leonardi

Posted on 06/05/2020 2:49:18 AM PDT by Libloather

The Minneapolis City Council president will vote to abolish the city's police department for a "transformative new model of public safety."

On Thursday, Lisa Bender, the Minneapolis City Council president, committed to abolishing law enforcement in the city, which is home to approximately 430,000 residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

"Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety," Bender said in response to Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and another member of the city council.

**SNIP**

In an interview with local media, Bender said she believes it is possible for the council to vote to abolish the police department, though it would require "white people" to "show up in a different way."

“To do this kind of big work, we need a deeper, broader conversation than we’ve ever had before,” she said. “We need white people, like me and my neighbors, to show up in a different way.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bender; ellison; minneapolis; mplscitycouncil; mplspolice; police; riots; whatcouldgowrong
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To: laconic
A slight suggestion:

“You don’t have to be crazy to run this city; but it helps We'll train you.”.

41 posted on 06/05/2020 4:30:17 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: pepsionice

Or both.


42 posted on 06/05/2020 4:31:41 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: Libloather
They need white people to report the crimes?

No, they want white people to shut up and grovel. It's not a crime if a person of color does it.

43 posted on 06/05/2020 4:34:37 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

It would be interesting to ask her how it came to that; what does she think happened?


44 posted on 06/05/2020 4:36:00 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: laconic

All Somali, all Black police force. I get it


45 posted on 06/05/2020 4:39:15 AM PDT by Starcitizen (Communist China needs to be treated like the pariah country it is. Send it back to 1971)
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To: Libloather

Great idea. You do it first, try it for a few years and let us know how it works.


46 posted on 06/05/2020 4:45:23 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: Libloather

Do it!!! Get rid of the police and NEVER stop a person of color for a car infraction-EVER. Let them loot-everything free. See how long the store owners stick around. Also get rid of ambulances and fire engines. They will be called in fraudulently and trucks burned and employees killed, Leave them to themselves (as scripture says). Chaos will ensue quickly. Also get rid of 911 since there will be no one to respond. Officials should get rid of their security since they cannot have what I do not have.


47 posted on 06/05/2020 4:51:46 AM PDT by Singermom
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To: Libloather

Sharia Law?


48 posted on 06/05/2020 5:21:35 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: Libloather

Will they be riding camels?


49 posted on 06/05/2020 5:24:55 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova
The new Minneapolis Security Force of Peace...


50 posted on 06/05/2020 5:26:50 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Libloather

The author Stephen Hunter wrote a novel about how a mall was taken over by terrorists. One of the shoppers was a marine sniper home on leave from Iraq.

It didn’t take too long before the sniper was taking care of business while the police, led by a devotee of “progressive policing” dithered outside trying to talk with the terrorists and find out why they wanted to kill so many people.

As I recall, the book was actually set in Minneapolis.


51 posted on 06/05/2020 5:32:47 AM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: cyclotic

The novel was aptly named Soft Target.


52 posted on 06/05/2020 5:38:04 AM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: Libloather

Replace the cops with ANTIFA. That’s the ticket.


53 posted on 06/05/2020 5:42:30 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: bgill

ANTIFA will be the future Chekists. Until they go up against the wall themselves.


54 posted on 06/05/2020 5:43:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

Sharia comes to the bargaining table. That and a social media rating on your compliance and support gets you wanted city services. If you think differently, your future prospects are limited in the city.


55 posted on 06/05/2020 5:45:43 AM PDT by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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To: Libloather; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; dp0622; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
“We need white people, like me and my neighbors, to show up in a different way.”

Huh???

Maybe she means like the recent cultish behavior in Montgomery County, MD?

DANG!

56 posted on 06/05/2020 5:47:28 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: Libloather

Or maybe the White folks start wearing those T-shirts that say “Snitches get stitches.”


57 posted on 06/05/2020 5:48:07 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: buckalfa

“Read the history of October 1917 and the establishment of “councils”.

Then read the history of 1774 and the establishment of “Committees of Safety.”


58 posted on 06/05/2020 5:59:12 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: sergeantdave

Yep, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Soviet (pronounced in Russian, “sa-VYET”) means “council.”


59 posted on 06/05/2020 6:01:55 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: laconic

The same tactics used by those in government who are never TRUMP and loyalists to Obama’s Alinsky styled takeovers must recognize that we are now Trump. The same fake dossiers, fake news leaked to complicit media to establish alternative facts, law firms used for cover, command and control with logistics and big budgets, are all now being used against us in a cultural coup.


60 posted on 06/05/2020 6:03:39 AM PDT by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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