Posted on 12/09/2020 9:30:41 AM PST by Olog-hai
Minneapolis City Council members who tried unsuccessfully to dismantle the police department in response to George Floyd’s death are voting Wednesday on whether to shrink it, a move that could imperil the entire city budget because the mayor is threatening to use his veto to protect public safety amid soaring crime rates.
The plan, which supporters call “Safety for All,” is the latest version of the “defund the police” movement that Minneapolis and other cities have considered since Floyd’s May 25 death ignited mass demonstrations against police brutality and a nationwide reckoning with racism.
Eleven of the 13 council members have already cast committee votes in favor of the largest parts of the plan, signaling that passage is likely. It would cut nearly $8 million from Mayor Jacob Frey’s $179 million policing budget and redirect it to mental health teams, violence prevention programs and other initiatives. […]
Police have recorded 532 gunshot victims this year as of last Thursday, more than double the same period a year ago. Carjackings have also spiked to 375 so far this year, up 331% from the same period last year. Violent crimes have topped 5,100, compared with just over 4,000 for the same period in 2019. …
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and the “leaders” all got elected the old fashioned way.....probably not.....
MN is going to burn to the ground.
This is done on purpose! To flood red states with ‘refugees’ fleeing violence.
“...and the “leaders” all got elected the old fashioned way.....probably not.....”
Absolutely not if they were using Dominion voting machines.
Who knows how many elections have been thrown by this crap.
But hey, I think Minneapolis ought to just outright do away with their police completely. Yeah. It’s insanity but sometimes it takes insanity to prove to the insane that they really are insane.
I guess we’ll find out if the people are really as stupid as I think they are.
“This is done on purpose! To flood red states with ‘refugees’ fleeing violence”
Yup. That’s why I told every Texas Freeper NOT to make Texas sound good economically. It’s better to tell them and your lib friends even thinking of moving to a red state is that you have Klan cross burnings and gun shoot arounds every Friday night.
It’s easy to vote Leftist when you know your vote will be cancelled by more people voting for law-and-order.
...until those other people don’t show up.
Interesting post coming from somebody with nothing on their personal page.
I’m ok with that.
I’ll bet they are hiring hundreds of social workers and ordering hundreds of bouquets of flowers.
Decent people should have left that s’hole long ago.
People get the government they deserve.
Even though they’ve already Ben begging surrounding counties for police assistance.
Go for it, Minneapolis deserves what is coming to it. It is really sad what has happened to once great American cities. Demographics are destiny.
I’m sorry you republican types in Minneapolis but when he’s idiots burn your entire city to the ground and now they’re trying to ban the police I think you must realize time is come to depart
It’s apparent the leftist morons really know into their stupidity
I know how these mental health responses will work. The social worker will “paper” a 250 lb gorilla on PCP then stand aside while non-LEO first responders like fire and ems end up getting hurt trying to package and transport to subject. All while an audience of local “experts” emerge from the woodwork to record the event while simultaneously offering non-stop suggestions.
This dynamic will be a short-lived experiment as we careen towards anarchy.
Too bad they can’t also make cuts in the number of felons running around high on meth and fentynol...
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