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 were done, were not simply gonna glue it back together," he added. "We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response. Its 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."
If that happens, the residents of that city better hope that remotely controlled trucks are ready to supply the city with food, because not very many truck drivers would be willing to go there.
Im seeing a lot of leftists who are totally on board with this. Funny how these are the same people who lambasted George Bush for dismantling Iraqs police force.
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No kidding....we need to find those statements....and post them to their/the left’s social media posts.
You forgot the most important one: No religions except for Islam.
The move to have a socialist country without police (and with no guns for citizens!) is based on childish but destructive foundations. Like first graders who take a vote to have recess all day, free candy and ice cream instead of lunch and no homework or tests ever, the leftists assume the anarchy will benefit them. What happens after things like the headline today “Looters Loot From the Looters Loot.” No honor among leftist thieves.
And their loyalty lasts as long as it did to the Commie De Blasio, now being catcalled.
Maybe the Obama types expect UN soldiers in blue helmets to arrive here to imprison us when police are dwindling and overrun.
The POLICE UNIONS are loaded with RATS; ALL Unions are.
Whatta they gonna do, recruit the Black Panthers?
Our police "chief" was gifted to us Straght outta Detroit.
This is her gangster shot...
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“Im beginning more and more to believe that this was a set up to create just this outcome, unbelievably. I cannot fathom that any half-rational human being would willingly do something so egregiously irrational without some irresistible coercion involved.”
Your beliefs are fascinating, but appalling.
Line to be added to Shariah restrictions sign:
Enjoy Your Day in Our City.
no lgbtxyz.
Unlike Los Angeles, people wont stay in Minneapolis for the beautiful weather.
Picture of armed Stacey guys....
What are the odds they are well trained, strictly disciplined, compassionate toward the populace and exhibiting admirable impulse control?
Same odds as we can check into a Motel 6 on Mars by next spring.
...see what has made him tick and whose back pocket hes been in.
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Well, at least one other person out there thinks like me. Maybe I’m not paranoid (or we both are).
I do think he’s a sociopath, considering that pleased-with-himself look shown at the time of the incident.
But, he knew/worked with the deceased.
My conjecture:
He’s going to purposely get a too-light sentence and there will be a 2nd wave of violence. Meanwhile, millions are being funneled to his family/offshore.
It does stink.
So I guess everyone can expect a tax break.
I'm guessing anyone with means, smarts, and patriotism left this and other blue-state cesspools some time back.
No need to. The last 10 days is a glimpse of the future without a police department.
Thousands of the Commie children turned in their own parents to be imprisoned or killed. Mao is the all time despot leader in killing millions of people, passing Hitler and Stalin with ease.
According to the Marxist Media, there is no Antifa.
I am SOOOOOOO glad I Don’t livein a LIB lunatic leftist loser cesspool . Good luck Minnesota fools.
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