[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The writ of Mandamus linked in the articles says that the Minneapolis City Charter, Section 7.3, specifies that the City must have 0.0017 licensed police officers per city resident.

So the court got its authority from a City Charter provision that the city itself enacted, and the plaintiffs sought to require the city to comply with its Charter.

[T.B. Yoits]

The writ of Mandamus linked in the articles says that the Minneapolis City Charter, Section 7.3, specifies that the City must have 0.0017 licensed police officers per city resident. So the court got its authority from a City Charter provision that the city itself enacted, and the plaintiffs sought to require the city to comply with its Charter.

The same city whose government representatives removed the officers. A charter doesn't mean much to bankrupt city. One could argue they need to lose their charter and no longer be a city as happened to Atlantic City but now it's just titles on paper that don't match reality.

[zeugma]

Interesting. They are probably going to need a much higher ratio since they’ve been importing the uncivilized foreigners for decades now.