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    Minneapolis Mayor Wants 'Full Structural Revamp,' Not Abolition Of Police Department

    Jacob Frey acknowledges a need to shift a culture that has "failed black and brown people" for years. But he says calling for the dismantling of police without an alternative in place is "not a plan."
    by Mary Louise Kelly Jun 10, 2020 2 minutes
    Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks Saturday with demonstrators calling for the defunding of his city's police department.

    Following the police killing of George Floyd, officials on the state, local and national level are focusing on how to improve policing in the United States.

    In Minneapolis, where Floyd died after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes, the City Council — with a veto-proof majority — on Sunday pledged to defund the police department there.

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