In wake of George Floyd, Minneapolis voters to decide fate of Police Department
MINNEAPOLIS — The council members stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a city park adorned with two massive words: “Defund Police.” Days earlier, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer a few blocks away, unleashing massive protests nationwide. Now hundreds of protesters had gathered in the park. They wanted justice. They wanted accountability. They wanted reform. “We should and can ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The council members stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a city park adorned with two massive words: “Defund Police.”
Days earlier, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer a few blocks away, unleashing massive protests nationwide. Now hundreds of protesters had gathered in the park. They wanted justice. They wanted accountability. They wanted reform.
“We should and can abolish our current Minneapolis police system,” Councilwoman Alondra Cano said at the time.
On Tuesday, more than a year after Floyd’s death, voters in Minneapolis will decide whether to replace the city’s embattled Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety, an effort that, should
