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- After a nationwide debate about defunding the police, the Minneapolis and St. Paul city councils ended 2021 by doing the opposite – funding police.
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Jun 16, 2023 · They persuaded nine of the city’s 13 council members — a veto-proof majority — to commit to defunding the police.
- A Feeling of Lawlessness, A Sense of Neglect
- Residents Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
- How 'Defund' Failed
- 'Both-And': A Post-Defund Approach
Residents of the north side describe a landscape that can feel lawless. Indeed, about 60% of police calls for shots fired this year have come from the area, even though it makes up just 15% of the population, according to city data. Paul Johnson, 56, said young men openly sell drugs during the day in public places, such as a gas station on Broadway...
Among them is Dorothy Royston, a 26-year-old healthcare professional who said she spent weeks proactively feeding police information shortly after her unarmed younger brother, Charles Royston Jr., was gunned down on a snowy street in north Minneapolis on a January night in 2021, according to police reports. "They had a lot of the information or the...
In June of 2020, nine of the Minneapolis City Council's 13 members stood on a stage adorned with an oversized sign saying "DEFUND POLICE." Around the same time, in another spectacle that made national news, Mayor Frey was booed and jeered by activists at a George Floyd protest near his home for saying — in response to a question — that he did not s...
On a morning this August, in a scene that offered a sharp contrast from two years ago — when Mayor Frey made his "lonely walk" through an angry crowd — he and Commissioner Alexander, both smartly dressed, strode triumphantly through corridors of City Hall. Alexander, a 67-year-old former deputy sheriff with a doctorate in psychology who was hand-pi...
Nov 11, 2023 · Candidates who sought to brand their opponents as police abolitionists lost, but winners are still looking for change. By Dave Orrick Star Tribune. November 11, 2023 — 2:00pm. Jerry Holt, Star ...
Sep 18, 2020 · September 18, 2020 2:11 PM. Nine Minneapolis City Council members declared their commitment to defunding and dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department alongside community groups...
Sep 22, 2021 · Under the Yes 4 Minneapolis initiative, the Minneapolis Police Department would be replaced with a Department of Public Safety, eliminating the city’s required minimum number of officers per...
Dec 11, 2021 · Published December 10, 2021 6:45pm CST. Politics. FOX 9. Minneapolis, St. Paul end tumultuous 2021 by increasing police spending. After a nationwide debate about defunding the police,...
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