Officials in Minneapolis have dismissed an ethics complaint against the city's police chief. Then-City Council President Lisa Bender filed an ethics complaint against Medaria Arradondo last year. She accused him of improperly appearing at a news conference to urge voters to reject a November ballot question asked voters to replace the police department with a new Department of Public Safety. She alleged he appeared in full uniform and used a photo backdrop featuring the police department logo, a violation of prohibitions on city officials using city resources for political activity. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday that the city's Ethical Practices Board dismissed the complaint on Tuesday, saying a mayoral reprimand Arradondo received in December resolved the matter.
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Liberal big-city mayors who raced to jump on the "defund the police" bandwagon are now scrambling to jump off amid signs of a furious voter backlash over rising crime.