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Tensions building inside Minneapolis City Hall spilled into the open Wednesday as council members debated proposals asking voters to determine the fate of the police department, rent control and who should wield certain powers in city government.
During a 4 ½-hour-long meeting Wednesday afternoon, council members and city staffers at times accused each other of spreading misinformation or attempting to tip the scale inappropriately.
City Clerk Casey Carl said multiple times that he wanted to correct inaccurate statements that elected officials made. Some council members, meanwhile, accused the clerk s or city attorney s offices of introducing their own biases into draft ballot language outlining how the issues would be presented to voters.
Minneapolis City Council committee approves potential November ballot questions
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Minneapolis council discusses policing, rent control, mayoral power
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Copy shortlink: It s kinda like liberation day in Uptown, said Mike Radel, 50, who lives in the neighborhood.
The unrest in one of the metro area s most popular dining and shopping corridors began after federal authorities shot and killed Winston Smith, a Black man, in a parking ramp last month during an arrest on a weapons violation. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has said that Smith fired a firearm from inside the car; a friend in the car has said she never saw a gun. The protests intensified after a drunk, unlicensed motorist plowed into cars blocking an Uptown street, killing protester Deona M. Knajdek, 31.