Minneapolis Delivers on Its George Floyd Promise to Defund Police
Lydia Catling, Daily Mail, December 10, 2020
Minneapolis City Council on Thursday approved a controversial budget which is set to move $8million of funding from the police – despite record crime rates since the May death of George Floyd.
Mayor Jacob Frey, who had threatened to veto the entire budget if the council went ahead with a plan to cap police staffing, said the vote was a defining moment for the city which was the first to be hit by anti-police protests following the death of Floyd.
The city has been plagued by soaring violent crime since then – with homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft and arson all up on last year’s figures.
Minneapolis police union head blasts city council, says officers cannot keep the public safe with these cuts
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Minneapolis is slashing millions from its police budget despite spiralling crime in the city
The Democrat-run Minneapolis City Council has slashed a staggering $8 million from its police department s funding, despite a major violent crime surge in the Minnesota city.
Leftist council members have been pushing to defund the police in Minneapolis since the death of George Floyd earlier this year, who died while in the custody of the MPD.
On Thursday morning, the city council passed a budget that will cut millions from its police funding and, instead, spend the taxpayer money on mental health and violence prevention programs.