Majority of the Minneapolis City Council agreed Sunday to dismantle the city's police department after the in-custody killing of George Floyd, a council member said.
A majority of the Minneapolis City Council agreed Sunday to dismantle the city's police department after theIn an interview with NBC News, Councilman Jeremiah Ellison said the council would work to disband the department in its"current iteration."
"The plan has to start somewhere," he said."We are not going to hit the eject button without a plan, so today was the announcement of the formulation of that plan." Speaking earlier during a community meeting, council President Lisa Bender called the city's relationship with the department"toxic" and vowed to"re-create systems of public safety that actually keep us safe."
"Our efforts at incremental reform have failed — period," she said."Our commitment is to do what's necessary to keep every single member of our community safe and to tell the truth that Minneapolis police are not doing that."Sign Up
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