A proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new public safety unit goes to the city's voters this week.
Residents in Minneapolis are deciding on whether or not to replace the police force nearly 18 months since the murder of George Floyd.MINNEAPOLIS -- Marques Armstrong had just got out of the shower one morning this fall when he heard gunshots that seemed to come from his Minneapolis backyard. After ducking, he ran upstairs to check on his wife and daughter, then looked out to see a car speed away.
Many people of color who live in the city's highest-crime areas say they fear a steep drop in the number of police officers will leave them more vulnerable amid a dramatic spike in violent crime. Raeisha Williams, an activist with Guns Down Love Up, said she believes the plan’s supporters are mainly white residents who haven’t experienced police misconduct or the violence that Black residents are seeing on the north side. Her brother, Tyrone, died in a shooting there in 2018.
“We’ve been extremely intentional because the residents of these neighborhoods are tired of accepting the status quo, both around police brutality and community violence," Bates said. “Nobody is proposing to reduce our investment in public safety," Fletcher said."We are proposing to change the way that we make those investments, and ultimately I think in the end, investing more in public safety than we ever have.”
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