Minneapolis city council members spend $63,000 of taxpayer money on private security details after receiving death threats from 'white nationalists' for voting to abolish the police department
A city spokesperson said the private security details were ordered for council members Andrea Jenkins, Phillipe Cunningham and Alondra Cano
The security has come at the taxpayer's expense, costing $63,000 over the last three weeks - or $4,300 per day
News of the arrangement surfaced Friday, the same day the council voted 12-0 to abolish the Minneapolis Police Department
The new proposal would eliminate the existing police department and instead create a ‘department of community safety and violence prevention’
While welcomed by those calling for the department to be ‘defunded’, the councilmembers say they've received death threats from 'white nationalists'
The security detail is temporarily being provided by two firms, Aegis and BelCom as an interim fix until other security solutions can be established
The security expense does not need to be approved by the city council unless it surpasses $175,000 and a spokesperson said that sum likely won't be reached
By Luke Kenton For Dailymail.com
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