Minneapolis City Council and mayor vote to fund police department to nearly pre-George Floyd levels

[libertybele]

Imagine that!  I guess the crime spike wasn't going over so well, and someone with a brain wants to restore some sort of civility to Minneapolis.

Minneapolis City Council and mayor vote to fund police department to nearly pre-George Floyd levels

Following the tragic death of George Floyd, Minneapolis became the home of the defund the police movement, and even contemplated abolishing the police. However, the government of Minneapolis has completely reversed course after a near-record crime wave has hit the city. Now the city is voting to fund the police.

Nearly two weeks after the death George Floyd, nine of the veto-proof council's 13 members began the process of dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department.

"We are here today to begin the process of ending the Minneapolis Police Department and creating a new, transformative model for cultivating safety in Minneapolis," the City Council declared in June 2020.

Days later, the City Council passed a resolution "declaring the intent to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety" for the police department.

By September 2020, violent crimes spiked, as did property crimes – even arson was up 55% compared to the same time in 2019. At the same time, more than 100 police officers left the department in the first nine months of 2020. ...........

https://www.conservativereview.com/minneapolis-city-council-and-mayor-vote-to-fund-police-department-to-nearly-pre-george-floyd-levels-2656002176.html

[Kamaji]

[Cyber Liberty]

They will screw this up royally by wasting the money on Diversity, demagoging the Police Officers as white supremacists and electric patrol cars.

[LegalAmerican]

They will screw this up royally by wasting the money on Diversity, demagoging the Police Officers as white supremacists and electric patrol cars.

 

[Kamaji]

They will screw this up royally by wasting the money on Diversity, demagoging the Police Officers as white supremacists and electric patrol cars.

They will also end up having to replace the experienced officers they lost with newbies, which will make the force less effective than it might otherwise be.

[Cyber Liberty]

They will also end up having to replace the experienced officers they lost with newbies, which will make the force less effective than it might otherwise be.

...and more triggerhappy.

[Kamaji]

...and more triggerhappy.

Very true.

[GtHawk]

They will also end up having to replace the experienced officers they lost with newbies, which will make the force less effective than it might otherwise be.

How many quality recruits do you think will apply considering the council and mayor cannot be counted on to anything but stab them in the back....repeatedly. I suppose there will be the masochists and those who use being a police officer to enhance and aid their...private enterprises.

[Kamaji]

How many quality recruits do you think will apply considering the council and mayor cannot be counted on to anything but stab them in the back....repeatedly. I suppose there will be the masochists and those who use being a police officer to enhance and aid their...private enterprises.

Not very many, which will, of course, simply exacerbate the problem of having too many inexperienced cops on the force.