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Minneapolis city council pushes ahead with vow to ‘DISBAND’ police as veto-proof majority endorses proposal
The majority of the members on the Minneapolis City Council have announced they are ready to commit themselves to getting rid of the city’s police department. The idea has become one of the rallying cries of the ongoing protests.
Council President Lisa Bender broke the news during a rally in Minneapolis on Sunday, saying that nine out of the body’s 13 members have so far gone on board with the idea.
Speaking to CNN, Bender said that the council has yet still to work out a plan how exactly they want to uproot the police department, noting that “the idea of having no police department is certainly not in the short term.”
While Bender has provided scant details about the planned changes in the work of the law enforcement, she noted that funds earmarked to police would be funneled to cover other needs.
I’m at the community meeting at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, where City Council members just unveiled a mission statement for reimagining policing. ✊
