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Minneapolis City Council approves measure to abolish police force
2020-06-27
[NYPOST] The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a measure to abolish the city’s police department — a radical proposal amid nationwide efforts by activists to defund local law enforcement agencies.

The 12-0 vote will not automatically dismantle the department, but is a first step in a long legislative process that will ultimately need popular support by city residents in a November election.

The proposal gained popularity among city council members amid widespread protests and riots in the city following the killing of George Floyd by a city police officer last month.
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#13  ^I prefer The People's Commission for Internal Affairs
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-27 20:46  

#12  "Committee for Public Safety" has a nice ring. Has it been used already?
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2020-06-27 20:41  

#11  [shakes head in bewilderment]
Good luck with that!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2020-06-27 12:55  

#10  Police for me but not for thee...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-27 12:07  

#9  Then Citizen Committees can take care of the City Council directly.
Posted by: Phaviling Wittlesbach2820   2020-06-27 09:18  

#8  How to replicate Ur of the Chaldees.

They need a flood.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-06-27 09:15  

#7  It's all the failed foundation of socialism. The founding fathers understood men were fallen, given to evil, and thus set up a system of government that took that into account. The socialist believe man is inherently just a victim of this environment and once give the basics of life will lead a noble life, aka utopia. The reason socialists seek to destroy history is to ignore 4,000 years of actual human behavior that validates the view of the other side. Live in a fantasy, die in a reality.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-06-27 07:28  

#6  Minneapolis: How to replicate Ur of the Chaldees.
Posted by: b   2020-06-27 07:16  

#5  "When in the Course of human events ..."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-27 03:48  

#4  The city council did not vote to eliminate the police. They voted in a suicide pact for the city and its citizens.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2020-06-27 02:13  

#3  Nah. They need to quarantine themselves because they're worried they've been exposed to COVID-19.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-06-27 01:36  

#2  Every police officer should take the same day or two
off. And be sure to advertise it extensively beforehand so everyone knows.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-06-27 00:43  

#1  Minneapolis city council votes 12-0 to abolish police department after death of George Floyd and will replace it with a 'department of community safety and violence prevention'
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-06-27 00:19  

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