‘The message they’re sending is that this is the way you game the system.’
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Police reform still in limbo one year after Floyd murder
Many cities across the country are working to introduce reforms on the state and local level to effect change in policing, but much progress is yet to be made in the city that sparked the idea of dismantling police.
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Demand to defund police not enough
‘The armed forces of Russia, Germany, France, the U.K. and Japan all receive less money than American police departments.’
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Some young Black people reject the notion that Obama speaks for them
In his television, radio and online appearances, Obama exudes presidential charm, while pushing narratives of respectability.
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Mpls. crime spike ramps up debate over funding police
Last week the city council voted 7-6 to pay nearly $500,000 to hire temporary police officers for MPD
Posted inOpinion
Mpls. Charter Commission stands in for power structure
In essence, an unelected body decided that the citizens of Minneapolis couldn’t hold an election to decide how they, the people, want to be policed.
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Commission delays amendment vote, keeping Mpls police restructure off Nov. ballot
The Commission decided Wednesday to delay the vote to defund the police to allow for more time to review the proposal, effectively pushing the measure off the November ballot.
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Leaders discourage any rush to judgment on police reform
‘This proposal to essentially push the chief out of a job, knowing he is the first Black chief, that is extremely problematic for me.’
Posted inOpinion
From ‘defund the police’ to its obvious next step
If Americans have reason to question the nation’s increasingly militarized law enforcement, shouldn’t they question this country’s thoroughly militarized approach to statecraft?
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Defunding the police should lead to community control of resources
A serious, methodical program of defunding the police requires a community control approach.
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What does ending the Minneapolis Police Department mean? (updated)
Dismantling the MPD will take time and community involvement and will be strenuously resisted by the police.