they were wrong. Minneapolis pushes to refund police after loud calls to defund them.

2/15/2021

Post George Floyd, The City of Minneapolis introduced several ideas to defund their own police department.

The death of George Floyd brought an enormous amount of Civil Unrest to Minneapolis. Crime that continues to rise. Homicides in Minneapolis are up 50 percent, with nearly 75 people killed across the city so far this year. More than 500 people have been shot, the highest number in more than a decade and twice as many as in 2019. And there have been more than 4,600 violent crimes — including hundreds of carjackings and robberies — a five-year high. After the (defund the police) movement gained momentum, cities leaders elected to follow along with the movement rather than stand by their officers. The fallout out these public actions were devastating. Many officers have resigned, some have gone to other agencies and many are just not showing up. A recent report shows an enormous shortage of officers. The current state of affairs has left the department with over 200 officers short, and the community is feeling the effects.

A statemeant from a citizen noted that sometimes, they don't even show up.

The police are not presence as much as they used to be, Spann said sometimes when neighbors call 911, the police are either late or don't show up at all

They got it wrong, very wrong

The push from Minneapolis to defund police backfires after residents complain of slow response times, increase in crime. The City Council on Friday voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in additional funding for the police department, a completely 180 from their previous statements in their hard pushed efforts to defund the police.

We want to hear from you. Do you think they got it wrong in (villainizing) Police ?

8 Comments

Tracy

2/15/2021 03:20:59 pm

Society will fail without law and order.

Sharon Evans link

2/15/2021 06:35:38 pm

I totally support all Police officers and Thank them for their Service and Sacrifice to keep us safe and free.

Cheri Mcfry

2/15/2021 11:59:51 pm

Lou

2/16/2021 05:10:16 am

Made their own bed. Now they can sleep in it. This is what they wanted despite the warning of no police.

Tricia Duke

2/16/2021 10:01:18 am

I wish that the city officials that abandoned their officers had enough character to publicly apologize to the officers that they betrayed- but they are too cowardly.

celestsmith

2/16/2021 02:52:38 pm

they need to let the Leos do the job they were hired to do....ENFORCE THE LAWS...

Colleen

2/17/2021 06:51:25 am

I back the 💙💙 blue 100%.They treated the police like criminals then they want to defund them. Now they want the police to come and kiss their ass. the police should tell him to kiss my ass go get a social worker to do the job

LK Smith

2/17/2021 09:25:08 am

It is a huge travesty of justice for the city council to have reacted the way they did to their police officers. Ironically they see the light now but they single handily turned their backs on every one of their officers. Inexcusable. Police are on the front line every single day and they need to be given the tools and support to do their jobs the way they need to be done. Personally I believe the powers to be need to make huge amends to each and every one of their police officers. That’s includes a raise for all of them. It’s going to take a long time to rebuild trust and maybe, just maybe the cruel treatment against those officers will finally stop. Sorry city council you made your own bed - what are you going to do to fix it??