Minneapolis Police Department To Be Dismantled Over George Floyd’s Death

Washington:

The police division within the US metropolis of Minneapolis shall be dismantled and rebuilt, metropolis councilors stated late Sunday, after the demise in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in legislation enforcement.

“We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of public safety that actually keeps our community safe,” Council President Lisa Bender advised CNN.

Council Member Alondra Cano tweeted that the choice got here by means of “a veto-proof majority of the MPLS City Council,” which agreed that the police division “is not reformable and that we’re going to end the current policing system.”

A white Minneapolis police officer has been charged with homicide within the May 25 demise of George Floyd, after bystander video confirmed the officer’s knee pinned on Floyd’s neck for almost 9 minutes whereas he pleaded for his life and known as for his mom.

It was the newest case of white legislation enforcement authorities being blamed for the demise of an unarmed black individual.

Floyd’s demise has sparked two weeks of largely peaceable demonstrations throughout the nation in opposition to racism in US legislation enforcement. Some marchers have known as for the police to be defunded.

Last yr, a black former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in jail for the deadly capturing of an unarmed white Australian lady attempting to report against the law.

Bender advised CNN she was seeking to shift police funding towards community-based methods, and that town council would talk about learn how to substitute the present police division.

“The idea of having no police department is certainly not in the short term,” she added.

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