'Defund the Police' Effort Dealt Major Blow as Minneapolis Voters Reject Attempt to Dismantle, Replace Police Department

Billy Hallowell : Nov 3, 2021
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"I kind of trembled a little bit in the voting booth today because I live in one of the neighborhoods most impacted by crime and violence. We can have reform and we can have enough police to keep our children, our elderly safe. So this was a win tonight." -a Minneapolis voter named Sondra Samuels to Fox News

[Faithwire.com] Activists in Minneapolis who had hoped to remove and reimagine the police department were dealt a major blow on Tuesday when voters overwhelmingly rejected a provision that would have replaced the current police structure. (Screengrab image)

The effort to swap the current Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety failed 56% to 44%.

The ballot provision, which came 18 months after the murder of George Floyd, was birthed out of the "defund the police" movement and was seen as deeply divisive among Minneapolis residents.

Despite calls to change police practices following Floyd's death, critics noted the police force is already diminished from 853 officers in 2019 to just 598 in 2021. Some felt it would be dangerous to cut additional officers or to dramatically change the system in the midst of the current crime surge... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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