"Who You Going to Call?" "I Ain't Seen No 'Cops'!"

Powerlingblog Commentary- The city council has taken up the charge to abolish/defund the police. The Minneapolis city charter actually requires the council to fund a police department at something approaching its current size. The council has thus undertaken the process necessary to amend the charter.

Last week the council voted unanimously to advance a proposal that would substitute a new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention for the police department. I have embedded the text of the ordinance adopted with the proposed charter. The charter amendment would have to be placed before the voters for adoption in order to become law

The Star Tribune story on the proposed amendment by Liz Navarati is vague on the text of the charter amendment. Navarati’s story includes a video of Mayor Frey’s criticism of the proposed amendment. It would be going too far to say that the boy mayor is the adult in the room, but at some level he is in touch with the reality principle.

Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti cover the adoption of the ordinance setting forth the proposed charter amendment here. The AP story conveys a more accurate sense of the ordinance than the Star Tribune story, although the Star Tribune story better conveys the madhouse that Minneapolis has become.

The Star Tribune also reports, by the way, “Gun violence soars amid crises of health, public trust, officer reluctance.” Funny how that works. Reality bites.

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