Minneapolis voters REJECT proposal to replace police department with a ‘Department of Public Safety’

Has Ilhan Omar started rioting yet?

The Associated Press gave the concept a shiny cover with this: Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice (AP).  From Erielle Davidson: The wave against wokeism. Pendulum is swinging (Twitter). From Christina Sommers: A Minneapolis ballot measure to defund the police and replace them with social workers has failed (Twitter). From Spencer Brown: With more than 55 percent voting “no,” Minneapolis residents decided that their city charter should not be amended to abolish the city’s police force, just another rebuke to Democrats and the far left agenda on Tuesday night (Townhall).

Minneapolis voters reject proposal to replace police department with a ‘Department of Public Safety’

By: Alex Nitzberg, Blaze, November 02, 2021:

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Minneapolis voters have rejected a ballot initiative that would have replaced the police department with a Department of Public Safety.

The new department could have included police if necessary to accomplish its public safety role, according to the measure.

“This amendment would create a Department of Public Safety combining public safety functions through a comprehensive public health approach to be determined by the Mayor and Council,” according to an explanatory note about the proposal. “The department would be led by a Commissioner nominated by the Mayor and appointed by the Council. The Police Department, and its chief, would be removed from the City Charter. The Public Safety Department could include police officers, but the minimum funding requirement would be eliminated.”

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