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Two Minneapolis City Council Members are denying their involvement with the defund the police movement just days after the council approved a budget that shifted approximately $8 million from the police department and months after they joined colleagues in calling for the dismantlement of the Minnesota city s department.
City Council Member Steve Fletcher rejected the idea that the council s goal was to defund the police during a recent interview with local news station KSTP-TV – and instead said the budget cuts came as a result of the need to fund other programs.
Minneapolis Democrats were cheerleading the Black Lives Matter call to defund the police across the nation and now that crime has surged within the city, they’re not denying they had any involvement in it at all.
According to Fox News, two Minneapolis City Council Members are proclaiming that they had no involvement in the “defund the police” movement days after they voted to shift around $8 million from the city’s police budget after they themselves called for its dismantling:
City Council Member Steve Fletcher rejected the idea that the council’s goal was to defund the police during a recent interview with local news station KSTP-TV – and instead said the budget cuts came as a result of the need to fund other programs.
With 2021 city budget, Minneapolis council leaves its mark on police and public safety Mayor Jacob Frey said he is doing due diligence but expects he will approve the 2021 budget. December 10, 2020 4:48pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In adopting a budget that moves $8 million out of next year s police budget, the Minneapolis City Council made its most assertive move yet to change the city s public safety system following George Floyd s death.
Their final, unanimous vote Thursday just after midnight cleared the way for the city to create new mental health crisis teams, expand mental health training for 911 call-takers, and boost programs aimed at preventing violence without police.