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Voters in Minneapolis shot down an attempt to replace the city’s police department with a Department of Public Safety, setting back the police reform movement across the country.
Controversial ballot question that calls to replace the city's police department with a department of public safety. garrett is live in minneapolis. >> minneapolis is a heavily democratic city and this measure has really divided the party. on one side are progressives putting to city question 2 passed. get rid of the minneapolis police department and replace it with a department of public safety. there aren't any specific plans and details for what the new department would look like or operate. on the other side a lot of local leaders in the black community strongly against getting rid of the ...
Pay down high rate credit cards, improve your home, or just give your family the security of having cash in the bank. >> sandra: voters in minneapolis heading to the polls to decide the future of the city's police department. gary is live in minneapolis with the latest on all of this. hi, garrett. >> good afternoon to you. there is a lot riding on this vote for progressive democrats who want minneapolis to become the poster child for what re-imagined public safety can look like. city question 2 has divided this heavily democratic city with progressives pushing to replace the police department ...
>> martha, minneapolis has not seen this kind of murder rate since the 90s when the city i was known as murderappolis. progressives that are pushing for city question 2 as it is called argue that the surge of violent crime is evidence is the current system is not working and replacing the police department with a new department of public safety will pave the way for a safer city. the current surge of violence really picks up following the death of george floyd. you'll remember the sees of chaos and destruction. more than 1,500 builds were damaged and buildings burned to the ground. the loudest...
All eyes in the political world will be focused Tuesday on the governor’s race in Virginia, where Republican Glenn Youngkin is polling dead even or ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a blue state.