This is not a manufactured crisis, nor one of sensationalized stories. The statistics are staggering. According to a May 20 meeting with local leaders, year-to-date homicides in 2021 have more than doubled compared to 2020….
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A check-cashing business burns during protests in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) After George Floyd was killed and large sections of Minneapolis burned, the City of Lakes led the way in defunding its police department. But…
Phillipe Cunningham, Andrea Jenkins and Alondra Cano (courtesy Facebook) In Minneapolis — where violence has skyrocketed — the City Council is doing its level best to ensure that in the future, all animals are truly…
Courtesy CNN and Twitter Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender appeared on CNN this morning to discuss the council’s plan to dismantle the city’s police department in the wake of the George Floyd killing. What,…
(AP Photo/Matt York) A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis’ city council have vowed to not only reduce funding to the city’s police department, but to disband it altogether. They say they mean to “end policing as…