Minimum nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their intention to defund and dismantle the city's police department on Sunday amid the police killing of George Floyd. Bender also added how with nine votes the city council would hold a veto-proof supermajority of the council's 13 members. While assessing the nature of 911 calls by constituents, Brender and other council members said that they found most were for mental health services, health and EMT and fire services. The Minneapolis council members had earlier said they would take strict action towards dismantling the police department, including Bender, who took to Twitter earlier this week and wrote, "Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety."

Source: dna June 08, 2020 10:07 UTC