Minneapolis City Council members voted unanimously to amend the city's charter Friday to remove the mandate for a police department-- the first step toward disbanding it in the wake of George Floyd's death. The amendment proposes the city replace the police department with a Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention, “which will have responsibility for public safety services prioritizing a holistic, public health-oriented approach,” a draft of the amendment said. If successful, the amendment will be put on the November ballot for a vote in the general election. However, the city's mayor, Jacob Frey, has resisted collapsing the department entirely, saying that the proposal to do so shows a "significant lack of clarity." “For myself anyway, I would prefer that we figured it out first, and then voted on it.”The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2020 17:37 UTC