Minneapolis voters reject idea of eliminating their police department
KWAT
November 3, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters have rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety — an idea that arose from the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
With all precincts reporting, there were 62,813 votes in support of the plan, but 80,506 against it.
The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum number of officers.
Supporters of the proposal said a complete overhaul of policing was necessary to stop police violence.
Opponents said the proposal had no concrete plan for how to move forward and could make communities already affected by violence more vulnerable as crime is on the rise.
