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2020-06-27 -PC Follies
Minneapolis City Council approves measure to abolish police force
[NYPOST] The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a measure to abolish the city’s police department — a radical proposal amid nationwide efforts by activists to defund local law enforcement agencies.

The 12-0 vote will not automatically dismantle the department, but is a first step in a long legislative process that will ultimately need popular support by city residents in a November election.

The proposal gained popularity among city council members amid widespread protests and riots in the city following the killing of George Floyd by a city police officer last month.
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1 Minneapolis city council votes 12-0 to abolish police department after death of George Floyd and will replace it with a 'department of community safety and violence prevention'
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-27 00:19||   2020-06-27 00:19|| Front Page Top

2 Every police officer should take the same day or two
off. And be sure to advertise it extensively beforehand so everyone knows.
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-06-27 00:43||   2020-06-27 00:43|| Front Page Top

3 Nah. They need to quarantine themselves because they're worried they've been exposed to COVID-19.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-06-27 01:36||   2020-06-27 01:36|| Front Page Top

4 The city council did not vote to eliminate the police. They voted in a suicide pact for the city and its citizens.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-06-27 02:13||   2020-06-27 02:13|| Front Page Top

5 "When in the Course of human events ..."
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-27 03:48||   2020-06-27 03:48|| Front Page Top

6 Minneapolis: How to replicate Ur of the Chaldees.
Posted by b 2020-06-27 07:16||   2020-06-27 07:16|| Front Page Top

7 It's all the failed foundation of socialism. The founding fathers understood men were fallen, given to evil, and thus set up a system of government that took that into account. The socialist believe man is inherently just a victim of this environment and once give the basics of life will lead a noble life, aka utopia. The reason socialists seek to destroy history is to ignore 4,000 years of actual human behavior that validates the view of the other side. Live in a fantasy, die in a reality.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-27 07:28||   2020-06-27 07:28|| Front Page Top

8 How to replicate Ur of the Chaldees.

They need a flood.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-27 09:15||   2020-06-27 09:15|| Front Page Top

9 Then Citizen Committees can take care of the City Council directly.
Posted by Phaviling Wittlesbach2820 2020-06-27 09:18||   2020-06-27 09:18|| Front Page Top

10 Police for me but not for thee...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-27 12:07||   2020-06-27 12:07|| Front Page Top

11 [shakes head in bewilderment]
Good luck with that!
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-06-27 12:55||   2020-06-27 12:55|| Front Page Top

12 "Committee for Public Safety" has a nice ring. Has it been used already?
Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2020-06-27 20:41||   2020-06-27 20:41|| Front Page Top

13 ^I prefer The People's Commission for Internal Affairs
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-27 20:46||   2020-06-27 20:46|| Front Page Top

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