{"id":133417,"date":"2021-02-15T11:16:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=133417"},"modified":"2021-02-15T11:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:28:14","slug":"looks-like-defunding-police-didnt-go-well-in-minneapolis-tx-gov-abbott-slams-city-council-after-new-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/looks-like-defunding-police-didnt-go-well-in-minneapolis-tx-gov-abbott-slams-city-council-after-new-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Looks Like Defunding Police Didn\u2019t Go Well In Minneapolis\u2019: TX Gov. Abbott Slams City Council After New Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flooks-like-defunding-police-didnt-go-well-in-minneapolis-tx-gov-abbott-slams-city-council-after-new-funding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=133417&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-10.02.06-PM.png?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott responded Sunday to news out of Minnesota that the Minneapolis City Council had voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in funding for its police department in order to recruit new officers after having lost hundreds of police officers amid anti-police rhetoric and violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like defunding police didn\u2019t go well in Minneapolis,\u201d Abbott fired on Twitter. \u201cNow they\u2019re spending $6.4M to recruit more police officers. It won\u2019t go well in Texas either. That\u2019s why I want legislation preventing cities from defunding police.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like defunding police didn&#8217;t go well in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Now they&#8217;re spending $6.4M to recruit more police officers.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t go well in Texas either.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I want legislation preventing cities from defunding police.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackTheBlue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BackTheBlue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NkOru45fvO\">https:\/\/t.co\/NkOru45fvO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1361086360065617926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott has harshly confronted the idea of defunding the police before. Last September, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2020\/09\/03\/texas-greg-abbott-austin-police\/\">stated<\/a> that he was considering a legislative proposal that would place the Austin Police Department under state authority in order to stop the move to shift resources away from police departments.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Austin approved cutting its police budget. Abbott tweeted in early September, \u201cThis proposal for the state to takeover the Austin Police Department is one strategy I\u2019m looking at. We can\u2019t let Austin\u2019s defunding &amp; disrespect for law enforcement to endanger the public &amp; invite chaos like in Portland and Seattle.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This proposal for the state to takeover the Austin Police Department is one strategy I&#8217;m looking at.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t let Austin&#8217;s defunding &amp; disrespect for law enforcement to endanger the public &amp; invite chaos like in Portland and Seattle.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackTheBlue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BackTheBlue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPiRYXhx5j\">https:\/\/t.co\/nPiRYXhx5j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1301634569775456256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hundreds-of-minneapolis-police-officers-left-after-getting-slammed-now-city-spending-millions-for-new-recruits\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported of last Friday\u2019s Minneapolis action:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in funding for its police department in order to recruit new officers. This comes after months of some members of the council denigrated the department after George Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe department says it only has 638 officers available to work \u2014 roughly 200 fewer than usual. An unprecedented number of officers quit or went on extended medical leave after Floyd\u2019s death and the unrest that followed, which included the burning of a police precinct,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/minneapolis-spend-64m-recruit-police-officers-75875382\">ABC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unprecedented number of officers quit or went on an extended medical leave \u2014 many for PTSD claims \u2014 after Floyd\u2019s death, rioting that led to the burning of a police precinct, and calls to end the city\u2019s Police Department,\u201d the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/minneapolis-to-spend-6-4-million-to-hire-more-police\/600022400\/\">Star Tribune<\/a> pointed out. \u201cIn the months since then, some residents have begged city leaders to hire additional officers, saying they\u2019re waiting longer for responses to emergency calls amid a dramatic uptick in violent crime. Others have encouraged elected officials to dismantle the department, saying police haven\u2019t proven effective at reducing crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-minneapolis-city-council-president-asked-who-to-call-if-someone-breaks-into-your-house-after-dismantling-police-says-step-back-check-your-privileg\/\">speaking with CNN\u2019s Alisyn Camerota<\/a>, the president of the Minneapolis City Council, which had stated it intended to \u201cdismantle\u201d the city\u2019s police department, was asked what a citizen should do if an intruder broke into their house in the middle of the night and there were no police to call. In response, she suggested that the opportunity to call police \u201ccomes from a place of privilege,\u201d adding that those citizens should \u201cstep back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also in June, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/minneapolis-police-chief-blasts-calls-to-defund-department-says-he-wont-abandon-residents\/\">slammed<\/a>&nbsp;the idea propounded by the city council to defund and dismantle the city\u2019s police department, asserting, \u201cAs chief, I am obligated to [ensure] the public safety of our residents. I will not abandon that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That same month,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unusually-large-number-of-minneapolis-police-are-quitting-cite-lack-of-support-from-citys-democrat-leaders-riots\/\">reports surfaced<\/a> that an increasing number of Minneapolis police officers had quit because of a lack of support from local Democratic political leaders.<\/p>\n<p>By July, Minneapolis residents&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/armed-minneapolis-residents-are-patrolling-their-own-neighborhoods-as-city-moves-to-defund-police\/\">started patrolling their own neighborhoods<\/a> after violent crime across the city surged. The Daily Wire reported, \u201cThe patrols, some armed, are part of a largely grassroots efforts to protect neighborhoods, businesses, and residents from rioters and criminals. Some groups have constructed barriers at the entrance to their neighborhoods and control who can enter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In August, a Minneapolis commission&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/minneapolis-officials-prevent-putting-the-dismantling-of-the-police-department-on-ballot-as-opposition-to-defund-police-surges\/\">prevented<\/a> the Democrat-controlled Minneapolis City Council\u2019s amendment to dismantle the city\u2019s police department from appearing on the ballot in November. \u201cThe Charter Commission had expressed concern that the process to change the city\u2019s charter was being rushed after Floyd died following an encounter with a Minneapolis police officer,\u201d CBS News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/minneapolis-police-department-disband-proposal-stalled-after-george-floyd-death\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cSome commissioners said they were more concerned with making the right changes rather than making them fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott responded Sunday to news out of Minnesota that the Minneapolis City Council had voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in funding for its police department &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893469,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6790,4352,3729,6772,3967,6791],"class_list":["post-133417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-defunding","tag-didnt","tag-like","tag-minneapolis","tag-police","tag-well"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}