{"id":958386,"date":"2021-11-02T23:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T03:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=958386"},"modified":"2021-11-02T23:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T03:43:46","slug":"we-need-the-police-minneapolis-voters-reject-measure-to-abolish-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-the-police-minneapolis-voters-reject-measure-to-abolish-police\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Need The Police\u2019: Minneapolis Voters Reject Measure To Abolish Police"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwe-need-the-police-minneapolis-voters-reject-measure-to-abolish-police%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=958386&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--><p>Minneapolis residents overwhelmingly rejected a measure to replace the city\u2019s police department with a public safety force on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Voters rejected the measure by a margin of roughly 56% to 43%, <a href=\"https:\/\/electionresults.sos.state.mn.us\/results\/Index?ErsElectionId=142&amp;scenario=LocalRacesInCounty&amp;CountyId=27&amp;show=Go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Minnesota state database. The measure proposed to alter the Minneapolis City Charter to completely eliminate the existing police department and replace it with a Department of Public Safety that would combine \u201cpublic safety functions through a comprehensive public health approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the police. We need the police,\u201d Minneapolis resident Wynn Wever, who only voted to oppose the measure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/minneapolis-voters-reject-plan-to-replace-police-department\/600112156\/\">told<\/a> the Star Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Askari Lyons, another city resident, said defunding the police would be \u201cunwise,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2021-election-minneapolis-cc108d1707d9cb8cbaa6135bb60e7fbd?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=AP_Politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Associated Press. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/ilhan-omar-votes-abolish-minneapolis-police-department\/\">(RELATED: Ilhan Omar Votes To Abolish Minneapolis Police Department And Replace It With Department Of Public Safety)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison endorsed the amendment while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith in opposing it, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/29\/us\/minneapolis-police-ballot-measure.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe election next week in Minneapolis is no less than a fight of hope vs. fear, of maintaining a broken status quo that killed George Floyd or taking the path of reform,\u201d Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1453067556722552839\">tweeted<\/a> on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s remember what got us here: the Minneapolis Police Department killed a man, George Floyd, in broad daylight,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7313984\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7313984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar marches alongside Rev. Al Sharpton on Aug. 28, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The attempt to replace the city\u2019s police department was largely influenced by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/09\/george-floyd-body-camera-transcript-derek-chauvin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">death<\/a> of George Floyd, who died after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for about 10 minutes in May 2020. Following Floyd\u2019s death, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/26\/george-floyd-dc-protest-black-lives-matter-one-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thousands<\/a> of Americans held <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/16\/george-floyd-protests-damages-protests-riots-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protests<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/30\/24-people-killed-george-floyd-riots-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">riots<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/16\/george-floyd-protests-damages-protests-riots-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">causing<\/a> about $1 billion in damage, with many calling for local governments to defund their police departments.<\/p>\n<p>The Minneapolis city council initially <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/12\/minneapolis-city-council-votes-to-abolish-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted<\/a>&nbsp;to dismantle its police department in June. The council also approved a measure to cut the police budget.<\/p>\n<p>A jury <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/20\/derek-chauvin-found-guilty-murder-george-floyd\/\">found<\/a> Chauvin guilty of second-degree and third-degree murder earlier this year. Chauvin was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/derek-chauvin-sentencing-george-floyd-murder\/\">sentenced<\/a> to more than 22 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>But violent crime has surged throughout the city over the last year, ABC affiliate KSTP-TV <a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/news\/surge-in-minneapolis-violence-includes-over-900-rounds-gunshots-fired-from-automatic-weapons-in-2021\/6255659\/\">reported<\/a>. In 2021, gun-related injuries have surged 26%, homicides have increased 16%, robberies have ticked up 5% and aggravated assaults spiked nearly 3% year-over-year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Police) may have learned a lesson after George Floyd\u2019s death and what happened to the cop that killed him,\u201d Lyons told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minneapolis residents overwhelmingly rejected a measure to replace the city\u2019s police department with a public safety force on Tuesday.Voters rejected the measure by a margin of roughly 56% to 43%, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958386","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}