During a Black Visions Collective and Reclaim the Block rally at Powderhorn Park on Sunday, Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender announced that she and a group of her colleagues were proposing to disband the city’s police force.
Bender shared that the council’s goal is to “end our city’s toxic relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department.”
On what would have been Prince’s 62nd birthday weekend, his city’s current Ward 3 Councilor Steve Fletcher released an op-ed that explained various options that would keep the community safe should the proposal go through.
Lisa Bender, Andrea Jenkins, Phillipe Cunningham, Steve Fletcher, Alondra Cano, Andrew Johnson, Jeremy Schroeder, Jeremiah Ellison, and Cam Gordon are the nine members who are in support of the proposal.
Mayor Jacob Frey has said that instead of doing away with the police force, he believes the city should try reforms.
