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Kolibri X posted...

Burning your city down accomplishes nothing but makes you poorer.

To what extent is it their city? To what extent do they exert any control over the political outcomes of it? The city council last year unanimously approved a budget increase for the cops despite community backlash.
https://m.startribune.com/affordable-housing-police-cadet-class-among-highlights-of-minneapolis-1-6-billion-budget-for-2020/566081511/

But it was the police recruit class that drew the most attention during a public hearing before the vote. One downtown business owner thanked the mayor and council for adding officers, but most speakers argued against it, saying it didnt address root causes of violence and would have a disproportionate impact on blacks.

If policing was going to help our problem, it would have happened by now, said Mysnikol Miller, a neighborhood organizer on the North Side. We have had plenty of police for plenty of years, and its not improving anything.

After initially proposing to hire 14 officers a measure that drew a swift outcry from some community groups Frey and council members negotiated to put the funding toward hiring and training 38 cadets in an effort to strengthen the shrinking department.

As part of the compromise, they moved additional money to the citys violence prevention programs, bringing the total to $2.7 million.

Their Democratic senator is the prosecutor who let Floyd's killer off the hook when he killed people previously.
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