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Minneapolis Advances Plan To Replace Police

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Minneapolis has taken another step toward replacing its police.

Last night, its City Council unanimously voted to advance a proposal to create a Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention.

That could include what it calls licensed peace officers, but it isn’t a requirement.

For the proposal to become a reality, it needs to pass a handful of more layers of approval and can then be put on a ballot for city residents to vote on.

City leaders pledged to dismantle their police department after the protests against the killing of George Floyd by a now ex-Minneapolis police officer.

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Minneapolis To Disband Police

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Minneapolis plans to dismantle its Police Department after the death of George Floyd.

A majority of Minneapolis City Councillors committed on Sunday to begin defunding their police and put that money into other safety initiatives.

Minneapolis will determine how to replace their police force over the next year.

It comes after George Floyd, a black man, was killed on May 25th when a now-former Minneapolis Police officer knelt on his neck. That sparked almost two weeks of protests, and led to charges against the officer and three others who were at the scene.

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Thousands Protest In Washington, D.C.

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A huge crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. for peaceful protests on Saturday.

Black Lives Matter demonstrators surrounded the Lincoln Memorial and the White House to protest the death of George Floyd.

Multiple media outlets report they were also calling out President Donald Trump for sending in the armed forces against protesters.

Washington officials told media last week they expected Saturday to be the largest demonstration yet, but say nobody has been arrested at the protests since Tuesday.

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Curfews Lifted Amid George Floyd Protests

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Protests against police violence have led to some changes after eleven days of demonstrations.

In Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s death sparked rallies, a curfew was lifted, and the city voted to ban police chokeholds. Multiple media outlets report over 1,000 people gathered outside the office of the state Attorney General that’s leading the case into Geroge Floyd’s death.

In Washington, DC, news outlets are saying the National Guard was ordered to disarm.

However, police in New York City continued to arrest protesters and a Twitter video shows officers shoving a reporter.

Demonstrators marched in Toronto, reacting to the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. Protesters there and in other cities also marked what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday on Friday. She died in an attempted drug bust after police entered her Louisville, Kentucky apartment in March.

After a memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Thursday, the Sherrif of Hoke County, North Carolina announced a second public viewing and public memorial is scheduled for today. It’s being held in Raeford, N.C., where Floyd was born. Sherrif Hubert Peterkin posted on social media that no protesting will be allowed at the event.

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Protests Continue Across U.S.

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Crowds gathered in dozens of American cities last night to protest the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.

They broke out on Friday after Floyd, an unarmed black man, died on Monday. An ex-Minneapolis Police officer is charged with third degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death.

Multiple media outlets say dozens of people were arrested in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area last night. The Minnesota National Guard began sending out almost 11,000 troops to respond to protests.

The Minneapolis Police tweeted protesters threw objects at officers, but none were seriously injured. They have arrested “dozens” of people since last night.

Reports say a crowd of protesters gathered in front of the White House for a second night in a row. In Los Angeles, the governor declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County.

CBS says one of their journalists and another staff member covering protests were hit by police’s rubber bullets in Minneapolis.

In New York City, a Twitter video shows two police cruisers knocking down several demonstrators, prompting outrage from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.