Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

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Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters had hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice.

Published 2 years ago · Minneapolis, United States

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Yahoo News

Minneapolis voters reject proposal to replace police department

The result is a blow to the nationwide movement to overhaul policing spurred by the death of George Floyd.

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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BBC News

Minneapolis rejects move to replace police department

The vote comes six months after a white police officer was convicted of the murder of George Floyd.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Minneapolis voters reject bid to replace police with public safety department

Vote comes more than a year after murder of George Floyd prompted national movement to defund police

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Minneapolis voters reject scrapping police department after George Floyd's murder

Voters in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered by police in May 2020, on Tuesday rejected a ballot question that would have dissolved the police department in favor of a new Department of Public Safety, the Washington Post projected.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters had hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd's death under an officer's knee brought calls for racial justice.

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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