Meanwhile, soldiers and armored vehicles patrolling and social workers case loads are already burdensome. We'll give them more work to do, and never mind the people who prefer having a policeman on the corner.
Lisa Bender is the city council President and Ellison is the son of the AG....
Mayor Jacob Frey has committed to “working with the community towards deep, structural reforms that address systemic racism in our laws and in policing.” Spokesman Mychal Vlatkovich said the mayor “does not support abolishing the police department.”
Council Member Jeremiah Ellison, one of the most vocal critics of the city’s response to the protests and riots that followed Floyd’s death, tweeted Thursday: “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.”
Bender, a few hours later, issued her own tweet repeating that message and adding that they will “replace it with a transformative new model of public safety.”
In an interview, she said she could imagine a scenario where the state’s investigation results in Minneapolis police eventually entering a receivership that restructures the department.
Speaking only for herself and not for the council as whole, Bender said she would support shifting from a traditional police department to a wider public safety department oriented toward violence prevention and community-based services.
In that kind of scenario, it’s possible that social workers or medics could respond to some calls now being handled by police.
Major reforms of that kind would not happen immediately, she said, but are more likely to be discussed later this year or next. And, she said, they would involve opportunities for community input.
“To do this kind of big work, we need a deeper, broader conversation than we’ve ever had before,” Bender said. “We need white people like me and my neighbors to show up in a different way.”
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Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said she supports the city getting tough on residents who don’t shovel their sidewalks. Even when it hits close to home.
City inspectors received seven complaints last winter about snowy or icy sidewalks around the home in the Wedge neighborhood Bender owns with her husband. Each time, they found the property in violation. At some point, city workers shoveled the sidewalks and issued a fine of $149, which was paid.
In an interview Tuesday, Bender said she didn’t know what condition her sidewalk was in when the complaints were made, or why her family wasn’t able to clear the snow on time.
“We’ve owned our house for ten years. We’re a family of two working parents with two small children, and we do our very best to shovel our sidewalk at all times,” said Bender, a champion of a walkable, bikeable city.
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