• Majority of Minneapolis City Council announces support for dismantling police department

    Majority of Minneapolis City Council announces support for dismantling police department

    Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their support for disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department at a rally Sunday afternoon in Powderhorn Park. City Council President Lisa Bender said, “our commitment is to end our toxic relationship with MPD and to end policing as we know it to recreate systems of public safety that …
  • Ilhan Omar:

    Ilhan Omar: "it's time to disband" the Minneapolis police

    US Representative of Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, has made it no secret that she wishes to push for the disbandment of the Minneapolis Police Department amid the wrongful death of George Floyd late last month. She took to Twitter on Friday, tweeting: The Minneapolis Police Department has proven themselves beyond reform. It’s time to disband them …
  • George Floyd's criminal history: Left Texas prison to start new life in Minneapolis

    George Floyd's criminal history: Left Texas prison to start new life in Minneapolis

    George Floyd moved to Minneapolis in 2014 for a fresh start after being released from prison in Houston, Texas following an arrest for aggravated robbery  Floyd had turned his life around but died on Monday after a white officer knelt on his neck while arresting him for allegedly paying with a fake $20 bill None of …
  • No, I Do Not Want to Pour Maple Syrup Down My Back

    No, I Do Not Want to Pour Maple Syrup Down My Back

    To hear our Democratic politicians and their “journalists” tell it, what America wants right now, what America needs right now, is to have some politician — they call this person a “national leader” — step up to the microphone and say: My fellow Americans. And all the ships at sea. We are at a crossroads. …