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Wednesday, Jul 1, 2020

Have Minneapolis City Council members who voted for replacing the police department been receiving a private security detail?

Jacqueline Agustin, Gigafact Foundry
yes

After receiving death threats, three Minneapolis City Council members who are seen as proponents of defunding the city's police department have been receiving temporary private security protection. The city has confirmed to local media that it has spent $63,000 during the past three weeks.

On June 26, the council unanimously approved a measure to create a new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention. That organization could still include “licensed peace officers,” the Star Tribune reports, but adds it remains unclear how many, if any, officers would continue to be employed by the city under the proposal.

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