Greg Reese reports that the unsurprising outcome on the city of Minneapolis’ experiment to wean itself from police enforcement has basically fallen through the bureaucratic cracks.
The Minneapolis City Council voted en masse to take a defund-the-police approach in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, replacing swat teams with social workers, a move also approved by Gov. Tim Walz.
The new format, which Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls a cultural shift, not only failed to curb violence, but appeared to increase more criminal activity. Here’s the rest of the story with Reese.
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