This is yet another reason the Mpls Council wants to De-Fund the police...
The Police Union gets bad cops jobs back. In order to change that, they must defund the police to end the Union and start over.
Minneapolis police officer fired for decorating racist Fourth Precinct Christmas tree gets job back
A former Minneapolis police officer who was fired for decorating a Christmas tree with racist items two years ago should get his job back, an arbitrator has ruled.
The arbitrator said that Mark Bohnsack was wrongly terminated for the November 2018 incident that also resulted in the firing of another cop, but that Bohnsack must serve a 320-hour suspension without pay, officials said. The city has a right to appeal the decision.
It comes amid renewed scrutiny of the arbitration process in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, which touched off protests worldwide against systemic racism and policy brutality.
MPD spokesman John Elder confirmed that Bohnsack was back with the department — but that the other fired officer, Brandy Steberg, was not — but declined to give further details, saying he wasn’t authorized to discuss personnel matters.
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-police-officer-fired-for-decorating-offensive-christmas-tree-gets-job-back/572098402/
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