Lawsuits filed in the wake of George Floyd's killing are piling up and hurting Minneapolis finances

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Nov 17, 2021
Considering the fact that Minneapolis elected leaders all agreed to fund the hiring of new cops as fast as possible (as hundreds quit in the wake of a police murder and calls for accountability)...

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... we maybe spent too much time in 2021 talking about the theoretical problem of eliminating police and not enough time counting the ways our abusive, racist, ineffective, poorly led, money pit of a police department threatens the viability of the city.
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Andy Browne was helping two friends set up a basketball hoop when he noticed volunteer security guards leading a man in a black hoodie away from the George Floyd memorial at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.

It was just days after Floyd was killed by police on the street on May 25, 2020, and the man had thrown debris at mourners and hurled a brick through the front door of Cup Foods on that corner.

A tattoo and his cell phone led volunteers patrolling the memorial to believe he was a white supremacist. They detained the man and called the police so he would be taken away and charged with vandalism.

After 30 minutes, with no police in sight, they called the police dispatcher again, who told them to take him a couple of blocks away, to 38th Street and Oakland Avenue.

The citizens loaded him into the back of Browne’s pickup and drove there.

When six officers finally arrived — after more than an hour and two more calls to dispatch — Browne asked one of them, “What’s with the dicking around with changing spots?”

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[iemanja]

1. Voters just chose to keep this POS police force

and the mayor who runs it. It makes me furious.

[Deuxcents]

2. Even when they're hit hard

I the pocketbook. Just read the thread about the settlement w/ the Aurora, Colorado police. When is enough enough for voters to demand better from their communities?