China News Service, June 8 (Xinhua Times) reported that on the 7th local time, most members of the Minneapolis City Council in the United States expressed support for the dissolution of the local police department and would replace it with a new type of public safety model. Police department. Two weeks ago, African-American man George Freud was violently executed by white police in the city, causing massive protests and demonstrations across the country.
On May 30 local time, a large number of people gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA to protest and demonstrate.
According to reports, on the 7th, 9 out of 12 members of the Minneapolis City Council made a commitment to dissolve the local police department and plan to work with the local community to develop a new system, which is expected to be implemented in the next few weeks .
Earlier, Minnesota City Councillor and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s son Jeremiah Ellison said on social media on the 4th, "We will disband the Minneapolis Police Department. When we are done After that, we can not only re-knead them together, but also greatly reconsider how to deal with public safety and emergency response."
Minnesota launched an investigation into the city’s police department last week. The first specific change on the 5th was that, in an agreement, the city of Minneapolis agreed to prohibit the use of tools that choked the neck during the enforcement process.
The report said that the dissolution of the entire police department is not without precedent. In 2012, due to rampant crime in Camden, New Jersey, the city disbanded the police station and replaced it with a new force. Compton, California, took the same measures in 2000 and transferred its security work to Los Angeles County.