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“We are committed to dissolving the police in Minneapolis and working with our community to create a new model of public safety that truly ensures safety in the community,” Lisa Bender, president of the Minneapolis City Council, told CNN.
City Councilwoman Alondra Cano said on Twitter that the decision was made by an “absolute majority of Minneapolis City Council members,” who agreed that it was impossible to reform the police department and that the current police system should be abolished.
A white Minneapolis police officer was charged with murder on May 25. held for nearly 9 minutes, kneeling on Floyd’s neck until he suffocated. The entire event was filmed and made public by a passerby.
It was the last well-known case in the US. USA Where a white law enforcement officer is suspected of killing an unarmed black man.
Floyd’s death has sparked nearly 2 weeks of mostly peaceful protests across the country against racism in the American police system. Some protesters call for cuts in funding for the police.
Last year, a former black Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison for shooting an unarmed white Australian who attempted to report the crime.
Bender told CNN television that he was looking to transfer funds currently available to the police to other community projects, and the city council said it would decide how to replace the current police department.
“The complete abolition of the police department is certainly not possible in the near future,” he added.
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