Minneapolis
Instead of Defunding Police, Minneapolis Cuts $8 Million from Department Budget
After the police killing of George Floyd, a majority of the city council vowed to dismantle the police department. They took a much more modest step this week.
Cities Sued for Sweeping Homeless Encampments During the Pandemic
Advocacy groups filed lawsuits against Minneapolis and Denver this month over clear outs of homeless encampments, saying the enforcement during a pandemic is cruel and counterproductive.
Report: The Country's Top Cities for Clean Energy Policy
New York City, Boston and Seattle top the 2020 Clean Energy Scorecard, which ranks 100 cities on local efforts to implement clean energy policy. But only 20 cities are on track to meet their own community climate goals.
Dozens of Minneapolis Police Officers on Leave for PTSD
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP | Members of a Pennsylvania city council could censure colleagues who attended Black Lives Matter protests … People in Louisiana aren’t providing their contacts to contact tracers … To go to Alaska, you must test negative.
Urban Planning as a Tool of White Supremacy—The Other Lesson from Minneapolis
COMMENTARY | Segregation was baked into Minneapolis' urban planning. But the city is hardly alone.
To Avoid Integration, Americans Built Barricades in Urban Space
COMMENTARY | Urban inequality didn’t happen by accident.
I Was Mayor of Minneapolis. I Know Why Police Reforms Fail.
COMMENTARY | An us-versus-them culture has deadly consequences.
What the World Could Teach America About Policing
Examples abound of reforms that are seen as “radical” in the United States.
Majority of Minneapolis City Council Vows to Dismantle City’s Police Force
A veto-proof majority of the municipal legislative body said that they will dismantle the police department and reinvest their budget into community-led public safety programs. But many key details have yet to emerge.
Minneapolis Parks, Schools Cut Ties With Police Department
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Minnesota Presses for Oversight of Minneapolis Police—Will Other States Follow?
In the absence of federal civil rights investigations into the conduct of local police departments, some states may begin to implement their own consent decree programs.
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