Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city is working to pair new police officers with “the right individuals” for field training in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
The person dubbed the "Umbrella Man" on social media, who was captured breaking windows at an AutoZone, was identified by Minneapolis police as a white supremacist.
“We need to make sure that those who are in a supervisory role, those that are riding with new officers with new cadets, are the right individuals to be role models,” Frey said. “You learn from who your role models are, and that can be a good thing and that can also be a bad thing.” The police department has been under significant pressure to change its practices since Floyd's death, with a majority of City Council members in favor of eliminating the department entirely and replacing it with a new public safety unit. The city's charter commission is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to advance a proposal that could ultimately send the idea to voters in November.“We should not go down the route of simply abolishing the police department,” Frey said.
Some local residents have voiced concerns about the prospect of dismantling the police department. There were 224% more incidents involving gunfire in June than in June 2019 and 166% more in July than in the previous one, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune analysis of police data. The police department has also lost scores of officers to firings, resignations and medical leave in the two months that followed Floyd's death and the ensuing protests, some of which turned violent.
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