Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey acknowledges a need to shift a culture that has 'failed black and brown people,' but opposes dismantling of police. 'We need a full structural revamp. But abolishing the police department? No, I think that's a bad idea.'
In Minneapolis, where Floyd died after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes, the City Council — with a veto-proof majority — on SundayA day earlier, amid a massive crowd of protesters, Frey was pressed on whether he would commit to defund the police. When he said he would not support the full abolition of the police,All Things Considered
"We need to entirely shift the culture that has for years failed black and brown people," he says."We need a full structural revamp. But abolishing the police department? No, I think that's a bad idea."For a lot of people, defunding the police means redirect that money. Take the money, but instead of handing it to the police, redirect it into communities, into social services.
But we also do need police officers. And we have a chief [Medaria Arradondo] ... who is from community, by community. This is someone who sued the police department for racial discrimination and won. And now he's our chief. And he's been laying out a vision as to the culture shift that he wants to see, instilling every officer with compassion and dignity.
I want to ask about the moment that went viral on social media. ... What went through your mind in that moment?
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