'A week of protest did more than 18 months of conversation.'
In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed, a majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged to vote to disband the police department, per theThat means they decided not just to defund the police, which would mean taking money away and reinvesting in community programs, but dismantle the force completely, replacing police with trained professionals to respond to different types of calls.
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