George Floyd Death: Minneapolis City Council Members Call For Complete Disbanding Of City Police Department

A majority of the members of the Minneapolis City Council said on Sunday (Jun 8) that they support disbanding the city’s police department, CNBC reported.

The city council president Lisa Bender tweeted on Thursday that they plan to dismantle the police department.

Another council member Jeremiah Ellison promised that the council would “dismantle” the department.

Dismantling the city police department would require a referendum during the next election.

Minneapolis police department has faced several criticism over the years for nurturing what has been described as racist organisational culture.

On Saturday, activists for defunding the department staged a protest outside city Mayor Jacob Frey’s home.

“I have been coming to grips with my own responsibility, my own failure in this,” Frey said. When pressed on whether he supported their demands, Frey said: “I do not support the full abolition of the police department.”