‘Defund the Police’ Movement Spectacularly Fails: Minneapolis to Spend $6.4M Hiring More Cops
In an astonishing defeat for the “Defund the Police” movement, the city of Minneapolis is set to spend $6.4 million hiring dozens more police officers.
Activists and far-left politicians in the city have been pushing to defund the department since the death of George Floyd, which sparked riots and terror across the nation.
“The City Council voted unanimously Friday to approve the additional funding that police requested. The department says it only has 638 officers available to work — roughly 200 fewer than usual. An unprecedented number of officers quit or went on extended medical leave after Floyd’s death and the unrest that followed, which included the burning of a police precinct,” ABC News reports.
With their ramped up efforts,
