Judge Orders Minneapolis to Hire More
Police Officers Amid Crime Surge
Posted By: earlybird, 7/2/2021 12:03:49 PM
A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of a group that filed a lawsuit demanding more police officers be brought into the city, after City Council members and activist groups advocated to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd. Hennepin County District Judge Jamie L. Anderson issued a Writ of Mandamus (pdf) ordering the city to hire more police officers, specifically, that Minneapolis should have at least 730 officers or .0017 of the 2020 census population, whichever is higher, by the end of June 2022. 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
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“Nobody’s doing that,” Joe Biden replied. He’s wrong.
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From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” locker. I’m sure everyone in Minneapolis will be happy to know that a flock of pea green police officers will be ready to hit the streets in months? Years?