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From YouTube: June 5, 2020 Minneapolis City Council
Description
Minneapolis City Council Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
B
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Lisa
bender
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
and
I'm,
going
to
call
to
order
this
special
emergency
meeting
of
the
City
Council
from
June
5th.
This
meeting
was
called
by
Mayor
fries
so
that
we
may
consider
items
of
the
terms
of
stipulation
for
the
proposed
temporary
restraining
order
in
connection
with
the
civil
rights
investigations
filed
by
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
this
past
Tuesday.
B
That
case
relates
directly
to
the
death
of
George
Floyd,
while
in
custody
of
former
members
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
as
well
as
the
past
10
years
of
potential
patterns
of
racial
discrimination
in
our
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
Before
we
begin
I'll
note
that,
excuse
me,
the
mayor,
counts
and
council
members
and
staff
are
participating
remotely
in
this
meeting,
as
well
as
representatives
from
the
State
Department
of
Human
Rights,
and
that
remote
participation
is
authorized
under
Minnesota,
but
Minnesota
Statutes
13d
point
0
to
1
due
to
the
declared
public
health
emergency
from
the
coronavirus.
C
F
A
B
B
G
B
B
Carries
in
the
Adept
agenda
is
adopted.
Colleagues,
the
sulfur
purpose
of
this
emergency
meeting
is
to
consider
approving
the
terms
of
a
stipulation
for
a
proposed
temporary
restraining
order
with
the
state's
Human
Rights
Department
in
their
case
against
the
city's
police
department.
Before
we
begin
I'll
just
very
briefly
outline
our
process
today.
B
I
want
to
note
that
Krishna
Lou
Sarah
has
joined
us
by
phone
after
not
being
able
to
get
into
our
electronic
format
here.
So
we
will
do
everything
we
can
to
support
the
presentation.
In
that
format,
we
will
be
able
to
have
questions
from
Council
members
after
the
presentation.
I
want
to
note
that
Krishna
Lucero
has
made
herself
available
to
every
member
of
the
City
Council
multiple
times
over
the
last
several
days
and
has
invited
significant
feedback
from
this
body,
much
of
which
has
been
incorporated
into
the
document
and
I.
Thank
you
Commissioner.
B
For
that
time,
we
have
committed
I,
have
committed
to
attempt
and
do
our
best
to
vote
on
this
item
by
about
1:30
p.m.
in
accordance
with
the
state's
timeline.
If
we
have
not
completed
our
work.
So
if,
if
we've
completed
the
work
but
we're
in
a
long
discussion
at
that
time,
I
will
move
to
call
the
question
at
about
125
p.m.
B
I
just
want
my
calls
to
know
that
that
would
require
a
second
and
a
vote
of
two-thirds
of
the
council,
which
is
nine
members
to
call
that
question
and
that
will
be
up
to
the
body.
But
I
did
want
to
highlight
that
I
had
made
that
commitment.
After
again
many
many
hours
of
engagement
of
the
City
Council
over
the
past
number
days
after
that
boat,
we
would
have
as
much
time
and
as
council
members
would
like
to
take
to
make
comments.
B
D
Thank
You
president
thunder
hi
everyone.
My
name
is
Rebecca
Lucero
and
I'm.
The
Commissioner
for
the
Department
of
Human
Rights
I'd,
like
to
start
out
quickly
by
introducing
two
people
who
are
with
me
today.
First
is
Irena
Bannerman.
The
deputy
commissioner
and
Nick
Dodson
general
counsel,
was
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
as
I'm
working
here
to
get
back
on
the
computer
system,
I'm
going
to
ask
Irena
to
kick
us
off
by
providing
that
context
of
what
brings
us
here
today
and
I'll
be
I'll,
be
available
here
in
a
second
deputy
commissioner.
Bannerman.
H
Thank
You,
commissioner,
and
thank
you
to
the
council
for
having
us
here
today
so
as
as
we
all
know
we're
here
today,
because
earlier
a
few
days
earlier,
the
Commissioner
filed
a
charge
of
discrimination
against
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
investigating
patterns
or
practices
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
to
determine
if
there
are
systemic
practices
that
have
led
to
racial
discrimination,
particularly
for
people
of
color
and
specifically
for
black
community
members.
We're
here
today,
because
under
the
Minnesota
Human
Rights
Act,
there's
a
provision.
Minnesota
statute,
363
8.28,
subdivision
6e.
H
That
permits
the
department
to
seek
a
I'm
going
to
turn
on
my
camera.
Here.
Sorry
about
that
that
permits
the
department
to
seek
emergency
court
action
or
a
temporary
restraining
order
to
seek
relief
where
there
is
immediate
harm
being
done,
and
the
Commissioner
has
reason
to
believe
that
there
is
immediate
harm.
And
so
it
is
under
that
under
that
statutory
right
that
we
find
ourselves
here
today
with
a
temporary
restraining
order
and
a
consent.
D
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
So
if
you
start
on
what
I
believe
is
the
bottom
of
page,
four
of
the
order
I'd
like
to
talk
through
the
immediate
implementation
changes
that
we're
looking
at
and
there's
two
sections
here:
there's
the
immediate
implementation
and
then
there's
the
strategic
parts
pieces
and
that
allow
us
to
move
forward
strategically
for
next
steps
here.
So,
first
off
what
I'm
going
to
say
is
I'm
going
to
talk
about
several
immediate
implementation,
changes
and
I
just
want
to
stress
and
highlight
that
these
none
of
this
is
new.
D
None
of
this
is
about
a
new
conversation.
All
of
this
has
been
recommended
many
times
before.
Community
members
have
been
talking
about
this
for
a
very
long
time.
Leadership
has
been
talking
about
these,
and
so
I
just
want
to
honor
the
tremendous
amount
of
work
that
has
gone
on
for
for
young
years
and
generations
to
move
these
kinds
of
pieces
forward.
D
So
we're
going
to
start
with
the
first
one,
which
bans
chokehold
and
for
each
one
of
these
I'm
going
to
talk
about
what
the
current
situation
is
and
what
this
changes
so
first
banning
choke
holds
currently
choke
holds
and
neck
restraints
are
permitted
in
Minneapolis.
In
fact,
in
the
policy
and
procedure
manual
it
is
permitted
under
a
variety
of
situations,
to
utilize
a
chokehold
to
even
render
someone
unconscious
and
if
you're
reading
the
news
you'll
see
reports
at
how
frequently
that
is
done
in
Minneapolis.
So
what
this
changes,
chokehold
and
neck
restraints
are
prohibited.
D
For
any
reason,
this
temporary
restraining
order-
and
this
order
requires
the
city
to
amend
its
policy
department
Paula
its
policy,
Police
Department
policy
and
procedure
manual.
Excuse
me
to
make
that
change.
Second,
there's
a
duty
to
report.
So
what's
going
on
right
now,
right
now,
under
the
policy
and
procedure
manual,
the
onus
is
on
a
person
who
uses
force
to
report
that
force
and
at
different
times.
So
let's
talk
about
what
this
changes.
D
The
next
area
is
duty
to
intervene
and
again,
you
might
say,
isn't
this
there
and
you
would
be
correct.
Under
the
police
department
policy
and
procedure
manual
at
section
5,
303
303,
there
is
a
general
duty
to
intervene
if
stresses
that
employees
have
an
obligation
to
protect
the
public
and
other
employees.
So
what
does
this
change?
First
and
foremost
again,
it
clarifies
and
stresses
that
you
must
intervene
regardless
of
tenure
in
rank.
Secondly,
if
it
affirms
that
you
must
do
so,
both
verbal
verbally
and
physically
third,
it
adds
additional
teeth.
D
Moving
on
to
the
fourth
item
here
does
crowd
control
authorization
during
protests
and
demonstrations.
Right
now,
under
the
police
department
policy
and
procedure
manual,
your
section
5
3
1-3,
a
supervisor-
is
authorized
to
approve
chemical
agents
in
crowd
control
situations.
So
what
does
this
change
during
process
protests
and
demonstrations
use
of
all
crowd?
Control
weapons
such
as
chemical
agents,
must
be
authorized
only
by
the
chief
or,
if
the
chief
is
unavailable,
a
designee
at
the
rank
of
deputy
chief
or
higher.
D
D
That
I
want
to
talk
about
here
is
the
timely
disciplined
decision.
So
right
now
it's
already
a
requirement
for
disciplined
decisions
to
be
made
within
45
days.
However,
it
is
not
occurring
and
there's
a
backlog
of
these
decisions.
There
are
a
variety
of
reasons
for
that.
However,
we
need
these
cleaned
up.
Someone
complains
about
a
situation
that
occurs
and
the
OPC
our
fines
merit.
We
need
action
immediately,
it
cannot
languish.
So
what's
changed
requires
45
days
to
clean
up
that
backlog
and
moving
forward.
These
decisions
need
to
be
made
faster.
D
D
The
sixth
area
here
that
all
highlight
is
called
the
born.
The
body
worn
camera
footage
review
right
now,
camera
food--it
footage
data
exists.
That's
great.
However,
it's
only
reviewed
when
there's
a
complaint.
Furthermore,
right
now
there
is
no
audit
ability
granted.
So
let's
talk
about
what's
changed
here,
camera
footage
must
be
audited.
It
must
be
strategic.
It's
intended
to
identify
discriminatory
practices
in
policing,
including
officer
misconduct.
D
These
are
these
are
immediate
implementation,
changes
that
are
designed
to
stop
ongoing,
irreparable
harm,
particularly
to
black
indigenous
and
communities
of
colored,
who
have
suffered
generational
pain
and
trauma
as
a
result
of
systemic
and
institutional
racism.
This
is
just
a
start.
There
is
a
lot
more
work
to
do
here
and
that
work
must
and
will
be
done
with
deep
community
engagement.
D
There's
a
lot
more
to
do,
and
that
leads
us
to
the
next
section,
which
is
numbers
7
through
14
that
work
towards
building
toward
systemic
change.
So,
first
here
number
7
talks
about
how
on
or
before
July
30th,
there
will
be
a
list
prepared
talking
about
where
Minnesota
laws
exist,
that
impede
public
transparency
or
prevent
the
mayor
and
police
of
chiefs
or
impede
civilian
oversight
from
disciplining
and
terminating
police
officers.
D
Verse
8
through
numbers
13
are
all
related
to
the
charge
of
discrimination
that
was
filed
earlier
this
week
and
the
ongoing
investigation
of
that
charge.
Numbers
8
through
13
provide
different
stipulations
that
talk
about
how
the
city
will
cooperate
with
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
and
its
investing
and
its
investigators
to
help
provide
access
to
employees,
facilities,
documents
and
data,
so
that
this
investigation
can
move
forward
quickly
and
we
can
see
what
systemic
changes
can
come
about.
D
There's
also
provisions
in
here
that
stress
that
all
forms
of
retaliation,
intimidation,
coercion
or
adverse
action
against
any
person,
including
any
city
employee
who
reports,
misconduct
or
cooperates
with
Md
hrs
commissioners
charge
investigation
that
that
is
prohibited.
You
can
see
those
retaliation
pieces
laid
out
in
11,
12
and
13.
D
B
B
A
B
I
will
note,
too,
that
we've
had
as
I
think
everyone
knows,
a
number
of
I
think
intentional
issues
with
our
website
and
different
electronic
communications.
Our
I-team
and
technical
staff
have
both
restored
our
website,
which
keeps
going
down
as
well
as
created
an
alternative
electronic
method
for
members
of
the
public,
to
watch
the
meeting
to
share
that.
So
we've
shared
that
out
publicly
Madame.
A
B
I
You
very
much
Madam
President
I
apologize
that
I
have
no
video
this
afternoon,
but
I
hope
everybody
can
hear
me.
Just
fine
I
would
just
like
to
say.
First
of
all,
I
am
the
director
of
civil
rights
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
this
is
my
first
opportunity
to
offer
condolences
to
the
family
of
George
Floyd.
On
behalf
of
every
employee
in
the
Department
of
Civil
Rights,
we
offer
our
prayers
for
peace
and
comfort
to
the
family.
I
I
The
work
you
have
directed
our
staff
to
do
and
the
work
that
you
required
of
us
during
the
course
of
what
is
essentially
a
preliminary
investigation
to
develop
this
document.
That
is
before
the
council
today
has
been
done
with
compassion
and
grace
because
for
anyone
listening
or
watching,
make
no
mistake
about
it.
This
is
a
state
Human,
Rights,
Department
investigation.
I
The
fact
that
the
Commissioner
has
reached
out
to
the
city
this
early
in
the
process
is
typically
not
what
happens
in
an
enforcement
action.
What
normally
happens
is
that
the
enforcement
agency,
in
this
case
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights,
will
learn
of
a
potential
discrimination
by
an
entity
or
respondent.
In
this
case
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
They
would
develop
a
charge
document
and
usually
before
the
respondent
will
know,
anything
has
happened,
that
charge
will
land
on
their
doorstep.
I
So
how
do
I
know
this
so
in
the
last
approach,
only
20
years
as
the
head
of
an
enforcement
agency
or
has
someone
who's
responded
to
charges?
I
have
never
seen
this
done
this
way
before
I
have
heard
the
Commissioner
massero
say
in
the
days
leading
up
to
this
meeting
that
she
knows
that
the
city
has
attempted
to
make
changes
over
the
years,
but
understands
that
there
have
been
circumstances
that
have
prevented
the
city
from
going
as
far
with
police
reforms,
as
is
needed.
I
So
we
are
hopeful
that,
by
escalating
this
to
a
state-led
civil
rights
pattern
and
practice
investigation,
all
of
the
entities
that
have
had
a
role
in
making
these
changes,
especially
the
state
legislature,
will
be
compelled
to
act
to
change
the
laws
that
impede
the
city
for
making
the
deep
systemic
change
required
and
that
the
community
has
been
demanding
for
decades
to
my
colleagues
across
the
city
Enterprise
over
the
next
weeks
and
months.
This
complaint
will
not
focus
simply
on
the
processes
inside
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
I
It
will
question
any
process
that
has
the
ability
to
effect
the
changes
that
are
needed
to
make
these
broad
deep
reforms.
It
will
be
intense
and
intentional
and
it
will
feel
and
be
invasive,
and
it
should
be
if
we
are
serious
about
making
the
changes
this
time,
we
need
to
be
about
the
work.
So
let's
do
our
part
as
an
entire
city
to
respond
over
the
last
several
days,
I
have
been
privileged
to
help
coordinate
the
early
response
to
prepare
this
document.
I
That's
before
the
council
today,
and
the
civil
rights
department
is
available,
of
course,
to
use
our
staff
to
help
facilitate
this
process.
To
this
conclusion,
going
forward,
the
office
of
the
city
attorney
will
represent
the
city,
as
it
always
does
in
any
legal
matters
to
the
community.
There
will
be
opportunities
to
engage
with
you,
but
to
avoid
reinventing
the
will
and
to
expedite
this
process,
I
encourage
the
human
rights
department
to
utilize,
ongoing
and
recent
community-led
or
community
informed
efforts
to
bring
about
police
reform,
because
this
is
a
Minnesota
human
rights.
Complaint.
I
In
closing,
I
would
like
to
thank
City
Attorney,
Eric
Nielsen
and
the
city
attorney's
staff
treated
chair,
nose,
Tracey
fussy
and
Sarah
LeFort
I'd,
also
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
civil-rights
staff.
You
manage
afar
and
Andrew
Hawkins
and
thank
you
Peter
Arnett
in
the
mayor's
office,
as
all
of
these
people
have
been
involved
in
creating
this
early
response
to
human
rights.
Thank
you
for
your
time,
madam
chair.
That
concludes
my
remarks.
B
B
So
I
will
read
that
I
will
bite
Merrifield
to
make
comments
and
then
I
would
like
to
give
council
vice
president,
the
opportunity
to
comment
before
we
vote
I'll
see
if
there
are
any
technical
questions
before
we
do
call
that
vote.
This
is
a
statement
from
all
12
members
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
on
the
of
human
rights
action
again.
This
was
made
prior
to
today.
It's
detailed
TR,
oh,
but
states
are
approached
to
this
legal
action
and
matter.
George
Floyd
should
be
alive
today.
Mr.
B
Floyd
staff
is
just
one
instance
of
unthinkable:
violence
against
black
men
by
law
enforcement
generally
and
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
specifically
our
community,
especially
communities
of
color,
has
a
deep
mistrust
of
law
enforcement.
Given
the
actions
of
Minneapolis
police
officers
over
decades,
we
welcome
and
fully
support
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights,
robust
investigation
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
B
We
urge
the
state
to
use
its
full
weight
to
hold
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
accountable
for
any
and
all
abuses
of
power
and
harms
to
our
community
and
stand
ready
to
aid
in
the
process
as
full
partners.
The
City
Council's
oversight
at
Annapolis,
Police
Department,
has
been
historically
constrained
by
the
city
charter
and
state
law,
and
we
welcome
new
tools
to
pursue
transformational
structural
changes
to
how
the
city
provides
for
Public
Safety.
B
Many
of
the
ideas
that
are
here
are
in
part
because
council
members
and
our
own
city
staff
raised
them
and
highlighted
them
as
areas
of
work
and
that
council
members,
if
anything,
requested
that
the
language
be
stronger
and
and
broader.
So
thank
you
all
for
the
efforts
that
brought
us
here
today
and
I
will
invite
mayor
Frey
to
comment.
F
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
director
Korbel
and
the
city
staff
who
have
been
really
working
tirelessly
with
the
state.
Thank
you
to
commissioner
Lucero.
This
is
a
moment
in
time
where
we
can
totally
change
the
way
our
Police
Department
operates.
We
can
quite
literally
lead
the
way
in
our
nation
enacting
more
police
reform
than
any
other
city
in
the
entire
country,
and
we
cannot
fail.
F
F
And
if,
as
I've
said
before
and
I'll
say
it
again.
I
do
trust.
This
chief
and
I
believe
that
he
is
primed
to
lead
this
work
in
this
city
and
set
an
example
for
how
police
reform
will
look
for
the
rest
of
the
country,
but
we
don't
want
to
make
policy
for
the
individual.
Good
governance
requires
that
we
know
who
is
making
the
decision
and
who
is
responsible
when
the
chief
makes
a
call
he's
responsible
and
when
I
appoint
the
chief
I
am
responsible
for
those
decisions
too
I.
F
F
B
G
No
thank
you
so
much
I
just
want
to
be
really
brief
and
say
that
I
welcome
these
initial
immediate
changes
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
my
colleagues
the
department,
the
community
to
to
implement
these
long
overdue
changes
addressing
the
systemic
issues
that
has
made
Public,
Safety
and
policing,
deadly
and
detrimental.
For
so
many
people
in
our
community.
B
B
J
A
G
G
B
B
E
E
K
Thank
You
Madame
president
I
appreciate
your
time
and
your
energy
on
all
of
this
work
for
the
past
week
or
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
again
welcome
the
investigation
from
the
state
of
Minnesota
into
this.
I
am
really
eager
to
hear
back
about
those
state
policies
that
can
be
changed
to
ensure
that
police
departments
across
the
state
can
have
better
accountability.
Mechanisms
and
I
wanted
to
restate
something.
K
I
had
mentioned
last
week
during
our
press
conference
in
that
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we're
seeing
now
is
made
possible
by
the
by
the
power
and
voice
of
the
social
movements
that
have
come
together
to
change
this
time.
I
will
say
that
me
personally,
as
the
council
member
of
the
9th
Ward
and
the
chair
of
Public
Safety
I,
am
seeing
so
many
people
who
I
believe
did
have
a
good
faith
in
being
able
to
change
the
system.
Stepping
up
and
saying
this
system
does
not
work.
K
This
system
cannot
be
reformed
and
we
must
do
something
different,
and
so
that
to
me
really
sets
the
tone
for
some
of
the
conversations
we're
having
where
reform
will
never
be
enough.
There
there
is
no
departmental
policy
that
prevents
an
officer
from
using
his
body
to
kill
someone
in
broad
daylight
as
much
as
we
try
to
codify
those
procedures
and
those
systems.
K
In
the
same
way,
we've
been
doing
for
the
past
week
or
so
mm-hmm
block
by
block
working
with
residents
to
to
promote
healing
and
to
promote
accountability
for
ourselves
to
each
other.
For
the
moment,
for
the
movement
and
to
to
bring
different
players
together
to
provide
safety
for
our
community
in
the
in
a
way
that
centers
those
community
voices,
I
will
say
the
same
thing
for
renaming
Chicago
Avenue.
K
My
office
has
started
to
look
into
the
process
of
renaming
Chicago,
Avenue
and
I
would
like
us
to
also
lead
a
community
process
for
the
renaming
of
that
Street
as
part
of
the
work
to
sear.
This
moment
in
time
into
the
bones
of
our
city,
so
that
we
can
forever
remember
what
brought
us
together
and
why
and
what
brought
that
future
forward
that
we're
looking
to
build
together.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
first
just
want
to
start
off
with
thanking
Commissioner,
Lucero's
collaborative
approach
to
this
order.
We,
as
a
city
council,
have
inherited
a
deeply
broken
system
of
policing.
Mayor
mayor,
Frey
and
chief
arredondo
have
also
inherited
this
reality.
As
a
councilmember,
I
will
tell
you
that
I
am
NOT
interested
in
any
more
reforms.
C
Many
of
us
have
said
it
before,
but
I
think
it's
worth
restating
now
that
the
institution
of
policing
is
founded
on
and
rooted
in,
white
supremacy.
Its
history
is
slave.
Catcher
I
will
admit
that
while
I
have
had
a
radical
vision
for
Public
Safety,
namely
fully
institutionalizing
and
funding
the
public
health
approach
to
public
safety,
political
constraints
and
will
have
forced
me
to
compromise
in
ways,
I
did
not
feel
comfortable
with
to
make
progress
outside
of
policing.
C
Further
I
have
her
only
heard
from
constituents
who
simply
wanted
more
to
see
more
police,
despite
this
I
have
been
a
relentless
fighter
for
the
public
health
approach
to
Public
Safety,
to
create
new
systems
of
Public
Safety
outside
of
policing
that
is
rooted
that
are
rooted
in
community
and
justice.
Now
the
tide
has
dramatically
shifted
our
entire
city,
including
my
constituents,
are
seeing
in
real
time.
This
approach
does
work.
We
have
been
organizing
community
patrols
to
keep
our
neighborhoods
safe
during
these
incredibly
challenging
past
couple
of
weeks.
C
It
has
been
tremendously
beautiful
to
see
to
end
watch
community
members
build
power
together
in
ways.
Many
had
no
idea
they
could
before
now,
I
am
overwhelmingly
hearing
from
situates
who
want
an
entirely
new
system
of
public
safety
in
our
city.
This
complaint
gives
us
the
tool
new
tools
to
make
this
happen,
and
chief
arredondo
is
the
right
person
to
lead
from
the
law
enforcement
side.
What
is
critical
as
we
move
forward,
is
for
us
to
not
only
transform
law
enforcement
but
to
build
new
alternative
systems
of
Public
Safety
outside
of
policing.
C
That
includes
both
policy
and
budget
investments.
We
as
a
city
cannot
simply
give
lip
service
about
building
these
new
systems.
It's
time
for
us
to
get
serious
about
this
work
alongside
community
members
who
have
been
doing
this
work
for
decades
and
not
getting
paid
for
it.
They
are
the
experts
and
we
should
be
following
their
lead
as
we
move
forward.
I
am
grateful
to
Commissioner
Lucero
and
all
who
have
as
well
as
director,
Korbel
and
all
those
who
have
been
involved
with
this
process.
C
B
L
And
so
this
is
a
you
know,
really
strong.
First
step
and
I
want
to
echo
director
corbels
thanks
for
the
collaboration,
because
I
recognize
that
it
is
not
required
that
in
fact,
we
are
being
sued,
we're
being
sued
by
many
victims
of
police
violence
and
now
we're
being
sued
on
behalf
of
all
of
the
people
of
Minnesota.
L
L
What
can
we
envision
as
a
future,
and
that
is
going
to
be
a
level
of
deep
community
engagement
for
us
to
all,
build
that
together,
whatever
the
the
future
of
Public
Safety
in
our
city,
looks
like
that?
We
would
never
do
that
in
a
in
a
vote
declared
this
quickly.
So
I
just
wanted
to
name
for
everybody
that
we
are
beginning
a
set
of
work.
L
That
is
going
to
mean
deep
structural
change
and
we
are
beginning
a
public
process
and
we're
also
beginning
a
lot
of
legal
processes
and
I
am
relieved
to
see
these
processes
moving
forward.
I
am
deeply
regretful
that
we
didn't
find
a
way
to
do
it
much
sooner
and
I'm
committed
to
digging
into
the
work
with
community
and
with
Commissioner
Lucero.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
You
council
president
I
also
just
wanted
to
kind
of
jump
in
quickly
to
make
a
couple
points.
First,
I
just
want
to
thank
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
for
bring
us
and
Commissioner
Lucero
for
bringing
this
but
I
think
just
to
kind
of
go
off
what
I've
been
hearing
from
other
council
members
like
this
is
this
is
limited.
J
You
know
this
is
something
that
is
limited
to
the
legal
system
when
we
clear
that
the
legal
system
has
failed
to
bring
justice
to
community
and
has
failed
to
bring
the
transformative
reforms
that
we
really
need
right
now,
not
just
in
Minneapolis
but
throughout
the
country
and
throughout
the
world.
So
I
want
to
be
clear
that
there's
going
to
be
a
very
large
role
for
City
Council
for
the
city
itself
to
bring
about
those
reforms.
J
I'm
really
excited
to
be
hearing
that
kind
of
support,
not
just
from
my
colleagues
in
City
Hall,
but
throughout
my
own
community
I'm
calling
for
that
level
of
change.
My
people
and
myself
are
just
done
with
incremental
change.
It's
been
tried
for
decades
with
very
good
intentions,
but
the
the
horrible
outcomes
that
we've
been
seeing
can't
stand
any
longer,
and
we
need
to
do
something.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
and
look
forward
to
working
with
the
Commissioner
as
well
to
make
sure
to
make
those
transformations
happen.
Thank
you.
B
M
I
appreciate
what
everyone
has
been
saying:
I
think
I
share
those
sentiments.
I
I
think
it's
clear
that
the
city
we
have
failed
in
this
capacity.
If
there
was
an
opportunity
to
plead
guilty
I
think
we
should
plead
guilty
and
that's
what
we're
doing
with
this.
We
are
now
saying
the
week
recognize,
along
with
the
state
that
there
has
been
systemic
and
institutional
racism
and
long-standing
problems
in
policing,
and
it's
been
and
as
it
says
in
the
decree,
this
continuous
harm
was
once
again
highlighted
by
the
in
custody
death
of
George
Floyd.
M
We
agree
that
in
many
previous
efforts
have
not
resolved
the
historic
problems
and
placing
in
this
community
I
think
to
do
that
is
gonna.
Take
a
massive
effort.
I
think
we
have
to
be
ready
for
a
long-term
push.
I
think
there's
gonna,
be
resistance
along
the
way
and
push
back,
but
I'm,
not
sure.
If
we've
ever
had
such
an
opportunity
and
I
am
welcome
the
State
Department
of
Human
Rights
involvement
and
the
courts
and
the
judiciary
and
everybody
on
this
issue,
because
we're
going
to
need
everybody,
leaning
into
it
and
I
think
hope.
G
G
Unappreciated
and
yeah
I
just
want
to
lift
up
those
voices
of
the
young
people
in
our
communities.
I
think
we
have
to
continue
to
to
be
engaged
in
our
electorial
system.
You
must
continue
to
vote
representation
matters
and
so
I
wanted
to
really
just
make
those
statements
to
the
to
the
communities
that
have
been
pushing
us
for
years
and
decades
and
to
get
us
to
this
point.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
wasn't
gonna
speak
because
I
felt,
like
a
lot
of
my
colleagues,
really
said
it
better
than
I
could
really
say
it,
and
so
our
I
really
echo
a
lot
of
the
sentiments,
but
it
felt
maybe
inappropriate
to
not
at
least
acknowledge
the
work
of
Rebecca
Lucetta
on
her
team
I
think
there
were
times
where
there
were
times
where
the
Commissioner
pushed
us,
and
there
were
times
where
I
felt
like
we.
We
were
saying
no
bring
the
hammer
a
little
harder
down
on
us.
N
You
know
and
I
felt
like
in
that
entire
process,
I
thought
incredibly
heard
and
I
and
I
and
I
felt,
like
my
colleagues
were
heard,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
I
want
to
thank
you
for
for
what
you
know.
Thank
us
for
being
cooperative,
but
thank
you
for
taking
this
action
against
the
police
department.
I
also
just
wanted
to
say,
you
know,
look
I,
I
think
that
there
were
moments
in
my
past
two
years
in
office
where
I
felt
like
when
it
came
to
police
reform.
N
N
If
we
aren't
willing
to
push
hard
about
if
we
are,
if
we're
sort
of
short,
changing
ourselves
but
convincing
ourselves
that
that
we've
done
everything
that
we
can,
and
so
you
know,
while
I
can't
promise,
you
know
the
city
of
Minneapolis
that
I
won't
fail.
I
can't
promise
that
I'm
gonna
continue
to
reexamine,
be
self-aware
and
and
and
push
as
hard
as
we
can
for
for
the
kind
of
safety
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
deserves,
because
this
isn't
it.
So.
N
B
B
B
Economically
challenged
and
financially
challenged,
but
as
we
heard
time
and
time
again
from
family
members,
just
literally
brimming
with
love
and
care,
we
learned
that
George
with
a
father
figure
to
his
younger
brothers
and
his
nephews
and
many
in
the
community
who
looked
to
him
for
leadership
and
support
and
we're
here,
because
George
is
dead
and
we're
here,
because
his
family
has
called
on
us
to
act
bravely
and
urgently
and
I
see
the
City
Council
stepping
up
to
answer
that
call
and
I
know.
Looking
back,
we
is
heavily
on
all
of
us.
B
There
are
moments
when
each
of
us
could
have
done
more
and
should
have
done
more
and
I.
Think
for
us
as
comfortable
elephant,
just
so
eloquently
said,
and
by
the
way,
because
we're
elfin
who's,
you
know
been
a
leader
and
calling
for
change,
has
so
humbly
said.
We
all
need
to
do
better
going
forward.
So
I
think
this
is
one
step
in
in
a
many
many
years
process
and,
like
others,
I'm
hearing
from
so
many
in
our
community
right
now.
B
We
know
that
our
community
needs
to
be
front
and
center
in
this
work,
and
we
also
know
that
our
community
is
tired.
They've
asked
for
change
over
and
over
and
over,
and
they
want
to
see
urgency
so
together.
We'll
balance.
Those
two
needs
to
act
urgently
with
the
information
we
have
from
our
community
and
to
invite
every
single
member
of
our
community
into
the
conversation
about
transforming
public
safety
and
any
appleís
as
a
white
person.
B
That
is
my
commitment
and
I.
Invite
you
all
to
join
me
in
that
work,
so
thank
you
to
each
of
you
on
this
small
but
important
step
forward.
The
collaboration
and
teamwork
here
has
made
it
possible
and
again
I'll
turn
it
over
to
council
vice
president
for
what
may
be
the
last
word
of
this
meeting
council
vice
president
yeah.
G
G
That
these
these
efforts
were
made
possible.
The
fact
that
we
have
legalized
same-sex
marriage
in
this
country
and
all
of
the
rights
and
clearly
not
enough
rights,
have
been
afforded
to
LGBTQIA
Americans,
but
the
gains
that
have
been
made
have
been
made
possible
by
the
work
of
black
and
brown,
a
transgender
identified
people
and
right
now,
my
community
black
hands
and
gender
non-conforming
people
and
other
transgender
community
members
are
out
protesting
because
a
black
trans
woman
was
beaten
and
videotaped
at
protests
in
the
Twin
Cities.
G
G
Making
sure
that
we
are
setting
up
for
undocumented
people
for
disabled
members
of
our
community
for
women
who
have
been
victims
of
domestic
violence
and
so
community
council
members
Department
of
Human
Rights.
We
gotta
get
this
right
for
everybody
and,
as
been
noted
on
this
call,
it
is
gonna,
be
enormously
challenging.
B
Think
you've
come
today's
president
with
that
I
think
I
will
give
you
the
last
word
and
just
note
that
when
I'm
asked,
if
we're
really
going
to
do
this
in
Minneapolis,
the
reason
I
know
it's
possible
is
because
of
your
leadership
council.
Vice
president,
that
of
council
member
Jeremiah
Ellison
leave
Cunningham
Alondra
Cano
and
all
of
us
behind
you
and
with
you
as
full
partners
of
supporters
in
this
work.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership
with
that.
We
have
concluded
all
of
the
items
on
our
agenda
before
us.