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From YouTube: April 16, 2021 City Council
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The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
With
that
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
rule
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
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The
first
is
a
motion
by
council
member
gordon
to
add
to
the
to
add
under
new
business,
a
resolution
opposing
left,
less
lethal
weapons,
and
the
second
is
a
motion
by
council
member
cunningham,
adding
under
new
business
a
staff
direction
on
developing
unarmed
traffic
enforcement
proposals
for
referral
to
the
public
health
and
safety
committee.
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No,
I
just
well.
This
is
not
a
question
just
a
a
comment.
You
know.
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
to
manage
minneapolis
at
this
moment,
but
I
really
feel
it's
important
for
the
mayor
to
be
here
to
take
the
time
to
be
transparent
and
accessible
at
our
bi-weekly
meetings,
especially
with
everything
that's
happened.
I
feel
like
that's
an
appropriate
way
and
provide
some
comfort
and
sense
of
kind
of
direction
for
our
constituents,
so
I
hope
that
the
mayor
will
be
able
to
make
it
in
future.
B
Cnn
I'll
direct
the
clerk
to
refile
that
report.
The
second
item
under
new
business
is
a
report
on
the
mayor's
declaration
of
local
emergency
that
was
issued
on
april
12th
2021,
resulting
from
civil
disturbance
this
week
and
the
two
emergency
regulations
that
imposed
a
curfew
in
minneapolis
on
monday
and
tuesday
evenings.
B
I
had
requested
and
invited
the
mayor
to
come
today.
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B
We
do
have
some
staff
leaders
who
are
involved
in
in
these
discussions,
including
our
city
coordinator,
mr
ruff,
and
our
city
attorney
mr
router,
so
I
think
unless
either
the
city
coordinator
or
city
attorney
would
like
to
start
with
a
summary.
I
suppose
you
could
review
what
the
mayor
sent
in
his
email.
Otherwise
we
could
open
it
up
to
questions
from
council
members
and
again,
I'm
sorry
to
put
staff
on
the
spot.
Like
this.
I
had
hoped
that
the
mayor
could
come
himself.
I
Council
president
bender,
this
is
mark
ruff,
I'm
the
city
coordinator,
certainly
would
defer
to
the
city
attorney
for
any
remarks
he
has
as
well.
I
can
say
I
know
some
of
the
questions
were
around
the
imposition
of
a
curfew
for
two
evenings
and
overnight
I
have
been
involved
in
those
discussions
as
a
quick
overview.
I
I
think
the
decision
on
on
a
curfew,
first
of
all,
a
curfew
as
his
council
is
aware,
is
only
able
to
be
undertaken
by
the
mayor
when
a
state
of
local
emergency
is
declared,
and
so
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
step.
One
is
declaring
the
state
of
emergency
step.
Two,
then,
would
be
as
a
part
of
that
emergency
to
have
a
curfew,
and
those
decisions,
at
least
in
this
past
week,
were
made
on
a
daily
basis.
I
It
is
anticipated
that
we
will
be
working
with
our
state
partners
and
our
regional
partners
as
we
look
to
the
jury,
deliberation
and,
ultimately,
the
jury
verdict
again
as
a
more
regional
approach
and
consistent
approach.
So
it
is
less
confusing
for
those
that
are
subject
to
curfews
as
to
what
the
boundaries
may
be
between,
for
example,
minneapolis
and
saint
paul,
or
between
hennepin,
county
and
anoka
county
as
to
what
the
rules
are.
I
So
consistency
is
certainly
a
part
of
those
conversations
and
were
a
part
of
those
conversations
for
the
two
evenings
that
we
had
the
curfew
in
place.
The
second,
the
second
part
of
that
is
really
just
the
hours
that
a
curfew
may
be
occurring
and
we
do
recognize
that
curfews
are
great
imposition
not
only
on
individuals
in
their
daily
lives.
That
that
add
stress
to
people
in
what
is
already
a
very
stressful
environment.
I
But
the
the
intent
obviously
is
to
help
prevent
the
type
of
activity
that
occurred
early
monday
morning
and
then
also
into
monday
evening
and
early
tuesday
evening,
which
is
destruction
of
locally
owned
businesses
that
were
oftentimes
the
same
businesses
that
were
hit
last
may
during
the
civil
unrest
at
that
point
in
time,
and
so
the
hours
for
the
first
night
of
curfew
did
start
earlier,
and
this
again
starts
from
a
recommendation
of
chief
eridando
for
the
city
itself.
I
It
is
then
compared
with
other
law
enforcement
recommendations,
as
well
as
what
is
happening
in
the
communities,
and
we
had
ramadan
this
week.
That
started,
which
was
also
a
factor
that
played
into
this.
We
were
talking
to
the
city
of
brooklyn
park,
which
is
a
city
of
80
000
people
just
north
of
brooklyn
center,
which
actually
had
a
special
election
for
their
mayor
on
tuesday
evening,
and
so
those
are
considerations
that
we
have
to
also
take
into
account
when
we
are
thinking
about
consistency
of
these
approaches.
I
But
we
do
recognize
that
a
later
curfew
is
one
that
is
less
imposing
on
businesses
and
in
residence
as
they
are
attempting
to
go
through
their
daily
life
during
again
these
difficult
times.
So
I
think
we
will
continue
those
conversations
with
our
state
partners.
The
communication
with
the
governor's
office
with
hennepin
county
with
other
cities,
including
st
paul
and
brooklyn
park
and
brooklyn
center,
has
been
very
healthy
and
we
appreciate
their
partnership
and
willingness
to
work
with
us
again.
We
apologize,
I
think,
for
especially
the
decision
around
the
tuesday
curfew.
I
It
came
later
in
the
day.
Our
goal
is
to
have
the
curfews
be
as
early
as
possible
during
the
morning,
and
then
the
last
thing
I
want
to
say
is
just
from
a
staff
perspective
is
to
just
make
note
of
the
fact
that
we,
as
city
staff,
are
deeply
affected
by
the
events
of
the
last
week.
As
I
know,
council
is
as
well
one
on
behalf
of
city
staff,
extend
our
condolences
to
the
wright
family
and
to
the
floyd
family.
We
know
that
these
are
exceptionally
difficult
days
for
them.
I
We
know
that
these
are
exceptionally
difficult
days
for
our
black
and
brown
communities.
The
stories
I've
heard
from
our
own
employees
around
the
questions
they
are
getting
from
their
children
are
just
tremendously
difficult
in
this
time,
and
I
think
our
objective
in
this
work,
especially
around
curfews
and
when
it
comes
to
other
issues
that
that
we
will
discuss
today,
is
to
try
to
minimize
the
harm
that
comes
to
our
communities
as
we
move
forward.
I
B
Thank
you,
mr
ruff
again
just
want
to
pause
and
see
if
mr
router
wants
to
add
anything
or
if
not
I'm
sure
there
are
many
questions,
so
I
just
wanted
to
check
in
before
we
open
it
up
to
questions.
J
Thank
you,
council
president.
This
is
the
attorney
router.
I
don't
have
anything
to
add
to
what
city
coordinator
ruff
has
said.
I
certainly
can
try
to
answer
any
questions
that
come
up
that
are
relevant.
Obviously
from
our
office.
We're
certainly
focused
on
trying
to
manage
through
all
the
appropriate
process
procedures.
You
know
helping
get
these
things
in
place,
but
I
think
mr
ruff
covered
all
the
issues
that
took
place
this
week
very
well,
so.
B
Thanks,
thank
you
both
there's
a
number
of
cast
members
in
queue.
I
do
just
want
to
add
a
few
things
before
I
call
on
the
council
members.
B
First,
I
added
this
agenda
item
in
the
rather
technical
way,
or
I
describe
this
agenda
item
in
a
rather
technical
way,
but
I
I
do
want
to
extend
our
very
deepest
condolences
to
duane
wright's
family
and
the
community
in
brooklyn
center,
in
our
own
community
and
throughout
the
twin
cities
and
honestly,
at
this
point
throughout
the
world
who
are
watching
these
patterns
of
violence
play
out
in
our
communities,
and
I
know
that
I
think
it
is
too
bad.
The
mayor
wasn't
able
to
come
today
to
answer
questions
directly
from
council
members.
B
Stakeholders
like
neighborhood
organizations
to
the
joint
information
center
to
the
regular
press,
conferences
to
emails
that
are
going
out,
and
so
that
is
really
helping
us
answer
people's
questions.
I
think
people
assume
that
we
have
a
lot
more
information
than
we
typically
do
ahead
of
those
public
announcements.
B
So
many
of
our
staff,
you
know,
office
of
violence
prevention,
health
department
are
are
formally
communicating
with
our
community
during
the
time
of
the
child,
derek
chovin
in
the
aftermath
of
the
killing
of
dwayne
wright
and
throughout
the
days
that
have
followed.
B
You
know-
and
I
also
did
want
to
just
underscore
mr
f
what
you
said.
I
know
that
our
staff
are
hurting
and
are
affected
by
what's
happening
in
our
community
and
often
showing
up
to
work
and
again,
as
we've
said
so
many
times
before,
managing
the
dual
roles
of
their
regular
job
and
then
the
additional
strain
of
holding
space
for
members,
our
community.
You
know,
I
think
any
staff
that's
public
facing
and
interacting
with
our
community
is
doing
work
to
support
the
anguish
and
anger
that
folks
are
experiencing
and
just
want
to
so
deeply.
B
G
Thank
you,
president
bender.
This
question
is
for
mark
smart
ralph.
I
have
a
question
about
the
operation
safety
net
how's.
That
decision
made
where
to
put
the
national
guard.
I
hear
that
decisions
based
on
where
the
liquor
stores
and
pharmacies
and
gas
stations
are
located
here
in
my
community.
We
have
all
those
businesses
here
that
have
been
also
damaged.
G
In
a
great
number
here
in
franklin
and
seward,
neighborhood
had
a
meeting
with
residents
and
business
owners
yesterday
that
had
been
damaged
and
they're
asking
the
question:
why
isn't
there
a
security
present
in
this
area
and
and
how
can
as
a
council
member
request
that
and
make
sure
that
we
are
being
making
the
decisions?
G
We're
not
leaving
some
of
the
communities
behind
and,
and
you
know,
putting
putting
the
national
guards
or
skills
present
in
different
part
of
the
community?
That
question
has
been
coming
back
in
my
email,
a
lot.
So
if
you
can
answer
that
and
also
let
me
know
how
I
can
have
the
same
security
presence
here
and
different
locations.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
council
president
council
member
osman.
The
discussions
that
I
have
been
in
regarding
your
question
would
indicate
that
to
specifically
answer:
how
can
you,
as
a
council
member,
address
the
concerns
of
residents
or
how
can
residents
themselves
address
those
concerns?
I
think
first
and
foremost
would
be
communications
with
the
precinct
inspector.
I
Those
are
the
folks
who
know
your
neighborhoods
the
best.
The
second
would
be
directly
to
chief
eridando
and
his
team,
specifically
assistant
chief
halverson,
with
with
concerns,
I
think
the
has
been
publicly
stated
that
the
national
guard
presence
will
not
be
fixed.
I
They
do
anticipate
having
the
presence
moved
to
different
parts
of
the
city,
either
depending
on
what
is
occurring
in
the
city
that
day
or
intelligence
that
they
may
have
where
one
part
of
the
city
is,
is
more
potentially
at
risk
than
others,
but
I
think
that
it
is
certainly
going
to
be
a
fluid
situation
and
but
registering
those
specific
concerns
of
those
specific
businesses
and
residents
within
your
ward
and
within
your
neighborhood,
with
your
precinct
inspector
and
with
chief
eridondo.
I
know
he
appreciates
that
feedback
on
a
regular.
K
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
I'm
hoping
staff
can
answer
this
a
little
bit,
but
I
am.
I
am
concerned
that
we
are
accumulating
a
kind
of
higher
tolerance
for
states
of
emergency
that
that
the
the
the
notion
of
a
state
of
emergency
is
losing
its
meaning.
K
K
K
It
is
certainly
observable
from
the
council
perspective
that
the
level
of
communication
from
the
mayor's
office
that
the
level
of
communication
to
the
public,
that
the
level
of
consultation
with
stakeholders
just
felt
very
different
from
previous
states
of
emergency,
that
that
that
this
felt
it's
it's.
It's
feeling
like
it's
becoming
just
like
a
pro
forma
action
in
our
tool
kit,
and
I
think,
that's
expressed
in
the
mayor's
absence
today.
K
I
think
it's
very
strange
to
declare
a
state
of
emergency
and
not
come
communicate
to
council
directly
about
how
you
use
that
state
of
emergency,
because
when
we
declare
a
state
of
emergency,
we
are
suspending
elements
of
our
democracy
for
the
expediency
of
responding
to
a
crisis
and.
K
That
should
be
taken
outrageously
seriously,
and
I
I'm
very
concerned
about
that,
and
so
I
would
like
some
reassurance
and
I'm
hoping
you
can
help
me
understand.
The
curfews
feel
disproportionate
to
any
events
that
occurred
in
our
city.
Now,
that's
easy
to
say
in
retrospect,
so
it
is
possible
that
we
had
intelligence
that
we
thought
something
was
going
to
happen
differently
than
what
happened.
K
It
does
not
feel
like
we
needed
a
curfew
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
to
enforce
our
rules
against
burglary
and
robbery,
and
you
know
the
the
kinds
of
events
that
we
did
hear
about
on
those
on
those
nights
that
those
things
are
already
against
the
law
at
any
time
of
day
and
that
the
curfew
was
not
a
particularly
useful
tool.
So
I'm
hoping
that
you
can
tell
me
was
there
intelligence
that
made
us
believe
there
would
be
a
situation
that
warranted
a
curfew.
K
Were
there
ways
that
the
curfew
actually
was
helpful
in
enforcement
in
ways
in
and
in
keeping
the
peace
in
ways
that
are
not
obvious
to
the
public?
And
you
know
what
was
the?
What
was
the
thinking
and
what
was
the
level
of
seriousness
applied
to
what
I
consider
a
very
grave
infringement
on
people's
civil
liberties
to
tell
them
that
they
cannot
be
out
and
around
in
the
city
for
a
long
period
of
time.
I
Council
president
bender
council
member
fletcher
certainly
again
would
welcome
comments
from
the
city
attorney.
I
will
go
back
to
the
earlier
comments
I
made
about
a
regional
approach.
The
first
night
of
a
local
state
of
emergency
was
done
in
concert
with
the
governor.
I
Agree
wholeheartedly:
council,
member
fletcher,
with
your
concern
that
we
do
not
want
to
treat
states
of
emergency
lightly.
Nor
do
we
want
to
create
a
situation
where
curfews
are
not
treated
with
the
seriousness
that
they
should
be
in,
and
people
just
just
disregard
the
rules
because
become
so
commonplace.
I
So
both
ends
of
those
of
those
spectrums
or
both
of
those
truths
are
are
real
and
we
need
to
be
certainly
very
aware
of
any
kind
of
either
fatigue
or
loss
of
appreciation
of
the
seriousness
of
the
of
the
proportionality
of
those
measures.
And
so
I
think
we
will
continue
to
work
again
on
a
regional
basis
so
that
we,
as
the
city
are
acting
in
concert
with
our
partners.
I
Certainly
again,
the
city
attorney
has
comments.
Welcome
those
as
well
around
specific
concerns
around
any
civil
liberties.
J
Thank
you
city
coordinator,
council,
president
bender
and
council
member
fletcher.
The
only
thing
I
would
add
to
mark's
comments,
which
I
think
we're
we're
spot
on
is
we
certainly
in
our
office,
have
learned
to
work
diligently
to
make
sure
that
we
can
do
everything
possible
on
to
make
sure
the
process
and
the
procedure
is,
is
followed
and
but,
more
importantly,
to
maybe
reiterate
something
that
city
coordinator
said.
J
We
were
in
very
close
communication
with
you
know
my
counterpart
in
st
paul,
as
well
as
members
of
the
governor's
legal
team
to
ensure
that
there
was
consistency
around
whether
it
was
times
exceptions.
J
There
was
conversation,
certainly
at
the
beginning
of
the
week,
about
religious
observances,
and
so
that
was
that
was
our
focus
and,
and
I
do
think
we
have
learned
the
value
of
making
sure
that
we're
in
close
communication
with
these
other
partners
and
and
trying
to
ensure
that
at
least
if
this
is
going
to
be
put
in
place,
that
there
is
consistency
outside
with
our
with
our
neighbors
and
the
broader
metro
area.
K
So
if,
if
I
can
ask
a
quick
follow-up,
then
in
in
thinking
about
the
regional
decision-making
process,
can
you
just
tell
us?
Was
it
the
mayor's
decision
or
was
it
the
governor's
decision,
who's
taking
responsibility
for
the
curfew?
And
if
we're,
if
we're
sort
of
leaning
on
on
sort
of
regional
consistency
as
a
standard,
then
was
this
decision.
K
I
Council,
president
and
council
member
fletcher,
I
would
defer
to
the
city
attorney
regarding
any
kind
of
potential
question
that
may
arise
when
the
governor
declares,
for
example,
a
county
wide
of
state
emergency
and
curfew
as
to
how
that
applies
to
the
city
of
minneapolis.
I
can
tell
you
just
directly
that
the
mayor
of
minneapolis
makes
the
decisions
independently
number
one,
so
the
mayor
is
the
one
who
declares
a
state
of
emergency,
as
the
council
is
familiar,
that
that
state
of
emergency
can
run
for
up
to
72
hours.
I
The
to
extend
longer
than
that
period
of
time
does
require
council
action.
So
initially
it
is
solely
a
mayor
decision
if
we
were
to
run
something
longer
than
72
hours.
That
is
again
subject
to
council
action,
which
the
council
has
taken
on
the
state
of
emergency
regarding
the
public
health
emergency.
I
So
there
are
checks
and
balances
in
that
from
an
internal
standpoint,
but
there
is
also,
I
think
I
would
emphasize
is
a
level
of
cooperation.
The
governor
did
not
come
into
conversations
that
I
was
involved
with
saying
this
is
what
we
have
to
do.
I
think
the
governor
came
in
in
a
partnership
that
said,
especially
on
the
second
night.
I
Let's
have
a
conversation
as
to
what
is
appropriate
for
each
of
your
jurisdictions,
and
I
think
the
governor
and
his
staff
were
very
supportive
and
very
communicative
with
our
staff,
as
well
as
the
law
enforcement
network
that
exists
regarding
their
recommendations,
so
specifically
on
especially
the
second
night.
I
It
is
the
mayor
who
made
the
decision
and
the
mayor
alone,
who
made
the
decision
on
that
and
on
the
first
night
it
was
again
the
mayor
who
declared
a
state
of
emergency
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
in
partnership
with
the
governor
and
with
other
mayors
in
the
region,
so
certainly
defer
to
the
city
attorney.
On
the
previous
question,.
J
Just
to
add,
I
think
the
city
coordinator
alluded
to
something
that's
very
correct,
which
is
obviously,
if
the
governor
ends
up
enacting
some
emergency
orders
that
affect
a
geographic
area.
That
includes
the
city
of
minneapolis,
that
that,
for
lack
of
a
better
way
to
put
it
blankets
over
our
actions
and
to
the
extent
that
there
would
be
any
inconsistencies,
I
would
initially
take
the
position
that
the
governor's
order
would
supersede.
But
that
wasn't
something
we
were
faced
with.
J
But
but
it
does
provide
a
blanket
cover
over
any
actions
that
we
take
and
so
to
the
extent
that
they
had
maybe
an
additional
exception
theoretically
in
to
to
a
curfew,
order
that
then
may
apply
to
all
of
the
jurisdictions
that
they
have
encompassed
in
their
in
their
order.
You
know
in
terms
of
multiple
counties
so.
I
And
then,
if
I
can,
council
president
council
member
fletcher
again
drawing
the
comparison
to
what
we've
been
dealing
with
for
over
a
year
with
a
public
health
emergency,
a
similar
back
and
forth
exists
at
times.
You
know
the
city
attorney
there
are.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
is
more
of
a
statement
rather
than
questions
for
staff.
I
appreciate
you
all
being
here
and
answering
questions.
I
do
think
it's
a
bit
of
an
unfair
position
for
you
to
be
in,
but
that
is
my
assessment.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
agree
with
council
members
fletcher's
questioning
around
the
necessity
of
a
state
of
emergency,
my
ward
actually
borders
brooklyn
center
and
the
fourth
precinct
did
a
really
good
job
intervening
in
property
damage
that
took
place
in
north
minneapolis
on
sunday
night.
L
L
What
is
so
frustrating
for
me
as
a
not
only
a
black
council
member
but
as
a
black
resident
of
the
city,
is
that
the
lesson
that
was
taken
away
last
summer
was
just
that
we
didn't
have
enough
law
enforcement
and
didn't
clamp
down
hard
enough.
So
that's
what
we're
seeing
here.
That
is
the
kind
of
response
that
that
we
are
dealing
with
as
a
city
and
and
in
black
communities.
It's
it's!
L
It's
a
contradiction
to
say
we
understand
that
black
communities
are
hurting
right
now
and
then
to
have
this
kind
of
clamped
down
social
control
response.
That
was
the
lesson
that
was
taken
away.
We
have
asked
for
the
office
of
violence
prevention
to
do
the
most
critical
work
which
is
listening
to
community
responding
to
community
and
attempting
to
address
the
demands
for
justice.
L
That
is
the
work
that
increases
community
resiliency
and
lowers
the
likelihood
of
people
feeling
the
need
to
balance
power
by
making
them
and
making
themselves
heard
by
destroying
and
stealing
property
that
work
isn't
done
intentionally
and
on
a
larger
scale
than
asking
one
person
to
do
it
a
mere
few
weeks
before
the
trial
started,
then
that
resilient
resiliency
has
been
built
and
that
care
hasn't
taken
place.
Instead,
what
we
have
seen
is
a
commitment
to
strong
arms,
social
control.
L
I
have
constituents
who
are
extremely
concerned
and
anxious
about
the
kind
of
law
enforcement
presence
that
we
have
in
our
community
right
now,
and
I
have
to
just
it
is
my
responsibility
as
a
council
member
to
say
that
it
is
a
direct
contradiction
to
say
we
we
care
about
the
black
community.
We
stand
in
solidarity
with
the
black
community
and
we
are,
rather
than
taking
the
time
to
actually
bring
justice
to
the
black
community.
L
L
And
I'm
saying
that
descendants
of
enslaved
africans
in
north
minneapolis
do
not
feel
safe
with
the
response
that
the
city
has,
and
I
actually
didn't
even
know
that
we
had
entered
into
phase
three
of
operation
safety
net
until
I
had
called
the
fourth
person
precinct
inspector
to
check
in
about
what
had
happened
the
night
before,
and
he
was
surprised
that
I
didn't
know
what
was
going
on,
and
so
I
think
that
if
we
are
going
to
be
declaring
states
of
emergencies
frequently
now
apparently
as
a
city,
that
the
least
that
we
can
do
and
expect
is
that
if
the
mayor
has
the
authority
to
bypass
the
democratic
process
of
actually
the
count,
the
council
members
who
most
directly
represent
the
impacted
communities.
L
M
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
really
appreciate
mr
ruff
being
here,
mr
router,
being
here
to
speak
to
these
items
and
be
able
to
answer
questions
I
I
know
I
agree
with
my
colleagues
that
you're
in
a
tough
spot
on
that
and
appreciate
you
being
here,
so
I
was
going
to
just
speak
around
the
curfew
for
a
moment.
M
Eventually,
strike
teams
were
deployed,
and
there
were
many
arrests
made,
which
is
clearly,
in
my
opinion,
at
least
a
good
thing
going
after
these
folks
that
are
out
there
essentially
organized
crime
groups
that
are
trying
to
take
advantage
of
the
situation,
and
I
think
this
ties
into
this
question
of
the
curfew
is
the
curfew
and
understanding
the
strategy
of
using
a
curfew.
Is
that
curfew
meant
to
be
a
tool
to
go
after
those
20
people
that
are
out
there?
Burglarizing
businesses
going
all
around
the
city?
M
And
after
there's,
police
killing
of
individuals
are
they
gonna
load
up
their
cars
and
go
out,
and
it
sure
looks
like
that's
the
case,
and
so
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
in
having
mpd
here.
I'm
disappointed
that
they're
not
to
be
able
to
talk
through
they're
thinking
around
that,
rather
than
just
proactively
imposing
a
curfew
and
asking
half
of
nearly
half
a
million
people
to
stay
home.
You
know
the
more
targeted
approach
of
going
after
those
individuals
seems
to
be
the
appropriate
one.
M
It's
what
they
eventually
landed
on,
but
with
the
overlay
of
a
curfew,
then
that
restricts
everyone
else,
and
so
you
know,
I
think,
that's
a
key
piece
that
we
need
to
have
more
insight
into
an
understanding
of
is
what
are
the
conditions
in
the
future
moving
forward
where
curfew
will
be
used?
M
And
I
don't
think
we
had
that
in
this
case
it
seems
like
it
was
used
quickly,
not
based
off
conditions
on
the
ground
within
minneapolis
and
the
tool
that
was
overly
and
broadly
used
here,
and
so
you
know,
I'd
also
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
around
these
20
individuals
that
mpd
cited
that
burglarized
over
90
businesses
in
the
city,
that
you
know,
officers
noted
that
these
organized
groups
were
using
scanners
and
they
were
using
the
public
scanners
and
also
the
citizen
app
to
evade
law
enforcement
efforts,
and
this
was
actually
something
that
came
out
of
the
metropolitan
emergency
services
board
after
action
report
related
to
the
civil
unrest
last
summer
is
that
these
scanner
apps
and
our
own
scanners
are
being
used
against
us
by
folks
that
are
very
organized
that
are
looking
to
participate
in
criminal
activity
and
that's
the
recommendation
is
to
encrypt
those
channels
and
it's
something.
M
M
Apps
are
being
used
in
carjackings
that
they're
being
used
in
these
very
organized
ways
and
it's
clearly
a
gap
in
our
system
that
is,
is
causing
a
perpetuation
of
harm
and
it
seems
like
we
could
be
moving
faster
in
order
to
address
that
and
to
get
better
results,
and
it
seems
like
a
an
easier
win
that
I
wanted
to
raise.
But,
like
colleagues
said
you
know,
I'm
I'm
disappointed
that
we
don't
have
somebody
here
today.
M
I
understand
it
can
be
tough
coming
in
front
of
the
council
and
feeling
like
you
know
that
there
might
be
a
sense
of
feeling
criticized
for
certain
actions
or-
or
you
know,
being
asked,
really
difficult
questions
that
sort
of
thing.
But
I
think
it
is
important.
M
You
know
we're
the
legislative
body
of
the
city
and
we
represent
our
constituents
and
our
constituents
are
asking
us
questions,
they're,
raising
concerns
and
it's
important
to
have
that
out
in
a
public
forum
to
have
public
dialogue
and
to
be
able
to
get
answers,
and
I
think
that
so
often
times
my
experience
has
been
that
there's
a
real
push
to
just
have
those
take
place
behind
closed
doors
and
for
there
not
to
be
that
level
of
public
dialogue
and
transparency,
and-
and
I
think
that
does
a
real
disservice
in
the
whole
over
time
to
the
people
of
minneapolis
who
want
to
understand
the
strategies
they
want
to
understand
how
these
decisions
are
being
made
and
what
goes
into
it,
and
they
want
to
be
able
to
ask
tough
questions
when
they
have
concerns,
and
so
I
hope
in
the
future.
M
We
can
certainly
have
more
dialogue
in
public
around
this.
I
think
that
that's
really
important
and
I
think
frankly,
it
will
do
more
over
time
to
improve
relationships.
I
know
that
that's
been
a
concern
about
relationships
between,
for
instance,
the
police
department
and
policy
makers
and
I
think,
being
able
to
have
tough
conversations
and
work
through
that
is
necessary
in
order
to
improve
relationships
as
well.
And
if
we
avoid
those
conversations,
then
we're
ultimately
not
working
through
that
and
we're
not.
M
Tearing
down
walls,
we're
building
them
essentially,
so
again,
I
appreciate
mr
ruff,
mr
outer
youtube
being
here
and
who
knows
maybe
we'll
see
somebody
later
on
the
meeting
from
the
minneapolis
police
department,
but
it
would
be
nice
to
have
them
here
for
this
item
that
was
noticed
at
night.
Thank
you.
I
Council
president
councilmember
johnson,
thank
you
for
the
comments
and
the
questions.
We
did
not
expect
to
be
able
to
answer
all
of
the
questions
that
you've
raised
today,
but
we
will
certainly
bring
the
questions
as
as
you
described,
and
others
have
described
around
really
the.
What
I'm
hearing
is
the
specific
link
between
the
value
of
a
curfew
and
the
results
that
we
have
seen
in
this
past
week.
I
I
think
you
know
the
the
911
the
radio
shop
that
does
report
up
through
me
and
as
as
you're
aware,
we've
had
conversations
around
changing
some
of
the
communication
strategies
and
are
undertaking
those
and
would
certainly
be
happy
to
to
brief
the
council
as
a
later
day
as
we
fully
implement
some
of
those
changes
and
find
that
balance
as
you
described
through
between
transparency
and
security
in
a
crisis.
So
thank
you
for
the
comments.
They
are
very
helpful
and
appreciate
the.
B
B
So,
for
example,
this
week
there
was
a
declared
state
of
emergency
which
would
have
required
council
approval
to
extend,
but
that
it
expired
before
the
council
met.
So
it
would
just
be
helpful
to
hear
outlined
for
the
public
record
in
this
meeting
again
the
process
for
the
emergency
declaration
and
the
different
timelines,
and
and
then
also,
I
think,
to
highlight
where
those
are
captured
in
in
rules
and
if
those
rules
are
able
to
change
and
have.
J
I
might
defer
to
the
city
clerk
which
he
just
came
on.
C
Madam
president,
I'm
happy
to
attempt
to
go
through
some
of
what
you've
just
asked
about
in
the
city's
code
of
ordinances,
which
is
essentially
the
city's
municipal
statutes
or
local
laws.
There
is
codified
under
title
six
of
the
code
of
ordinances,
specifically
section
128.50,
the
provisions
around
the
mayoral
power
to
declare
a
local
state
of
emergency-
and
I
believe
mr
ruff
mentioned
this
earlier.
But
the
mayor
has
the
power
to
declare
a
state
of
emergency
within
the
city
of
minneapolis.
C
That
declaration
is
effective
for
a
period
of
not
to
exceed
three
days
or
for
up
to
72
hours.
Within
that
period
of
time,
then
the
mayor
exercises
what
we
might
call
executive
power
to
direct
the
operations
of
the
government
specifically
related
to
the
declared
state
of
emergency.
The
city
council,
of
course,
has
the
power
before
the
72
hours
ends
or
at
that
72nd
hour,
of
course,
to
extend
that
period
of
emergency
by
the
proper
vote,
which
also
then
is
of
course,
subject
to
the
mayor's
approval.
C
When
a
declaration
of
emergency
is
made
by
the
mayor,
it
also
carries
with
it
the
ability
for
the
mayor
to
proclaim
certain
emergency
regulations.
Those
regulations
have
the
effect
of
being
directives.
If
you
will
or
orders
of
the
city
government,
they
have
an
effect
similar
to
an
ordinance
so
that
the
regulations
are
enforced
if
necessary
through
the
proper
city
agencies
as
directed
and
promulgated
in
the
mayor's
regulations.
The
mayor
has
issued
several
regulations
throughout
the
period
of
the
declared
local
state
of
public
health
emergency
tied
to
covet
19..
C
C
So
the
mayor
prepares
with
the
city
attorneys
help
each
of
those
declarations
and
each
of
those
regulations
to
ensure
that
we
are
still
within
both
federal
and
state
and
any
applicable
local
laws
and
then,
once
they're
completed
those
are
filed
in
the
clerk's
office.
The
clerk
arranges
for
them
to
be
posted
and
published
for
public
access
and
notice
purposes
similar
to
the
way
we
do
for
an
ordinance
and
they
become
effective.
C
That's
a
high
level
of
the
process,
all
of
which,
of
course,
as
I've
mentioned.
I
think
that
the
emergency
declarations
and
regulations
themselves
are
subject
to
approval
by
council
to
extend
beyond
the
period
provided
within
the
code
so
again
marketing
back
to
the
covet
emergency.
Each
regulation
also
came
forward
to
council
meetings
at
regular
periods
of
time,
and
the
council
then
has
voted
to
extend
those
regulations
throughout
the
life
of
that
emergency,
but
both
those
declared
emergency
declarations
and
regulations.
B
C
B
Thank
you.
I
then
did
want
to
turn
to
some
comments
and
I
think,
like
others,
appreciate
the
position
that
our
staff
are
in
as
elected
officials.
Our
constituents
expect
us
to
be
accountable
to
the
public
and
transparent
in
the
decisions
that
their
government
is
making.
B
I
think
council
members
are
often
in
the
position
of
as
I
referenced
earlier,
having
much
less
information
than
members
of
the
public
assume
we
have-
and
I
think
you
know
as
throughout,
especially
this
last
year.
I
think
a
number
of
council
members
have
worked
really
hard
to
respond
to
our
constituents
and
step
up
and
provide
leadership
that
our
constituents
are
asking
us
to
do.
B
It
didn't
give
us
the
chance
to
hear
that
presentation
to
understand
what
the
plan
was
and
to
help
shape
it,
which
I
found
very
frustrating,
as
I
voiced
at
the
time.
You
know,
I
think
it's
really
important,
that
as
any
elected
official
is
making
decisions
that
they'd
be
accountable,
and
I'm
disappointed
that
the
mayor
didn't
come
today
to
answer
questions
directly.
B
Our
community
is
going
through
a
lot
right
now
and
council
members.
I
know
across
the
city
are
hearing
different
perspectives
within
their
wards
and
likely
are
hearing
different
things
depending
on
what
parts
of
the
city
they
represent,
and
that
is
why
we
have
a
forum
for
conversation
and
debate
so
that
we
can
be
transparent
in
our
own
position
so
that
our
constituents
can
give
us
feedback
as
we
represent
them
here.
B
So
I
I
really
appreciate
this
is
why
we
added
this
agenda
item
today
was
to
have
a
chance
to
ask
questions
to
give
voice
for
our
constituents
and
to
help.
I
hope,
in
the
future
shape
a
response
that
is
more
effective
for
all
that
our
community
is
going
through.
It
has
been
frustrating
to
watch
so
much
emphasis.
B
I'll
reiterate
what
I
said
on
march
1st.
It
is
frustrating
to
watch
so
much
emphasis
be
placed
on
law
enforcement
and
force
as
an
anticipated
response
to
our
community's
first
amendment
right
to
protest
and
to
our
communities,
understandable,
anger
and
pain
at
the
injustices
that
we
are
seeing
in
our
communities
and
I'm
concerned
that
we
are
using
that
the
mayor's
emergency
declaration
and
the
mayor's
implementation
of
curfews
is
crossing
a
line
of
stopping
protest.
B
That
even
my
fourth
grader
understands
is
a
right
given
in
our
constitution,
and
I
know
that
all
leaders
are
balancing
a
lot.
I
know
that
every
mayor
in
our
country
is
is
experiencing
a
really
challenging
time
right
now,
and
we
also
need
to
be
accountable
all
of
us
to
our
constituents
and
the
decisions
that
are
being
made
so
right
now.
I
think
the
most
urgent
need
is
to
clarify
before
next
week,
going
into
the
weekend
and
into
next
week
how
decisions
are
being
made,
who
is
making
those
decisions
and
who
people
should
contact?
B
B
B
I
saw
at
the
press
conference
folks
turned
the
mic
over
to
our
director
of
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
who
was
doing
incredible
work.
Her
entire
budget
in
the
original
2020
budget
was
two
million
dollars
for
that
entire
function
of
our
city,
and
so
many
are
relying
on
her
and
her
very
small
team
of
staff
to
provide
the
only
amount
of
community
support
that
we
are
our
funding.
B
I
suppose,
in
addition
to
some
of
the
things
that
are
coming
through
ncr
as
part
of
their
work,
and
it
just
isn't
on
even
footing,
and
it
is
why
we
will
continue
to
see
these
cycles
until
we
take
seriously
our
responsibility
as
leaders
as
a
city,
all
of
us
to
make
the
right
investments
so
that
we
can
get
a
different
result.
H
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
you
know
I
want
to
also
emphasize
many
of
your
points
as
well,
that
many
of
us
on
council
have
been
asking
who's
in
charge
and
who
is
going
to
take
responsibility,
and
the
answer
we've
gotten
from
the
mayor
in
chief
is
just
that.
This
is
a
regional
approach.
It's
unified
command,
and
that,
frankly,
is
is
not
an
answer
for
the
constituents
we
represent.
H
They
want
to
know
who
is
making
the
actual
decisions
when
we're
you
know
infringing
on
people's
civil
liberties
and
also
having
a
plan
to
keep
them
safe.
So
I
I
will
actually
ask
the
question
a
different
way
if
we
continue
to
see
like
we've
already
seen
instances
where
less
lethal
rubber
bullets
have
already
injured
community
members,
members
of
the
media,
oh,
what
who
who
will
actually
get
sued
you
know
if
we,
I
don't,
really
have
a
clear
answer
on
who's
in
charge.
J
Council
president
bender
council
member
schroeder,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
your
question:
are
you
are
you
concerned
about
if
there
are
injuries
related
to
any
activities
with
unified
command,
other
law
enforcement
agencies?
H
H
What,
if
you
can
give
an
overview
of
you
know
who's
going
to
be
held
responsible?
You
know
when
things.
If
things
continue,
if
people
continue
to
get
hurt
during
these
protests,
who
is
going
to
be
ultimately
held
responsible
under
under
unified
command,
how?
How
would
that
legally
go
through
my
concern
for
the
taxpayers
of
minneapolis?
Is
you
know
with
everyone
not
in
charge?
J
Well,
council,
member
schroeder,
thank
you
for
your
question.
I
it
it
certainly
raises
a
lot
of
complex
issues
and-
and
I
think
probably
in
this
moment
it
would
be.
I
would
do
a
disservice
to
the
complexity
of
it-
to
to
just
be
able
to
give
a
simple
answer.
J
J
So
to
speak,
we're
not
always
in
control
of
whether
someone
decides
to
try
to
sue
the
city
of
minneapolis
versus
the
state
of
minnesota
versus
the
county
of
hennepin
and
so
forth,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
variables
that
I
think
would
come
into
play.
And
then
we
would
quickly
analyze
what
the
appropriate
defense
is
and
who
we,
as
a
city,
at
least
in
the
city
attorney's
office,
feels
is
responsible
for
that
defense.
J
But
I
I
think,
to
to
come
back
a
step.
What
I
want
to
assure
you
is
that
this
is
this
is
new
territory.
I
think,
with
the
circumstances
that
we're
dealing
with
these
days
and
the
unified
command,
but
it
is
something
that
we
have
certainly
given
a
lot
of
thought
to,
and
we
are
prepared
to.
You
know
aggressively,
certainly
defend
our
interests
as
best
we
can,
but
we
will
have
to
wait
and
see
how
certain
fact
situations
play
out
if
any
injuries
occur
and
there's
resulting
litigation.
J
I
know
that
probably
doesn't
specifically
answer
your
question.
It's
just
I
I
just
I'm
not
comfortable
trying
to
speculate
when
the
facts
really
aren't
clear
in
terms
of
a
particular
injury
that
may
occur
and
then
what's
what
is
the
resulting
liability?
J
I
think
the
one
thing
I
would
like
to
certainly
make
clear,
though,
is
we
have
certain
rules
and
regulations
for
our
police
department,
and
we
also
certainly
have
some
new
restrictions
related
to
the
temporary
restraining
order
that
we've
signed
with
the
state
department
of
human
rights,
and
we
certainly
worked
closely
with
the
police
department
to
ensure
that
our
officers
will
always
be
in
compliance
with
those
policies
and
regulations
and
and
the
elements
the
essential
elements
of
the
tro
and
there's.
J
I
don't
feel
like
there's
any
confusion
or
cloudiness
on
that
topic.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
router.
I
think
what
you
know
my
constituents
are
looking
for
is
gives
clarity
and,
and
mr
rudd
and
some
of
this
we
won't
be
found
kind
of
in
the
legal
realm.
What
I
think
I'm
looking
for
in
that
answer
is
just
to
kind
of
get
back
to
the
general
question.
We've
asked
of
who's
in
charge
and
the
real
concern
which
I've
heard
from
other
council
members
here
today
is
just
the
folks
that
have
the
authority
are
not
also
having
the
responsibility.
H
The
concern
is
that
folks
will
be
making
decisions
in
a
non-transparent
way,
and
then,
if
you
know,
we
hope
nothing
goes
wrong
and
no
other
people
are
hurt,
but
in
the
instance
that
it
is
legally
the
city,
taxpayers
will
again
be
on
the
hook
for
things
that
they
did
not
really
have
a
say
in.
So
I
think
that
that
that
answers
my
question,
I
did
have
a
couple
follow-ups
on
different
questions.
H
One
I
believe
this
also
be
for
director
city
coordinator,
ralph,
council,
member
osmond
had
a
question
that
was,
you
know
how
were
the
decisions
about
where
the
national
guard
and
state
troopers
were?
Being
put
under
operation
safety
net,
I
want
to
that
that
question
wasn't
answered.
I
had
an
issue
in
my
ward,
where
we
had
national
guard
dispatched
to
a
restaurant
and
neighbors
kind
of
complained
about
like
why.
Why
was
that?
There
officer
said
that
the
business
owner
requested
them.
H
If
that's
the
policy,
that
would
be
good
to
know,
because
we
have
not
been
briefed
on
that.
I
guess
my
question
would
be
like.
I
actually
talked
to
the
inspector
and
why
that
position,
because
if
they
had
moved
60
feet
forward
to
the
intersection,
they
would
be
able
to
have
a
sight
line
to
two
of
the
businesses
that
were
looted
during
the
last
uprising.
So
it
is
something
I
I
it
would
be
helpful
to
get
some
clarity
and
tell
constituents
why
they
are
seeing.
I
Sure
console
president
council
member
schroeder.
I
can
tell
you
that
the
the
initial
decisions
around
where
national
guard
should
be
placed
were
derived
from
the
minneapolis
police
department
and
but,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
response
to
councilmember
osman.
I
It
has
not
been
anticipated
that
national
guard
or
other
outside
law
enforcement
or
even
mpd
personnel
will
stay
in
one
place,
and
I
I
think
it
is
clear
that
this
is
obviously
a
dynamic
situation
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
you
gave
the
feedback
that
you
did
to
your
inspector
and
would
just
encourage
that
back
and
forth
on
those
individual
cases
where
there
are
personnel
who
are
for
one
day
or
for
more
than
one
day
in
one
location.
I
If
you
have
recommendations
that
I
know,
as
I
said
before,
chief
erdogan
is
open
to
those
and,
beyond
that
specific
questions
that
you
have
about
specific
locations,
I'd
welcome
your
you
know,
offline,
an
email
or
a
conversation,
and
I
will
certainly
pass
those
along
to
mpd
and
make
sure
that
those
are
answered.
H
Thank
you.
I
just
think
in
the
absence
of
being
very
clear,
with
the
public
who's
in
charge
and
what
what
the
strategy
is
we're
going
to
continue
to
get
these
questions,
I
mean
these
were
questions
from
from
neighbors
that
it
they
felt
that
the
restaurant
was
trying
to
be
protected
from
them
from
the
people
that
live
about
a
block
away
or
even
closer
than
that.
So
it's
it's
something
that
the
more
that
can
be
put
out
publicly
would
be
very,
very
helpful.
That's
that's
what
I'm
asking
for.
H
I
understand
we've
been
told
for
the
last
couple
months
that
it's
been
a
matter
of
security
to
not
do
that,
but
just
to
know
that
you
are
this
kind
of
level
of
secrecy
is
having
an
effect
too
that
people
in
the
city
are
already
very
concerned
about
what
will
happen
after
the
verdict
of
the
trials
being
heard
out,
and
I
think
just
being
as
transparent
about
the
strategy.
Even
high
level
would
be
extremely.
B
N
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
do
think
it's
important
that
we
answer
some
questions
for
the
public
that
I
have
already
been
asked
today
and
I
I
understand
that
we're
not
probably
going
to
get
clear
answers
to
them,
but
with
this
unified
command
structure
and
with
operation
fishing
net
sort
of
being
deployed
in
the
way
that
it's
being
deployed,
you
know,
I
think
that
it
matters.
N
You
know
who
the
responsibility
falls
on,
and
I
understand
that
people
who
may
have
been
arrested,
even
if
they
were
arrested
by
this
joint
task
force,
won't
end
up,
as
as,
if
they
get
misdemeanors,
they
won't
end
up
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
But
this
does
follow.
I
think,
a
broader
trend
here
in
minneapolis,
and
now
I
guess
in
the
metro
area
of
criminalizing
protesters
writ
large.
N
We
assert
that
that's
not
the
intention,
but
that
is
consistently
the
function,
people
that
we
know
who,
for
a
fact
or
not
like
many
many
hundreds
of
people,
that
we
know
for
a
fact
who
are
not
breaking
the
law
are
ending
up.
Getting
tear
gassed
amazed,
assaulted,
hit
with
rubber
bullets,
and
I
do
think
it's
troubling.
It
doesn't
appear
that
we've
taken
this
report
from
the
u
of
m
very
seriously.
N
Our
language
has
gotten
better.
Our
our
rhetoric
has
gotten
better,
but
our
actions
have
stayed
pretty
consistent
and
possibly
gotten
even
worse,
and
so
I'm
concerned
about
that.
I'm
concerned
when
the
mayor
of
brooklyn
park
is
saying
that
he
does
not
approve
of
gas
being
used
on
protesters
in
his
city
and
yet
he's
not
in
charge
of
operation
safety
net.
N
N
I
saw
a
comment.
I
guess
I'll
back
up,
I'm
also
increasingly
worried
that
we
are
basing
a
lot
of
our
strategy
off
of
a
lot
of
base
assumptions
rooted
in
our
fear
and
not
based
on
intelligence,
not
based
on
information
that
we're
actually
getting.
N
I
saw
that
the
governor,
who
you
know
I've,
always
had
a
good
impression
of
said
the
other
day
that
he
believed
that
that,
if,
if
barricades
and
and
and
gas
weren't
used
on
the
protesters,
the
other
day
that
the
brooklyn
center
precinct
would
have
been
burned
out,
just
he
believes
it
no
intel.
No
anything.
He
just
believes
that.
I
don't
know
why
he
believes
that,
but
it
just
struck
me
as
odd
that
there
was
no
information.
I
I
was
down
there
right.
N
N
It
was
concerning
to
hear
the
governor
say
that
when
I
know
that
for
a
fact
that
he
hasn't
been
down
there
and
that
and
that
in
some
ways
that
claim
and
that
and
that
belief
was-
was
baseless,
and
I
worry
that
when
I
hear
a
baseless
claim
from
the
governor
that
maybe
operation
safety
net,
given
how
little
information
we're
being
given,
maybe
the
entire
strategy
for
operation
safety
net
is
is
equally
as
baseless,
that
there
might
be
a
reason
for
it,
the
reason
being
last
summer,
but
there's
not
a
basis
for
how
we're
going
about
implementing
it.
N
It's
just
indiscriminate
assaults,
gassing
arresting
of
protesters,
and
so
that's
my
concern.
You
know
we
we
still
have
again.
N
I
know
that
a
lot
of
folks
who
may
have
been
arrested
for
protests
in
brooklyn
center
weren't
necessarily
aren't
going
to
necessarily
end
up
here
in
minneapolis,
but
we
have
this
lingering
over
well
over
600
cases
from
the
freeway
protest
a
a
couple
of
months
ago,
and
this
refusal
to
to
to
drop
charges,
even
though
I
think
that
there
are
a
lot
of
problems
with
the
way
that
those
folks
were
arrested
in
the
way
that
they
were
treated.
N
And-
and
so
you
know,
that's
my
concern-
I
guess
I'll
just
leave
it
at
a
comment.
You
know
and
I'll
just
say
that
that
clarity
of
who's
in
charge
and
what
is
the
basis,
I
think,
eventually
needs
to
get
answered
so
that
policymakers
don't
feel
like.
There
is
a
concerted
effort
to
ensure
that
residents
don't
have
answers
that
we're
just
going
to
pump
people
full
of
fear
and
and
tell
them
to
trust
us.
N
We
we
got
it
and-
and
it
doesn't
matter
how
many
chemical
irritants
we
use
and
and
and
and
it
also
doesn't
matter
whether
or
not
it
works
right
often,
you
know
you're
blinding
a
crowd
with
chemicals
and
then
pushing
them
back
into
the
neighborhood
and
you're
and
then
you're,
leaving
that
neighborhood
to
deal
with
the
frustration,
the
anger,
the
chaos
that
you
no
longer
have
to
deal
with
as
a
precinct.
N
I
Council
president
consumer
rails-
and
I
just
thank
you
for
your
thoughtful
words
and
and
just
as
again
as
a
staff
perspective
operating
out
of
fear.
100
agrees
is
not
the
place
we
want
to
be
as
a
city
and
as
a
community.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
those
words.
B
I
I
don't
see
anyone
else
in
queue,
I'm
happy
to
recognize
any
council
members
who
want
to
speak.
I
did
add
myself
back
because
I
think
it's
worth
pointing
out.
You
know
I
think,
as
our
city
goes
through
these
cycles
of
violence.
B
One
thing
that's
becoming
more
apparent
to
members
of
the
public
that
maybe
was
not
before
was
some
of
the
dynamic
between
the
civilian,
democratically
elected
elected
officials
and
law
enforcement,
and
there
was
some
communication
back
and
forth
between
brooklyn
center
and
the
hennepin
county
sheriff.
B
That's
in
the
system,
and
so
I
think,
one
of
the
reasons
it
feels
so
important
to
invest
in
and
build
up
alternatives
to
force
and
law
enforcement
is
because
right
now,
there's
a
pattern
of
just
only
emphasizing
law
enforcement
and
force
and
customer
cunningham
talks
so
eloquently
about
the
impact
of
that
in
his
community
and
the
lack
of
efficacy
both
to
keep
people
safe
and
to
reduce
harm
from
police
violence.
B
B
With
nothing,
if
we
don't
have
anything
else
in
place,
so
I
have
come
to
believe
that
it
is
so
urgent
to
invest
in
these
alternatives
so
that
we
have
more
power
as
a
community
to
determine
what
is
the
right
response.
What
is
the
right
way
to
keep
our
community
safe
and
to
help
break
out
of
that
that
dynamic
and
cycle
that
I
think
you
could
see
in
those
back
and
forth.
B
B
We
do
have
the
two
added
agenda
items
that
are
under
new
business,
I'm
going
to
bring
us
through
our
regular
reports
of
standing
committees
and
then
return
back
to
new
business
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
so
that
will
bring
us
to
the
reports
of
standing
committees.
The
first
report
is
from
the
housing.
It's
our
business
inspections,
housing
and
zoning
committee,
given
by
the
chair
council,
member
goodman,.
D
D
I
will
note
that
this
has
to
do
with
defining
or
not
defining
family
anymore,
and
I'll
also
note
that
the
council
president
has
been
working
on
this
for
many
many
years.
Item
number
two
are
changes
to
our
administrative
hearing.
Procedures,
ordinance
and
three
are
changes
to
our
animal
licensing
ordinance
item
four
is
the
border
avenue
extension
redevelopment
plan
and
modification
item.
Five
are
changes
to
our
baldwin
square
plan
and
that
modification
item
six
are
appointments
to
the
zoning
board
of
adjustment
item.
D
Seven
is
a
variance
appeal
that
was
withdrawn,
so
the
motion
on
that
is
to
withdraw
this
from
the
agenda
item.
Eight
is
liquor,
license
renewals
item
nine,
are
business
license
operating
conditions
for
storm
king
brewpub
and
barbecue
in
the
fifth
ward
item?
10
is
a
contract
amendment
for
yard,
maintenance,
services
and
item
11
is
a
contract
amendment
for
yard
maintenance
services
item
12
is
a
local
historic
designation
of
the
mary
lo
grand
student
roaming
houses,
historic
district
item
13
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
historical
society
and
culture.
D
Probably
the
most
notable
item
on
the
agenda
is
approving
the
program
guidelines
in
terms
for
a
loan
program
at
george
floyd
square.
This
is
a
forgivable
loan
program
for
small
businesses
in
that
immediate
location
with
that
I'll
move
items
1
through
23
with
drawing
number
seven
from
the
agenda.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
B
F
I
just
want
to
just
comment
a
little
bit
on
item
number
23,
the
forgivable
loans
to
the
38th
and
chicago
area.
Businesses
just
really
want
to
thank
staff
and
my
colleagues
for
supporting
this
small
effort
to
help
bring
some
stability
back
to
the
businesses
in
in
this
community.
It
is
a
really
deeply
necessary
and
deeply
appreciated
effort
to
try
to
help
bring
back
some
economic
stability,
so
these
businesses
can
maintain
through
the
the
challenges
that
have
been.
F
You
know,
imposed
upon
our
community
for
various
various
different
reasons.
So
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
and
thank
staff
and
my
colleagues
for
the
support
today.
B
I
don't
think
any
of
us
can
imagine
what
it
has
been
like
to
be
the
eighth
ward
city
council
member
this
year,
and
I
know
that
you've
been
working
closely
with
councilmember
cano,
whose
ward
is
nearby
and
the
other
council
members
in
the
general
area
as
well
as
the
mayor,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
leadership,
and
you
know
it's
been
a
hard
year
for
all
of
us,
but
there
are
just
so
many
layers
of
challenge
facing
your
community.
E
E
E
E
E
E
B
B
F
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president,
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
brings
forward
31
items
today.
Item
number
one
is
the
passage
of
a
resolution
amending
the
2021
general
appropriation
related
to
rollover
funds
from
2020.
item
number:
two:
are
various
appointments
to
the
capital?
Long
range
improvements
committee
items
three
through
17
are
various
legal
settlements,
the
details
of
which
can
be
found
on
the
agenda
items.
18-31
are
various
contract
amendments,
the
details
of
which
are
on
the
agenda
and
I
move
approval
of
all
31
items.
G
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
B
L
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
public
health
and
safety
committee
is
bringing
forward
four
items
for
approval
today.
The
first
item
is
authorizing
a
revenue
contract
with
smg
for
bomb
detection
services
at
u.s
bank
stadium.
Item
number
two
is
authorizing
a
contract,
a
revenue
contract
with
smg
for
swat
security
services
at
u.s
bank
stadium.
Item
number.
Three
is
authorizing
a
revenue
contract
with
smg
to
provide
law
enforcement
equipment
at
u.s,
bank
stadium
and
item
number.
L
B
O
Thank
you,
madam
president.
The
committee
for
its
eight
items
for
today
item
one
is
the
42nd
street
east
reconstruction
project
item
two
is
the
agreement
with
the
city
of
new
brighton
for
backup
supply
of
wholesale
water?
Three
is
the
agreement
with
hennepin
county
for
penn
avenue
north
street
reconstruction
project.
O
Four
is
the
franklin
avenue
west
street
reconstruction
project?
Five
is
the
special
service,
district's
2020
annual
reports
and
you're
in
budget
procedures?
Six
is
the
minnesota
green
core
program
application
to
host
green
core
members
for
the
2021
2021-2022
program
year?
Seven
is
the
bid
for
grand
avenue
south
street
reconstruction
project
and
eight
is
the
bid
for
the
plymouth
avenue
north
street
reconstruction
project.
Madam
president,
I
move
all
items.
E
E
E
E
G
B
Have
one
item
today
that
was
noticed
at
the
last
meeting,
that
is
the
motion
by
council
members,
cono
jenkins
and
reich,
to
introduce,
give
first
reading
and
refer
to
the
policy
government
oversight
committee,
the
subject
matter:
women
ordinance
to
amend
the
code
and
establish
a
new
department
under
administration
for
a
new
department
of
arts
and
cultural
affairs.
Is
there
any
discussion.
B
E
E
E
E
E
B
That
carries
in
the
subject
matter
will
be
referred
to
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
in
the
next
cycle.
The
next
order
of
business
is
resolutions.
We
have
one
resolution
brought
forward
by
council
members,
gordon
and
cunningham,
declaring
april
18th
through
the
25th
to
2021
as
veg
week
in
the
city
of
minneapolis,
happy
to
take
comments
from
either
council
member.
If
you
would
like.
B
E
E
P
E
E
B
That
carries
and
that
resolution
is
adopted.
Next
we
have
the
order
of
new
business.
We
have
two
items
that
were
added
as
amendments
to
our
agenda:
I'm
actually
going
to
take
up
the
first
sorry,
the
second
item.
First,
as
in
my
discussions
with
the
authors,
I
think
this
will
be
relatively
straightforward,
as
it
is
a
really
a
kind
of
re-emphasis
of
work,
that's
already
happening
and
underway,
and
just
a
chance
to
clarify
for
the
public,
a
process
related
to
traffic
enforcement
and
interest
of
transparency.
So
people
can
track
the
work.
B
L
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
am
bringing
forward
this
staff
direction
today
as
a
council
member
who
has
been
deeply
engaged
in
reestablishing
and
reimagining
traffic
enforcement
in
our
city.
So
I
will
read
it
now.
For
the
public
record
staff
in
the
coordinator's
office
of
performance
and
innovation
are
directed
to
collaborate
with
public
works
regulatory.
L
I
apologize.
My
dogs
are
playing
in
the
background.
Let
me
try
again
to
collaborate
with
public
works,
regulatory
services,
city
attorney's
office
and
mpd
to
combine
various
ongoing
efforts
to
design
and
develop
recommendations
for
the
creation
of
an
unarmed
traffic
safety
division
to
be
housed
in
a
department
outside
of
mpd.
This
new
division
is
to
be
responsible
for
enforcement,
education
and
other
activities
that
increase
traffic
safety.
L
An
inclusive
design
process
should
be
used
to
inform
the
design
and
function
of
an
alternative
to
police
response
for
traffic
enforcement.
The
process
should
be
community
informed
and
censor
bipod
voices
and
res
residents,
disproportionately
impacted
by
unsafe
driving,
behaviors
building
on
the
vision,
zero
action
plan
and
the
safety
for
all
budget
plan.
L
Community
engagement
should
be
used
to
identify
and
solve
the
root
cause
of
different
dangerous
driving
behaviors.
The
final
recommendations
related
to
developing
an
unarmed
traffic
safety
division
should
be
focused
on
problem
solving
traffic
safety
issues.
In
addition
to
creating
a
new
response
system,
the
staff
directed
strap
direction
related
to
traffic
enforcement
included
in
the
2020
budget.
Appropriation
resolution
should
be
resolved
in
this
process
like
the
inclusive
design
process
for
creating
the
mobile
mental
health
teams.
L
So
with
that
traffic
safety
it
oh
may.
I
continue.
Q
L
Second,
it
for
purposes
of
discussion.
Thank
you
and
I
I
just
want
to
clarify
my
motion
that
my
motion
is
to
refer
this
to
the
public
health
and
safety
committee,
so
just
to
clarify
that
motion.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
it.
Traffic
safety
is
one
of
the
most
pressing
issues
facing
areas
that
are
majority
bypack.
Our
communities
make
up
the
vast
majority
of
traffic
accidents,
serious
injuries
and
deaths.
North
minneapolis
alone
has
experienced
60
percent
of
traffic
in
accidents
and
a
majority
of
the
traffic
deaths,
but
establishing
traffic
safety
isn't
a
one-size-fits-all
simple
solution.
L
Traditional
traffic
enforcement
with
sworn
officers
armed
sworn
officers
has
not
only
been
ineffective
in
establishing
traffic
safety,
but
also
has
produced
racially
disparate
outcomes,
caused
significant
harm
to
bipolar
communities
and
has
increased
significant
detr
distrust
between
bipod,
community
members
and
armed
law
enforcement.
The
staff
direction
is
meant
to
consolidate
the
various
threats
of
work
that
have
been
underway
for
the
last
few
years,
with
the
direction
of
establishing
an
unarmed
traffic
enforcement
team
to
be
housed
in
a
new
traffic
safety
division,
all
moving
us
towards
the
goals
defined
in
the
staff
direction.
L
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
of
the
staff
who
have
been
doing
this
work
do
with
their
due
diligence
over
the
last
few
years.
This
is
to
acknowledge
that
work
and
consolidate
it
with
a
shared
vision
of
being
able
to
have
an
interdisciplinary
focused
division
that
really
helps
us
think
about
education,
enforcement
and
other
strategies
that
can
help
us
establish
safety
on
our
roads
and
streets.
So
with
that,
madam
president,
thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember.
I
put
myself
in
queue
to
comment
and
offer
my
support
for
this
action
today
when
customer
reached
out
to
me
yesterday
about
putting
this
on
the
agenda,
I
asked
about
the
timing
and
I'm
sure
colleagues
have
questions
about
that.
You
know,
as
you
all
know,
and
especially
the
members
of
the
public
health
and
safety
committee,
our
work
to
match
the
right
response
to
a
call
for
help
or
a
safety
need
in
our
community
has
been
ongoing
for
a
number
of
years.
B
We
also
separately,
but
relatedly,
have
done
a
number
of
staff
directions
and
initiatives
related
to
traffic
traffic
enforcement
through
our
vision,
zero
work,
which
is
lit
in
the
public
works
department,
as
well
as
through
our
budget
process.
I
think,
because
dante's
death
included
a
traffic
stop.
We
have
gotten
a
lot
of
interest
even
the
last
few
days
about
this
issue,
so
this
action
today
to
refer
this
to
the
committee
is
helping.
B
You
know,
I
think,
be
clear
about
the
status
of
this
work
and
some
of
the
history
of
it,
as
well
as
to
clarify
that
we
have
funded
through
the
safety
for
all
budget
process.
Last
year,
in
our
in
our
adopted
budget,
some
capacity
in
the
office
of
performance
and
innovation
in
the
city
coordinator's
office
to
do
the
prototyping
work
that
is
involved
with
creating
recommendations
for
safety
responses.
So
that
is
the
process
that
yielded
recommendations
that
we
were
able
to
fund
in
this
last
year's
budget.
B
Some
shifting
of
work
report
only
calls
shifting
out
of
9-1-1
the
mental
health
response
that
is
currently
underway.
We
funded
some
ongoing
staff
positions
in
that
division
so
that
there
they
could
both
implement
this.
B
The
work
that
was
identified
in
that
first
phase
as
priority
problem
nature
codes
as
they're
called,
and
also
to
be
able
to
take
on
more
problem
nature
codes
in
the
future
there's
been
a
kind
of
an
understood
agreement.
I
think
between
the
members
of
the
911
pd
working
group
and
the
staff
who
are
working
on
this
and
the
council
members
that
are
most
involved,
that
traffic
enforcement
is
sort
of
next
on
the
list
for
the
more
complicated
initiatives.
B
B
Not
all
that
may
be
necessary
to
participate
in
this
so
between
council
member
cunningham,
and
I
we
have
reached
out
to
all
the
various
departments
to
just
clarify
the
intention
of
this,
and
you
know
as
this
work
proceeds,
the
staff
are
already
in
in
a
lot
of
communication
are
collaborating
on
a
number
of
initiatives.
B
B
Group,
those
are
things
that
staff
are
already
talking
about.
It
will
be
able
to
work
out,
as
this
goes
along,
so
just
wanted
to
offer
my
perspective
on
the
timing
and
purpose
of
this
and
thank
all
of
the
staff
as
well
as
councilmember
cunningham,
for
bringing
this
today.
Q
Q
Lots
of
my
conversations
about
public
safety
in
ward
2
have
had
to
do
with
what
do
we
do
about
traffic,
and
how
can
we
maybe
create
some
alternatives
to
the
way
we've
been
trying
to
deal
with
traffic
control,
especially
with
moving
violations
in
the
future,
so
appreciate
this
coming
forward
and
look
forward
to
digging
into
it
and
working
on
it
with
you.
B
O
Thank
you,
madam
thank
you,
madam
president,
certainly
appreciate
the
spirit
of
how
this
comes
together
in
the
general
parameters.
O
I
certainly
will
endeavor
to
make
sure
that
the
ongoing
work
that
includes
much
of
what
we're
talking
about
vis-a-vis,
the
vision,
zero
plan
that
we
have
and
this
very
critical
component
of
that
work,
I'm
sure,
as
mentioned,
if
staff
are
talking
to
each
other
multi
department,
that
that
conversation
is
probably
already
well
underway,
and
I
certainly
will
be
engaging
in
that
as
I'm
quite
committed
to
completing
the
vision,
zero
work
that
we
have
set
out
as
a
city.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
reichen,
for
your
leadership
as
the
transportation
public
works
chair.
I
know
that
mr
foley,
who
leads
the
vision.
Zero
work
has
been
in
conversations
with
a
lot
of
staff
over
time,
but
in
particular
the
city
coordinator
staff,
who
would
be
taking
the
lead
on
this
next
phase,
and
actually
it
was
able
to
offer
a
lot
of
the
research
that
he's
done
and
perhaps
even
get
started
on
some
of
the
prototyping
more
specific
research
that
will
be
needed
for
the
prototyping,
so
that
partnership
is
really
strong.
E
E
E
C
E
E
B
It
is
up
on
the
screen
and
it's
a
resolution
opposing
the
use
of
less
lethal
weapons
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
I'm
sure
the
authors
will
will
want
to
describe
this
I'll.
Just
note
that
I
also
did
appreciate
the
authors
reaching
out
to
me
yesterday,
and
so
I
was
able
to
work
together
with
them
as
well
as
some
of
the
staff
to
understand
the
intention
and
timing
of
this.
So
that's
always
helpful.
I
just
always
appreciate
that,
as
as
the
president,
so
I'll
stop
there
and
turn
it
over
to
customer
gordon.
Q
Thank
you
very
much
and
I'll
move
this
forward.
Describe
it
a
little
bit.
I
don't
know
that
I'll
read
all
the
whereas
clauses,
but
as
with
these
resolutions,
the,
whereas
clauses
make
the
case
for
why
we
should
be
thinking
about
this.
This
really
got
my
attention.
When
the
university
of
minnesota
documented
numerous
cases
I
they
had
an
article,
a
research
article,
it
was
a
multi-disciplinary
team.
Q
It
was
published,
I
believe,
in
the
new
england
journal
of
medicine,
and
we
got
a
report
at
this
at
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
and
requested
a
report
from
npt
and
they
didn't
come
in,
but
I
suspect
that
we
will
be
getting
a
report
soon,
so
we'll
be
digging
in
and
looking
into
this
more
carefully,
although
we
haven't
got
the
report,
I
understand
it's
scheduled,
maybe
for
next
week
also,
I
had
a
chance
to
look
at
what
are
some
protocols
throughout
the
country
and
the
geneva
protocols,
categorized,
tear
gases,
chemical
warfare,
agent,
and
they
banned
its
use
years
ago
after
world
war
ii.
Q
We've
also
seen
that
this
came
up
with
our
court
case
with
the
human
rights
department
from
the
state.
It
was
a
concern
when
they
were
taking
a
look
at
what
happened
after
the
george
floyd
killing
and
the
protests
and
the
police
response
to
those.
The
big
things
that
I
want
to
just
call
out
are
the
resolved
clauses.
Q
Q
So
the
first
resolve
clause-
and
I
think
I'll-
read
these
for
everybody-
that
the
minneapolis
city
council
opposes
any
use
of
so-called
less
lethal
weapons
as
crowd
control
against
people
in
minneapolis
and
calls
on
the
mayor,
the
police,
chief,
the
hennepin
county
sheriff
and
the
governor
and
any
other
person
in
the
position
of
authority
over
law
enforcement
personnel
to
end
the
use
of
these
weapons
in
minneapolis.
Q
Two.
A
summary
of
the
reported
effects
of
using
these
weapon
types
as
identified
in
this
resolution
on
the
general
minneapolis
population
in
the
areas
where
use
of
these
weapon
types
has
been
reported
and
three.
How
use
of
these
weapon
types
as
identified
in
this
resolution
by
the
city
of
minneapolis,
have
changed
the
quality
of
civil
rights
in
the
communities
of
minneapolis.
Q
I
will
just
note
that
the
last
resolve
clause
was
drafted
in
consultation
with
representatives
from
the
commission
they're
interested
in
looking
at
that
and
an
earlier
version
of
this
had
the
report
coming
back
from
the
city's
attorney's
office
sooner,
but
in
consultation
I
thought
that
may
14th
would
make
more
sense.
H
Thank
you,
president
bender,
and
I
want
to
you,
know
thank
my
co-authors,
councilmember,
gordon
and
councilmember
allison,
for
bringing
this
up.
This
has
been.
This
is
rather
timely.
I
think
that
we
had
been
talking
about
something
like
this
being
brought
forward
next
week
or
when
the
report
comes
out,
but
with
the
police,
killing
of
dante
wright
this.
You
know
this
even
this
past
week
and
the
trial
coming
up
and
a
lack
of
information
to
council
on.
H
What's
what
has
happened
since
we
have
settled
lawsuits
where
mpd
has
been
found,
kind
of
in
violation
of
their
own
policy,
of
how
they're
using
less
lethal
weapons
and
definitely
for
improvement
on
how
we
deploy
those
I'm.
You
know
happy
to
support
this
resolution
to
put
forward
that.
We
need
to
you
know,
look
at
all
of
this
and
and
oppose
how
we're
using
those
weapons
and
not
use
them
until
we
are
certain
they're
not
going
to
cause
unintended
consequences,
like
we've
already
seen
in
brooklyn
center.
H
On
the
last
part,
I
was
one
of
the
I
did
reach
out
to
the
minneapolis
commission
on
civil
rights
and
they
had
already
we'd
already
been
in
conversations
with
them
about
some
of
the
concerns
they
had
about
the
civil
rights
of
the
protest
protesters
in
minneapolis
and
concerns
about
the
upcoming
trial.
D
N
Definitely
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
folks
may
have,
but
otherwise
I'll
just
echo
what
my
co-authors
have
already
said
and-
and
I
will
say
we-
we've
not
only
seen
the
consequences
in
brooklyn
park,
but
the
again,
the?
U
of
m,
did
a
study
that
included
minneapolis
and
we
saw
images
and
we
saw-
and
we
heard
stories
about
how
these
weapons
are
consistently
misused.
N
You
know,
even
during
the
unrest
that
happened
in
minneapolis,
we
were
simultaneously
being
told
that
the
mayor
and
the
chief
were
fully
in
charge
of
what
was
going
on,
but
somehow
they
were
not
authorizing
the
misuse
of
these
weapons,
which
the
two
of
those
things
they
don't
reconcile.
They
can't
both
be
true,
and
so,
if
we
are
being
silent
about
whether
or
not
our
our
rank
and
file
our
breaking
the
chain
of
command.
N
Whether
we
have
leadership
that
is,
okay,
that
is
approving
the
misuse
of
these
weapons,
I
think
both
are
problematic
and
that
we've
got
to
get
a
handle
and
an
answer
to
that
question
before
we
can
really
start
to
vet
the
use
of
these
these
these
tools,
if
we
vet
the
use
of
these
tools
based
on
the
information
we
have
in
the
past
year,
we
know
that
they've
been
consistently
misused.
N
N
N
They've
always
created
the
atmosphere
for
folks
to
be
either
enraged
and
to
express
that
rage
on
on
the
property
that
they
can
or
for
opportunists
to
swoop
in
and
capitalize,
on,
the
chaos
being
created
by
so
much
gas
and
mace
and
smoke
and
and
confusion.
N
You
know
being
present
with
with
these
crafts
they're,
not
they're,
not
measures
of
crowd
control,
they
do
not
execute
the
job
of
controlling
crowds,
and
so
I
think
that
we
need
to
vet
what
will
be
more
effective
in
de-escalating
crowds
and
getting
folks
home
if
we
feel
the
situation
is
getting
too
chaotic,
but
as
as
far
as
I
could
see,
and
as
far
as
the
the
many
studies
have
shown
us,
these
tools
just
add
to
the
chaos
they
don't
they
don't
they
don't
contribute
to
peace.
B
B
Given
the
ambiguity
about
our
authority
to
make
policy
decisions
or
directions
to
the
police
department,
this
asks
the
city
attorney's
office
to
bring
back
some
clarification
in
practice.
We
have
been
told
generally
that
we
do
not
have
policy
authority
over
the
police
department,
but
there
has
been
some
ambiguity
identified,
including
in
in
some
some
of
the
documents
that
were
provided
to
the
charter
commission
during
their
discussions
of
government
structure.
B
So
I
want
to
voice
my
support
for
this
resolution
and
its
timing.
I
support
the
value
statement
that
it
makes
as
one
council
member.
I
recognize
that
others
may
have
a
different
position
about
the
use
of
these
crowd
control
tactics
in
our
city
and
that's
actually,
why.
I
think
it's
timely
and
important
for
us
to
have
this
discussion
in
a
transparent
public
way.
B
I
do
think
it's
worth
asking
our
city
attorney
at
some
point.
During
this
conversation
we
did
not
ask
the
city
attorney
to
give
a
final
decision
about
council
authority.
That's
been
the
conversation
ongoing
for
a
number
of
years.
Of
course,
it
is
part
of
the
impetus
for
the
council
members
who
have
brought
the
charter.
B
Amendment
proposal
forward
is
to
clarify
that
if
that
were
to
get
on
the
ballot
and
pass
that
the
council
would
definitively
have
policy
authority
to
make
decisions
like
this,
but
I
do
think
it
would
be
helpful,
especially
as
we
enter
the
weekend
and
the
weeks
ahead
and
the
trial
derek
chovin,
the
timing
to
understand
who
is
making
decisions
now
and
in
the
days
and
weeks
to
come,
so
that
our
constituents
can
understand
who
they
should
contact
and
who
they
should
look
to
for
accountability
with
those
decisions.
B
I
do
I
meant
to
mention
this
earlier
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
I
I
do
also
think
it's
unfortunate
that
we
have
not
completed
an
after-action
report
of
last
summer's
protests
and
the
actions
of
our
police
department
during
the
protests.
I
think
it
was
unfortunate
that
we
couldn't
find
an
external
agency
to
complete
that
and
so
we've
you
know
we're
using
this
process
through
the
audit
committee
it's
underway
now
there
have
been
meetings
that
have
started
to
help
shape
that
work.
It
could
be
my
council,
member
palmisano
who
chairs
the
audit
committee.
B
I
think
that
that
would
have
helped
clarify
and
answer
some
of
the
questions
that
councilman
ellison
raised
about
the
command
structure
that
was
in
place
last
summer
and
who
was
deciding
what
force
was
used
and
and
honestly
if,
if
members
of
our
police
department
were
following
commands
or
not,
and
those
are
really
important
questions
that
are
unfortunately
not
answered
as
we
head
into
this
summer.
So
all
that
to
say
I
I
support
the
timing
of
this.
M
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
wanted
to
make
a
friendly
request
here
that
there
are
based
off
of
previous
things.
M
We've
discussed,
I
think
some
questions
at
least
around
how
language
or
an
act
by
the
council
may
affect
existing
litigation,
that
we
have
open,
and
so
my
friendly
request
would
be-
and
I
know
it
might
take
a
few
minutes,
and
so
maybe
this
comes
at
the
end
after
folks
have
a
chance
to
speak,
but
that
we
could
have
an
element
of
this
conversation
in
closed
session
with
the
city
attorney
to
just
understand
any
sort
of
things.
We
should
be
considering
around
legal
implications
of
action
around
existing
litigation.
M
So
just
wanted
to
raise
that.
I
know
it
takes
a
few
minutes
for
the
city
clerk
and
so
you're,
trying
to
look
at
something
like
that
and
to
get
meeting
invites
set
out
if
we
as
a
body,
decide
to
go
that
direction.
But
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
do
that.
Just
to
understand
that
one
element
relating
to
this.
F
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
too
have
an
11,
30
meeting
with
residents
and
city
staff
regarding
38th
and
chicago,
but
I
wanted
to
stay
for
this
conversation,
which
we
had
a
very
long
conversation
regarding
this
topic
earlier.
F
F
Distributed
by
the
state
by
law
enforcement
by
you
know,
people
who
are
entrusted
with
maintaining
safety
in
our
community
actually
creating
harm
in
our
community.
It's
distressing,
it's
disturbing
and
and
quite
frankly,
it's
wrong.
The
unintended
consequences
are
costly
in
terms
of
the
dramatic
impact
that
it
has
on
our
communities,
children
and
young
people,
as
well
as
costly
in
terms
of
the
impacts
that
it
has
on
our
economy,
etc.
F
And
so
I
I
will
be
supporting
this
this
action
today,
as
a
expression
of
that
we
have
to
get
some
kind
of
control
over
how
we
are
dealing
with
you
know,
unrest,
protests,
etc
and,
and
we've
witnessed
quite
distinctly
and
illustratively
the
difference
between
law
enforcement
responses
to
to
protesters
to
even
violators
of
traffic
stops,
which
you
know
councilmember
cunningham,
has
has
brought
forth
some
proposals
to
to
address
that.
F
F
F
I
was
dismayed
because
you
know
dante
wright
had
a
traffic
encounter
and
it
ended
up
a
death
sentence,
and
so
there
are
significant
disparities
in
in
our
culture
and
how
law
enforcement
is
responding
to
different
communities,
particularly
black
and
brown
communities,
and
it
has
to
stop
so.
I
am
grateful
for
the
authors
for
bringing
this
resolution
forward
today
and
I
will
be
supporting
it.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
I
do
have
a
question
if
the
city
attorney
would
allow
it.
P
I
just
wonder
if
we
could
put
a
finer
point
or
an
end
to
the
the
one
clause
of
this
resolution
here
with
the
city's
attorney's
office,
if,
if
this
is
within
or
not
within
the
city
charter,
mr,
I
guess
I
would
ask
this
question
through
the
chair
to
the
city
attorney.
Then,
can
you
answer
about
our
authority
now
or
do
you
need
a
few
weeks
to
do
it?
Does
the
city
council
have
the
authority
to
ban
the
use
of
these
kinds
of
munitions.
B
Thanks
and
I
know
mr
router
was
prepared
to
answer
a
question
at
the
end,
I
think
it's
perfectly
fine
and
reasonable
to
turn
it
over
to
mr
router
and
and
answer
that
question.
B
What
what
can
you
tell
us
today
about
the
conversations
about
council
authority,
and
I
think
particularly,
what
does
that
mean
for
the
chain
of
command
or
the
decision-making
structure?
That's
in
place
now,
and
that
would
be
in
place
for
the
next
few
weeks.
J
Obviously,
as
you
all
know,
the
city
attorney's
office
has
had
just
a
little
over
12
hours
to
reviews
this
to
review
this
proposed
resolution,
and
it
certainly
is
difficult
with
limited
time
to
fully
opine
on
the
some
of
the
complex
questions
presented
here,
but
to
be
clear
from
the
from
from
a
historical
perspective,
you
know,
first
and
foremost,
section
7.3
of
the
charter
directly
addresses
the
control
of
the
police
department
and
the
section
of
the
charter
says
verbatim.
J
The
mayor
has
complete
power
over
the
establishment,
maintenance
and
command
of
the
police
department.
The
mayor
may
make
all
rules
and
regulations
and
may
promulgate
and
enforce
general
and
special
orders
necessary
to
operating
the
police
department,
so
that
language
is
is
unambiguous.
The
mayor
does
have
clear
executive
authority
over
the
internal
operations
of
the
police
department.
The
charter
is
clear
on
that
and
the
office
of
the
city
attorney
certainly
to
date
and
prior
to
my
time,
has
consistently
affirmed
the
mayor's
executive
authority
in
past
opinions
on
the
subject
in
a
perfect
world.
J
The
some
of
the
complex
and
secondary
issues
raised
in
this
newly
proposed
resolution
to
determine
whether
or
not
any
or
all
aspects
potentially
have
implications
for
the
city,
and
it's
I
just
want
to
reiterate.
It
is
difficult
for
us
to
give
any
more
of
a
definitive
answer
today
on
those
implications
without
further
research
and
analysis.
J
So
I
can
certainly
try
to
answer
any
other
questions,
but
we're
certainly
ready
to
give
this.
You
know
as
much
research
and
thoughtful
thoughtful
analysis
as
we
as
we
can
within
the
time
we're
given.
P
If
I,
if
I
may
continue,
madam
president,
yes,
cancer,
I
want
to
add
that
I'm
I'm
fine.
I'm
actually
really
pleased
to
see
this
this
last
minute
ad
about
the
request
for
civil
rights
to
look
into
this.
P
P
I
am
shocked
and
saddened
and,
like
you
angry
about
how
protests
have
been
inflamed
by
these
less
lethal
munitions
earlier
this
week
in
brooklyn
center,
and
I
don't
know
that
the
public
knows
that
this
is
something
that
has
been
explored
by
our
mayor
and
our
chief
we've
imposed
a
number
of
new
policies
on
our
own
law
enforcement
and
trained
on
it
since
last
summer.
P
I
absolutely
appreciate
that
the
fear
and
the
concern
is
so
profound
right
now
we
could
have
figured
out
a
path
forward
and
worked
together,
maybe
more
openly
on
this
months
ago,
but
at
this
point
this
doesn't
feel
like
the
right
way
to
go.
We
do
not,
as
the
attorney
just
mentioned,
have
this
authority,
so
I
won't
be
able
to
support
this,
because
this
feels
more
like
a
not
a
statement
of
values.
I
share
these
values,
but
this
seems
like
a
statement
that
we
shouldn't
make
until
we
rely
on
the
experts.
P
P
P
I'd
rather
work
alongside
our
chief
and
our
mayor.
Our
mpd
have
not
been
involved
in
brooklyn
center
and-
and
I
don't
know
if
any
of
you
have
spoken
with
the
chief
about
this
resolution
and
how
he
thinks
this
might
impact
the
ability
to
be
to
do
his
job.
There
are
clearly
other
legal
questions
here.
P
P
I
think
that
we're
escalating
tensions
in
brooklyn
center
when
our
aid
partners
are
using
less
lethal
munitions,
and
we
must
look
to
do
things
differently,
but
what
we're
doing
now,
this
use
of
force
continuum,
our
policy
clamps
down
pretty
hard
on
it,
with
the
exception
of
our
chief
himself
authorizing
it,
it
really
clearly
states
that
I
don't
think
that
this
can
give
the
public
the
salve
that
they
need
right
now
if
it's
meaningless,
even
though
voting
against
this
feels
bad
right
now,
I
don't
think
we
know
all
the
ramifications
of
doing
something
like
this,
yet
we
don't
know
the
implications
of
passing
an
absolute
ban
on
all
less
lethal
munitions,
and
I
think
that's
important
to
dig
into
the
tro
language
that
we've
been
talking
about
specifically
says
only
the
police
chief
or
the
chief's
designee
at
the
rank
of
deputy,
can
approve
the
use
of
crowd
control
weapons,
including
chemical
agents,
rubber
bullets,
flash
bangs
batons
and
marking
rounds
during
protests
and
demonstrations.
P
P
I
spent
last
night
learning
about
examples
when
these
lower
levels
of
force
were
absolutely
life-saving.
Last
summer
one
of
them
was
a
quick
deployment
of
chemical
agents
to
keep
an
angry
group
from
grabbing
and
throwing
somebody
off
of
a
bridge
officers
were
able
to
rescue
him
from
a
mob
using
chemical
spray
and
that
lowest
level
worked,
so
no
higher
non-lethal
force
was
necessary.
P
I
mean
that
was
widely
reported
on
the
news
and
you
might
recall
one
of
the
victims
being
loaded
into
like
a
cart
like
a
red
target,
cart
to
be
brought
out
of
harm's
way,
but
both
of
these
victims
needed
immediate
attention
and
ems
had
tried
to
go
in
there
and
had
to
back
out.
It
was
a
situation
that
was
unstable
that
these
things
were
used
responsibly,
and
I
think
that
ending
all
use
of
this
is
a
very
serious
matter.
P
P
We
need
to
be
working
together
with
our
mayor
and
our
chief
and
that's
what
I'm
committed
to
here.
I
think
we
shouldn't
make
a
statement
that
shows
our
inability
to
do
that.
So
your
words
matter
here
and
I
won't
be
able
to
support
this
today,
and
I
hope
that
this
helps
to
explain
why.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
madam
president,
like
probably
everyone
on
the
council
or
most
everybody,
I
know
people
who
have
been
hit
by
rubber
bullets.
I
have
a
really
good
friend
actually
who
was
injured
by
a
rubber
bullet
and
carries
the
casing
around
with
her
as
a
reminder
of
what
happens
when
you're
peacefully
protesting
and
hit
by
one
of
these.
D
D
Even
though
we
had
a
committee
of
the
whole
meeting
yesterday,
clearly
you
were
unable
you
weren't
able
to
just
do
this
work
and
during
the
day
and
have
something
to
present
everybody,
and
so
essentially
the
thing
that
you're
criticizing
the
mayor
for
you're
also
doing
to
some
of
us,
because,
as
you
can
hear,
my
value
is
shared
with
you
and
I'm
voting
for
this.
But
yet
no
one
reached
out
to
me.
I
got
an
email
council.
D
Member
gordon
did
respond
to
my
couple
of
questions,
but
no
one
else
reached
out
to
me-
and
you
know
I
mean
I
chair
a
major
committee.
I
reach
out
to
people
who
aren't
on
the
committee
I
reach
out
to
members
of
the
committee
to
ensure
everybody
is
briefed
and
on
the
same
page,
and
I
would
ask
for
that
same
respect,
because
I
think
what
happens
when
you
send
something
out
at
5.
35
at
night,
is
that
social
media
takes
over
and
creates
their
own
narrative
of
what's
happening.
D
I'm
not
in
principle
against
any
of
this,
I'm
in
favor
of
state
standing
up
for
what
I
believe
in.
In
fact,
I
believe.
That's
why
we're
elected
to
tell
people
what
we
value
and
what
our
opinion
is,
whether
we
have
the
power
to
change
it
or
not,
and
so
I
do
want
to
say
I
believe
in
chief
eridando,
I
support
the
chief.
I
support
his
decision
making
and
I
think
he
does
know
what
he's
doing
in
this
regard.
He
has
made
some
changes.
D
He
likely
will
make
more
and
I
think,
telling
him
and
others
in
law
enforcement
that
we
expect
that
people
should
be
able.
The
public
generally
should
be
able
to
peacefully
protest
without
feeling
like
they're,
going
to
be
shot
from
the
roof
of
a
building
with
a
rubber
bullet
or
other
kinds
of
less
lethal
munitions
is
fair
feedback.
N
B
B
Okay,
customer
elsin
was
just
stating
I
think
that
most
of
his
points
had
been
covered.
I
put
myself
in
queue,
but
I
I
can't
remember
why?
Oh
I
remember
so
we
do
have
a
closed
session
coming
up
by
request
of
the
city
attorney's
office
related
to
some
of
the
lawsuits
that
were
referenced.
I
think
if
council
members
as
councilor
palmerston
was
stated,
feel
that
that
leads
them
to
not
be
able
to
support
this
today
that
that's
a
reasonable
position.
I
I
don't
think
it's
appropriate.
It
would
not
support
postponing
this
item.
K
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
want
to
thank
the
authors
for
bringing
this
forward.
I
think
you
know
there's
a
reason
that
this
came
forward
on
a
tight
timeline
right
I
mean
this
is
something
that
many
of
us
have
been
stating
as
our
values
and
that,
I
think,
is
probably
a
shared
value
across
the
whole
council
and
we
have
been
working
to
try
to
sort
of
make
a
policy
case
and
and
work
on
this.
Obviously,
we
hosted
the
university
of
minnesota
researchers
at
the
public
health
and
safety
committee.
K
We
have
been
having
a
public
conversation
to
the
extent
that
is
in
our
power
to
do
so,
and
we
have
been
asking
the
mayor
and
the
chief
to
consider
changes
and
we
actually
don't
know
if
they
have
considered
those
changes,
because
those
conversations
happen.
You
know
behind
closed
doors
and
there's
not
a
lot
of
public
access
to
what
arguments
are
they
considering
and
have
they
have
they
considered
policy
changes?
K
Have
they
rejected
these
policy
changes
for
reasons
that
are
not
available
to
the
public,
and
so
I
think
there
is
a
transparency.
You
know
issue
that
that
makes
it
important
for
us
to
continue
to
have
public
conversations
about
this.
K
I
understand
that
there's
some
tension
around
that,
because
we
are
currently
being
sued
over
the
use
of
these
tools
last
summer,
and
so
there
is
an
impulse
to
not
want
to
say
more
because
of
ongoing
lawsuits,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
think
it
is
absolutely
our
duty,
as
leaders
in
this
council
and
of
this
city,
that
we
speak
up
to
prevent
future
incidents
future
harm
and,
yes,
future
lawsuits,
and
so
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
try
to
use
whatever
power
and
influence
that
we
have
and
that
we
state
our
values
clearly
to
say
this
is
not
something
that
represents
minneapolis
values.
K
This
is
not
the
way
we
want
to
be
responding
to
protesters.
This
is
not
the
way
we
want
to
be
responding
to
crowds
of
people
in
our
city
and
that
we
have
seen
this
approach
that
we
know
it
doesn't
work,
and
I
think
the
reason
for
bringing
this
forward
this
quickly
is
that
we
have
all
suspected
and
feared
that
operations
and
safety
net
was
essentially
this
approach.
K
It
has
looked
overly
militarized,
it
has
looked
overly
defensive.
It
has
looked
overly
aggressive
from
everything
that
we
can
see
and
from
the
presentation
and
and
briefings
that
we
have
received
as
a
council-
and
you
know,
had
a
police
officer
not
killed
dante
wright
in
brooklyn
center.
K
We
wouldn't
have
seen
for
sure
that
operation
safety
net
is
overly
aggressive
and
is
overly
quick
to
turn
to
these
weapons
and
to
turn
to
these
tools.
But
we
have
seen
that-
and
it
is
absolutely
now
having
seen
that
this
week.
It
is
the
right
time
it
is,
I
think,
imperative
that
we
speak
out
and
say
this
is
not
an
outcome
we
want.
K
This
is
not
an
outcome
that
we
want
to
see,
and
I
think
that
you
know,
but
for
the
timing
of
the
tragic
events
in
brooklyn
center,
we
would
be
having
a
more
reactive
rear
view,
mirror
conversation
after
these
tools
got
deployed
in
minneapolis
in
a
way
that
we
didn't
like.
K
If,
if
there
are
our
protests
next
week
that
that
prompt,
the
whatever
the
plans
are
with
operation
safety
net-
and
so
I
I
think
it's
important,
because
we
have
seen
a
version
of
what
the
operation
safety
net
toolkit
is
and
what
the
operation
safety
net
approach
is.
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
speak
out
now
to
say
this
is
not
what
we
want
in
our
city
that,
if
those
tools
are
deployed
in
the
area
around
government
center,
that
is
my
constituents
that
will
be
breathing
tear
gas.
K
That
is
my
constituents
that
will
be
seeing
flash,
bangs
and
all
of
the
other
stuff
outside
of
their
buildings,
and
I
do
not
want
to
see
that
for
anybody
in
our
city.
I
don't
want
to
see
that
in
any
neighborhood
in
our
city
and
I'm
happy
to
support
this
resolution,
because
I
think
this
is
important
right
now.
It
is
important
for
us
to
state
our
values
and
it
is
important
for
us
to
shift
our
city
to
a
different
footing
in
relationship
to
people
who
are
grieving.
B
Thank
you.
Let's
see,
I
think
that
concludes
the
customers
in
queue
to
speak
as
councilman
johnson.
M
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
speak
on
this
for
a
moment
as
well.
You
know,
I
think,
it's
extremely
concerning
the
use
of
tear
gas
that
we've
seen
over
the
past
year.
I
think,
back
to
last
summer
and
being
more
than
a
mile
away,
one
of
the
evenings
from
the
third
precinct
I
was
getting
hit
with
tear
gas
and
to
imagine
the
entire
neighborhood
thousands
of
residents
in
between
having
that
same
experience,
and
when
I've
seen
these
tools
used.
M
It
seems
to
me
like
it
is
escalative
in
what
the
result
is,
and
it's
it's
extremely
concerning
you
know
folks,
have
a
right
to
go
protest.
They
have
a
right
to
be
angry.
They
have
a
right
to
be
out
in
the
streets
and
raising
their
voices
and
then,
when
these
type
of
tools
get
used.
What
you
end
up,
oftentimes
seeing
is
folks
with
families.
Folks
that
are
are
absolutely
committed.
M
100
percent
to
peaceful
protest,
oftentimes
end
up
leaving
and
then
those
that
are
interested
in
confrontation
with
law
enforcement
are,
are
left
and
so
there's
a
natural
within
a
crowd
effect
that
would
help
with
de-escalation
and
identifying
and
pushing
out
individuals
who
are
there
to
cause
trouble
that
goes
missing,
and
then
you
see
escalation
that
occurs,
and
so
it
does
seem
to
me
that
these
tools
are
counterproductive
in
their
use
and
that
they
have
harmed
so
many
individuals
that
are
there
to
just
peacefully
protest,
and
so
I
do
think
it
is
important
to
make
a
statement
about
the
use
of
these
tools.
M
There's
a
reason
that
this
is
banned.
These
chemicals,
for
instance,
are
banned
in
war
and
if
you
can't
use
these
chemicals
in
war,
but
you
can
use
them
on
citizens
within
our
city,
that's
a
real
problem,
so
I
think
it
is
important
that
we
are
making
a
statement
on
this
and
I
do
support
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
with
that.
I
think
we're
ready
to
vote.
I
will
just
clarify
again
and
please
anyone
jump
in
to
correct,
especially
staff.
This
resolution
is
a
statement
of
the
values
and
of
the
city
council,
the
general
direction,
given
that
our
authority
under
charter
is
ambiguous.
This
is
not
expected
to
direct
the
actions
of
our
police
department,
but
is
intended
to
inform
the
mayor
and
the
chief
who
are
the
command
authority
over
use
of
force
in.
E
E
E
C
B
B
B
I'm
not
seeing
anyone.
Thank
you,
everyone
for
participating
in
the
robust
discussions
that
we
had
today
and
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
to
lead
our
community
through
this
challenging
time.
With
that
we've
completed
all
of
the
items
on
our
agenda
with
nothing
further
to
come
before
the
council
and
without
objection.
I
will
declare
this
meeting.