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B
No,
not
yet
we
we
haven't
started
yet
we
will
have
you
on
mute
until
the
public
hearing
opens.
C
C
F
B
Good
afternoon,
everyone
hang
on
everybody
we're
not
quite
there
yet
if
the
tech
team
can
please
mute
folks,
thank
you.
Welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
for
february
18
2021..
My
name
is
philippe
cunningham
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee.
As
we
begin,
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
members
of
the
minneapolis
city,
council
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statute,
section
13d.021
due
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
B
The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
open
meeting
law.
As
at
this
time
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
please
call
the
role,
so
we
can
verify
a
quorum
of
this
meeting.
B
B
Please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee
in
recognition
of
february
as
black
history
month,
fire
chief
brian
tyner
has
challenged
minneapolis
city
council
members
to
open
each
public
meeting
with
a
historical
fact
tied
to
black
history
month.
In
that
spirit,
on
this
day
in
black
history,
in
1867
baptist
minister
reverend
william
jefferson
white
founded
the
august
theological
institute
in
the
basement
of
the
springfield
baptist
church
in
august
georgia,
this
was
just
two
years
after
the
civil
war
ended.
B
The
school's
mission
was
to
educate
young
black
men
to
teach
and
to
go
into
ministry.
It
changed
locations
and
names
before
settling
into
atlanta's
west
end
community.
In
night,
in
1885,
where
the
school
now
named
morehouse
college
is
still
situated.
Today,
morehouse
college
was
renamed
in
1913
to
honor
henry
l
morehouse,
the
corresponding
secretary
of
the
northern
baptist
home
mission
society,
under
the
guidance
of
the
college's
first
african-american
president,
dr
john
hope,
the
school
expanded
his
academic
offerings
and
lured
more
professionals
to
join
the
faculty.
B
Today,
morehouse
is
the
largest,
the
nation's
largest
private
all-men
liberal
arts
college.
It's
headquartered
in
its
main
campus,
located
on
61
acres
near
downtown
atlanta,
with
satellite
offices
scattered
throughout
the
surrounding
suburbs.
It
is
a
member
of
the
atlanta
university
center
consortium,
the
school
offers
27
majors
and
three
academic
divisions
and
has
the
honor
of
being
the
first
historically
black
college
to
produce
eleven
fulbright
scholars.
B
Colleagues,
we
have
a
lot
of
speakers
signed
up
today
for
our
public
hearing.
So,
in
order
to
be
sure
that
all
of
the
speakers
on
the
line
are
given
the
opportunity
to
speak,
I'm
going
to
recommend
that
we
quickly
disperse
with
the
remainder
of
the
items
on
our
agenda.
If
there
are
no
objections,
I
will
move
to
approve
our
consent
agenda
as
well
as
item
6
on
our
discussion
agenda.
B
At
the
same
time,
I'll
suggest
we
postpone
the
items
the
that
are
receive
and
file
presentations
on
our
agenda,
which
is
items
four
and
five
to
our
next
meeting,
which
is
scheduled
for
march
4th.
So
to
clarify,
and
summarize
I
move
approval
of
items,
two
three
and
six
and
postpone
items
four
and
five
to
be
moved
to
the
march
4th
meeting
and
all
of
that
information
can
be
found
on
the
agenda
for
today's
meeting.
Is
there
any
discussion.
B
D
K
L
B
Those
items
pass
and
are
either
passed
or
are
delay
or
postponed
to
the
next
meeting.
So
colleagues
before
us,
we
have
one
item,
which
is
a
public
hearing
related
to
passage
of
an
ordinance
to
be
submitted
to
the
voters
at
the
november
20
21
2021
municipal
election,
proposing
amendments
to
article
7
of
the
minneapolis
city
charter
related
to
administration
pertaining
to
the
creation
of
a
new
charter
department
to
provide
public
safety
services,
including
law
enforcement
and
the
removal
of
the
police
department
as
a
stand-alone
department.
B
B
B
B
M
Thank
you,
commissioner,
or
city
council
member.
I
wanted
to
say
that
I
am
100
totally
in
favor
of
the
proposal
for
the
new
department
of
public
safety
on
commissioner.
That
will
incorporate
the
mpd.
M
I
think
it's
about
time
that
we
had
a
department
that
integrates
all
the
departments
who
look
after
public
safety
like
violence,
prevention,
drug
addiction
and
mental
health,
since
these
realms
are
the
undisputable
underlying
energy
of
crime,
and
I
think
it's
especially
wise
that
it's
modeled
on
our
state's
department
for
public
safety.
I
think
the
mpd
has
flagrantly
proven
its
reforms
have
utterly
failed
because
they
didn't
prevent
the
murder
of
george
floyd
five
cop,
who
should
have
been
kicked
off
the
force
for
his
18
prior
complaints
and
charged
for
shooting
wayne
rage
in
2006.
M
and
disgusted
that
so
many
police
officers
abandoned
their
jobs
to
avoid
any
accountability
for
their
crimes
against
black
people.
Since
george
floyd's
murder-
and
I
think
it's
brutally
obvious,
their
education
abdication
is
actively
responsible
for
the
rising
crime
and
then
I
never
want
to
see
any
of
those
former
officers
in
any
public
role.
Again.
I
never
want
to
see
armed
officers
who
live
outside
of
the
communities
and
city
they
serve
ever.
N
M
I
want
ties
between
current
and
former
members
of
the
mpd
to
neo-nazi
groups,
thoroughly
investigated
cut
if
they
exist
and
prevent
it
further.
I
think
the
city's
charter
commission
actively
harms
us
by
overpowering
our
democratically
elected
city
council,
as
they
did
by
delaying
the
vote
on
defunding
the
mpd
when
the
city
was
overwhelmingly
in
support
of
shifting
some
public
funding
to
police
funding
to
social
service
programs,
as
polls
showed,
and
the
city
council
who
we
did
elect
were
unanimous
in
it.
B
O
O
O
At
any
rate,
the
city
we've
been
throwing
good
money
after
bad
toward
the
mpd
for
far
too
long
and
amending
the
charter
to
situate
the
police
under
the
council's
control
and
the
department
of
public
safety
will
help
to
rein
in
the
mpd's.
Far
too
common
use
of
violence
in
our
community,
especially
as
it
polices
black
and
brown
residents.
O
O
B
Thank
you
jay.
Next
up
we
have
jeffrey
du
bois
dubose,
followed
by
tammy
fulman.
As
a
reminder,
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
to
hear
the
recording
and
then
introduce
yourself
and
the
floor
is
yours,
jeffrey
you're,
up.
P
Q
Also,
thank
you
I'm
a
resident
of
minneapolis.
I
am
also
a.
Q
Q
E
In
south
minneapolis,
so
he
was
stalking.
Q
S
Q
Following
him
to
make
sure
he
wasn't
following
me
in
my
vehicle
and
my
mom
called
the
police
because
it
had
heightened
the
situation
escalated,
the
police
arrived
and
I
was
on
the
phone
and
I
was
in
my
car.
I
hadn't
realized
that
the
police
had
arrived
already,
so
I
was
sitting
in
my
driver's
seat
on
the
phone
and
my
mom
was
telling
me
to
you
know:
get
off
the
phone.
I
had
my
window
down.
Q
I
suppose,
because
I
could
hear
her
and
I
was
just
finishing
up
the
call
and
the
officer
opened
my
door,
snatched
my
phone
out
and
told
me
to
get
off
the
essing
phone
and
he
said
the
the
f
word.
B
I
would
ask
for
you
to
please
if
you
are
able
to
please
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
the
city
council.
You
can
send
it
to
council
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
B
Your
story
is
very
important,
and
so
please
do
submit
it
so
that
we're
able
to
have
that
as
a
part
of
the
public
record
as
well.
Next
up
where.
B
Yeah,
I
said
it
kind
of
fast,
so
council,
I'm
sorry,
yes,
council,
comment
at.
B
All
right,
it
sounds
like
tammy
might
not
be
on
the
line
at
this
point,
so
let's
we
will
go
ahead
and
move
on
and
and
circle
back
next
up
we
have
chuck
turchik,
followed
by
kenneth
wright.
B
All
right
not
hearing
from
him,
so
we'll
keep
moving
and
circle
back
next
up.
We
are,
we
have
kenneth
wright,
followed
by
brandy,
bennett,
welcome,
kenneth.
T
Hi,
my
name
is
kenneth
wright,
I'm
a
leader
with
epcc
the
barbershop
of
black
congregation
cooperative.
Thank
you
for
providing
a
platform
for
me
to
use
my
voice
to
share
my
experiences,
I'm
a
resident
of
south
minneapolis
and
a
firm
believer
that
all
of
us
deserve
to
be
treated
with
dignity
and
respect.
T
Right
now
we
are
locked
into
a
police
department
that
has
carefully
preserved
their
power
in
a
city
chartered
decades
ago,
making
it
impossible
to
make
the
changes
we
need
with
the
charter.
We
have
it's
time
to
make
a
change
to
the
charter
people
it's
time
for
the
people
of
minneapolis
to
decide
what
happens
and
to
keep
ourselves
safe.
I
really
and
truly
believe
that.
Thank
you.
B
B
Mr
churchik,
I
just
called
on
somebody
else,
but
we
will
circle
back
to
you.
So
if
you
just
give
me
one
moment,
let's
check
to
see
it,
one
more
time
is
brandi
bennett
on
the
line.
E
Yes,
I
am,
this
is
brandi.
This
proposed
amendment
is
potentially
destructive
to
our
city.
It
is
being
presented
with
full
knowledge
that
it
sets
up
conflicting
ballot
questions
and
puts
the
city
on
a
collision
course
to
have
a
judge,
decide
our
charter.
The
charter
commission
has
held
months
of
public
hearings
interviewing
you
and
countless
others.
They
released
a
research
report
on
charters
across
the
country
instead
of
using
their
knowledge
and
reaching
out
to
work
on
a
joint
proposal.
You
are
rushing
this
amendment
without
public
due
diligence,
we
do.
V
E
A
department
with
a
diffused
government
structure
and
a
chief
that
serves
at
your
whim
is
deliberate
and
it's
as
if
you
want
the
city
to
fall
into
chaos,
this
reeks
of
activism
and
not
good
governance.
Mr
ellison,
I
saw
your
tweet
yesterday
objecting
to
the
barricades
and
fencing
being
installed
around
city
hall.
I
live
downtown
and
work
in
that
very
building,
I'm
extremely
disturbed
by
your
lack
of
concern
for
the
safety
of
city
employees.
While
you
may
get
to
work
safely
from
home
behind
a
computer
screen.
E
E
Government
buildings
were
targeted
by
rioters.
Our
nation's
capital
was
under
siege
due
to
complacency.
Preparation
barricades
and
security
are
exactly
how
you
demonstrate
care
and
safety
for
employees
and
residents.
I'm
so
thankful
that
you
did
not
have
a
vote
in
the
security
plan,
and
this
is
a
perfect
example
why
you
should
not
have
any
say
in
the
public
safety
of
our
city.
B
All
right,
thank
you,
brandi.
I
will
ask
for
testifiers
to
please
direct
your
comments
to
me
as
the
chair,
rather
than
into
the
committee
at
large,
rather
than
two
specific
council
members,
so
we'll
circle
back
now
to
chuck
turchik
and
then
we
will
then
move
to
jeffrey
peterson.
U
Hi
chuck,
turchik
ward
6.
a
time
of
covid
caused
rising
crime
is
the
wrong
time
to
make
these
changes
and
a
council
with
a
majority
who
called
for
and
has
not
retracted.
That
call
for
a
quote
public
free
pub
police
free
city
is
the
wrong
council
to
call
for
these
changes
that
might
well
turn
out
to
have
some
good
aspects.
Three
points,
one,
the
primary
concern
after
the
killing
of
george
floyd
was
police
accountability,
but
your
proposal
eliminates
the
mayor's
responsibility
for
that
and
substitutes.
U
Nothing
in
its
place,
you
that
you
thus
decrease
or
blur
that
responsibility
for
police
accountability.
Two
your
24-day
plan
has
six
action
steps.
The
third
one
is
quote
proactively:
build
trust
between
first
responders
and
the
community.
Unquote.
Do
you
truly
believe
your
proposal
proactively
builds
trust
between
the
first
responders
and
the
police
department,
or
the
law
enforcement
division
and
the
community?
U
If
you
answer
yes,
I've
got
a
bridge
for
you.
Three,
the
evidence-based
holistic
public
health
approach
to
public
safety
is
sloganeering.
There
are
many
aspects
of
a
public
health
model
that
would
be
inconceivable
when
transferred
to
the
public
safety
realm.
That
is
the
discussion.
You
and
we
have
not
yet
had
that,
should
happen.
First,
your
proposal
is
premature.
B
Thank
you,
mr
turchik.
Follow
following
now
is
jeffrey
peterson,
followed
by
jan
unstead
jeffrey
if
you'll
push
star
six
and
introduce.
C
And
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
jeff
peterson
board
13
and
I'm
here
to
speak
in
opposition
to
the
proposed
charter
amendment
and
while
there
seems
to
be
a
consensus
for
sweeping
law
enforcement
reform
and
need
for
additional
resources
and
services
to
provide
for
some
broader
definition
of
public
safety.
I'm
not.
C
D
C
Improve
this
function
with
better
training
management
reforms
and
sufficient
staff
levels,
and
that
requires
funding
moving
ahead.
Law
enforcement
should
not
be
subsumed
through
a
newly
constructed
department.
That
also
includes
some
other
agencies
that
will
somehow
interact
with
law
enforcement
in
some.
E
B
Thank
you
jeff.
I
do
just
want
to
say
very
briefly,
as
as
a
reminder
to
folks
around
the
charter
process
that
that
what
we're
the
action
that
we're
where
we're
at
now
is
to
just
put
this
on
the
ballot.
So
it
is
not
approving
this
particular
amendment.
It
is
putting
it
on
the
ballot,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
folks
are
clarified
around
the
process.
B
Next
up,
we
have
jan
unstad,
followed
by
james
iyers,
jan.
If
you're
on
the
line,
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
for
the
recording
and
introduce
yourself
and
the
floor
is
yours.
E
W
Afternoon
and
thanks
for
listening
to
our
comments.
E
E
I
see
that
part
of
the
agenda
that
you
pulled
today
was
provided
for
an
rfp
on
that.
I
think
that's
great.
I
want
it
tested
in
minneapolis.
I
want
it
proven
effective
in
minneapolis
and
then
rolled
out
on
a
broader
level.
We
don't
yet
have
that.
When
you
look
at
the
information
from
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
they
say
that
much
of
their
work
is
a
pilot
and
they
don't
expect
results
on
effectiveness
until
the
end
of
this
year
at
the
soonest.
But
they
do
cite
other
cities
results
as
proving
that
it
can
be
effective.
E
One
of
the
things
cited
is
baltimore
and
their
homicide
rate,
but
I
did
go
back
and
in
2018
through
today
that
homicide
rate
has
gone
from
309
people
to
348
to
355..
I
don't
find
that
progress.
We
are
being
told
that
other
divisions
will
be
established
to
ensure
a
comprehensive
approach
to
public
safety.
Do
we
know
what
they
are?
No
do.
We
know
how
they'll
be
staffed?
No,
do
we
know
how
they'll
be
tested?
No,
do
we
know
if
they'll
work
in
minneapolis,
no
we're
told
there'll
be
operational
policies
and
organizational
structures
created.
B
Thank
you,
jan.
If
you
would
like
you,
are
also
able
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
counsel
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
B
Next
up
we
have
james
irs,
followed
by
colleen
kepler
james.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
and
the
floor
is
yours.
E
Yes,
I'm
here,
thank
you.
My
name
is
james
ayers.
I
appreciate
a
chance
to
voice
my
support
for
the
charter
amendment
I'm
involved
with
isaiah.
It
calls
for
a
broader
distribution
of
resources
to
all
the
people
and
looking
at
the
limits
that
we
have
I'm
also
a
clinical
psychologist
for
45
years
and
the
challenge
of
mental
health.
I
want
to
speak
to
the
challenge
of
mental
health.
Is
one
thing
we
really
address
it
and
we
usually
under
fund
it
until
there's
blood
on
the
ground
and
we
decide
to
catch
up
pain.
E
We
need
a
structure
not
just
for
the
police,
not
for
the
mental
health
system,
but
a
community-wide
structure
to
cooperate
with
each
other
to
deal
with
the
broadest
of
problems.
The
second
issue
about
mental
health,
the
achilles
heel
of
mental
health
services,
is
getting
access
to
help
that
is
timely
and
competent.
E
Even
if
you
have
insurance
it
may
be
weeks
before
you
can
actually
talk
with
a
provider
I
was
involved.
I
was
clinic
director
of
milwaukee
and
counseling
center
in
south
minneapolis
for
25
years
and
it's
it's
50
years
old.
Now
it's
as
an
example.
What
can
be
done
and
people
there's
no
fee,
no
appointment,
that
people
can
remain
anonymous
to
be
able
to
talk
immediately
with
the
mental
health
professional
and
regardless
of
the
police?
There's
three
things.
E
One
in
terms
of
the
mental
health
issues
is,
first
of
all
recruitment
and
mental
health
assessment
of
candidates.
Second
thing
is
crisis
intervention
training.
I
know
we
might
have
other
staff
along,
but
when
the
police
are
putting
themselves
in
harm's
way,
they
have
to
be
able
to
respond
to
that.
Thirdly,
is
looking
at
resources
to
help
the
police
to
be
a
police
officer
to
put
yourself
in
harm's
way,
exposing
yourself
to
trauma
and
your
family
and
evidence
for
this
is
a
suicide
rate
and
ptsd
symptoms
and
so
on.
B
Thank
you,
please
feel
free
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
counsel
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
You
know,
and
I
also
just
want
to
invite
folks.
This
is
just
the
charter
amendment.
There
will
be
a
corresponding
ordinance
that
will
be
fleshing
out
the
details
that
we
will
be
doing
that
part
as
well
during
this
this
process.
So
I
do
also
hope
folks
will
be
involved
in
that
process
as
well.
Next
up
we
have
colleen
kepler,
followed
by
sarah
paulicki
colleen.
X
Hi
colleen
kepler
ward,
13.
Y
X
However,
there
were
still
critical
themes
that
prevailed,
and
this
charter
amendment
fails
to
address
those
critical
themes.
The
first
one
is
meaningfully.
Y
Y
Y
V
So
I
really
value
learning
from
our
past
and
I
support
amending
the
charter.
I
truly
believe
that
we
can
build
a
more
just,
compassionate
and
caring
society
if
we
examine
our
history
and
take
lessons
from
it
about
what
has
served
our
communities
well
and
what
is
not?
The
minneapolis
police
department
has
a
long
history
of
brutality
from
the
murders
of
black
residents
to
the
police,
crackdowns
against
queer
and
trans.
E
E
E
V
E
You
thank
you.
We,
our
organization,
does
not
support
this
charter.
Amendment.
I've
already
sent
you
a
message
about
process
which
has
been
very
problematic,
so
I'm
going
to
speak
specifically
to
the
substance
of
the
amendment
itself.
First
of
all,
this
amendment
buries
the
police
department,
which
would
then
be
called
a
division.
Three
layers
found
under
a
department
that
reports
to
a
city
council
committee
that
then
reports
to
the
city
council
as
a
whole.
In
other
words,
the
department
would
be
less
accountable
to
the
community
and
less
visible
further.
E
In
addition,
it's
unlikely
that,
unlike
the
current
police
chief
position,
which
has
a
three-year
term,
this
position
has
no
appointment
term.
It's
hard
to
imagine
that
top
candidates
would
accept
a
position
like
this.
You
know
it
is
true
that
your
powers
over
the
police
right
now
are
somewhat
limited
as
a
council,
but
you
have
been
fully
in
charge
of
the
office
of
police
conduct
review
for
the
last
eight
years.
That
agency
is
a
dismal
failure
with
a
discipline
rate
of
about
half
of
one
percent
of
the
you
know,
based
on
their
own
data.
B
B
All
right,
so
I'm
not
hearing
carol,
so
we
will
circle
back
there
and
then
next
up
we
have
john
shanahan,
followed
by
roxanne.
Lynch
is
john
shanahan
on
the
line.
Z
Hi,
this
is
nick
noel,
with
neighborhood
and
community
relations.
Reading
for
john
shanahan,
as
an
ada
accommodation
quote,
my
name
is
john
shanahan.
I
live
in
ward
4.,
my
family
neighbors
and
I
do
not
support
your
proposed
public
safety
amendment.
We're
asking
you
to
stop
it
and
scrap
it.
You
have
caused
enough
pain
and
damage
to
our
city.
With
your
divisive
radical
approach
to
public
safety,
we
don't
want
you
exerting
more
control
over
public
safety.
We
want
you
to
have
less.
We
don't
want
you
to
further
reduce
the
police.
Z
We
want
more
police,
we
want
to
feel
safe
again.
We
don't
want
you
demoting
police,
chief
eridando
to
his
second
class
status,
serving
at
the
will
of
an
unelected
bureaucrat.
Let
him
do
his
job
and
continue
reporting
directly
to
the
mayor.
Just
like
other
cities.
Do
we
have
no
confidence
in
your
ability
to
export
expertise
to
manage
an
undertaking
of
this
scale?
You
propose
a
one-stop
public
safety
department,
yet
you
leave
out
fire
emergency
management
and
9-1-1.
Z
You
propose
a
department
that
reports
to
the
mayor
and
all
of
you
yet
current
city
directors
have
testified
that
having
14
masters
make
the
city
dysfunctional,
they
prefer
to
report
directly
to
the
mayor
for
the
sake
of
sanity,
stability
and
accountability
and
social
public
safety.
That's
how
other
cities
do
it.
You
promised
a
likely
period
of
public
input,
yet
three
of
you
sat
behind
closed
doors
and
rushed
out
this
amendment
barely
in
time
to
meet
ballot
demand
on
deadlines.
There
is
virtually
no
public
input
from
a
city
of
450
000
residents.
Z
B
B
E
U
Want
to
appreciate
the
comments
from
council
member
palmisano
regarding
that
process.
Thank
you
and
to
the
substance
of
this
amendment.
There's
several
problems.
E
It
removes
the
responsibility
for
discipline
of
the
police
department
from
the
mayor,
but
doesn't
put
it
anywhere
else.
This
means
less
accountability.
It.
U
Also
is
puts
the
the
police
department
under
three
layers
of
bureaucracy
leading
to
less
accountability
and,
finally,
the
appointment.
E
Of
the
chief
and
the
reappointment,
currently
it
isn't
much,
but
the
public
does
get
to
weigh
in
every
three
years.
Yes,.
B
Thank
you,
mr
bicking.
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment.
Oh,
we
have
catherine
katz
up
next
and
then
we'll
circle
back
to
see.
If
previous
callers,
who
were
not
there
are
available.
Catherine,
are
you
on
the
line?
Please
push
star
six.
B
All
right
sounds
like
catherine
might
not
be
on
the
line,
so
I
do
want
to
circle
back.
Take
a
moment
here.
If
tammy,
fulman,
carol
or
carol
dines
are
on
the
line.
If
you
could,
please
push
star
six
to
introduce.
B
E
Y
B
So
we
have,
we
have.
We
have
125
speakers.
So
oh
thank
you
yeah,
so
I
will
have
the
team
look
into
what
number
you
are
and
I'll
circle
back
with
you
all
right.
Catherine,
are
you
there
still?
Please
please
introduce
yourself
and
the
floor
is
yours
for
90
seconds.
W
Okay,
my
name
is
catherine
katz.
I
live
in
the
willard,
hay
neighborhood
and
I'm
testifying
because
I
believe
we
do
need
to
change
the
charter
in
order
to
improve
public
safety
in
the
city.
We
can't
move
forward
with
our
current
charter.
I
have
neighbors
that
are
black
brown
asian
hispanic
white
and
I
want
to
feel
I
can
call
the
police
if
I
see
a
violent
situation
without
concern
that
that
situation
will
escalate
and
put
my
friends
and
family
in
harm's
way.
W
Currently,
I
don't
feel
that
way,
and
I
often
don't
call
the
police
I
just
observe.
I
also
want
alternatives
to
the
police
for
non-violent
concerns.
I'm
also
tired
of
having
my
tax
dollars
pay
for
things
like
security
for
the
chauvin
trial
and
payouts
to
individuals
harmed
by
our
police.
I
want
myself
and
my
neighbors
to
be
able
to
have
a
say
in
the
best
ways
to
protect
everybody's
safety.
Thank
you
for
so
much
for
letting
me
testify.
B
Thank
you,
catherine.
I'm
glad
we
were
able
to
make
that
work.
Next
up.
We
have
brandon
burbach,
followed
by
elizabeth
gray.
I
do
believe.
Brandon
is
number
19.
so
and
nancy
christmas.
You
are
number
78
on
the
speaker
list,
so
we
are
on
number
19
right
now
so
brandon.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six
and
the
floor
is
yours.
K
K
You
know
we
have
a
real
crime
problem,
it's
disproportionately
affecting
black
mountain
residents.
In
my
own
block,
there
have
been
three
carjackings,
including
a
baby
abducted
just
behind
me
just
in
the
last
several
days-
and
I
guess
my
question
is:
why
isn't
the
police,
chief
and
other
agencies
involved
in
creating
this
process
to
really
solve
the
problems
that
we
have?
K
In
my
opinion,
the
council
hasn't
created
genuine
efforts
at
holding
community
engagement
and
discussions
to
vet.
What
minneapolis
residents
really
want,
and
I
what
I'm
seeing
is
two
public
hearings
out
of
this
committee,
one
with
only
five
days
notice.
This
isn't
anything
like
the
way
our
city
works.
In
my
experience
in
17
years
we
have
dozens
and
dozens
of
engagement
sessions
for
things
like
remodeling
parks
and
adding
bus
lines.
K
You
know
they'll
go
on
for
years,
and
here
we
are
in
just
a
few
weeks
moving
this
forward,
I'm
not
comfortable
with
it.
I
think
that
the
way
this
charterman
is
being
put
forward
is
is
from
too
narrow
of
a
constituency.
It
seems
to
be
from
an
activist
council
and
I
don't
think
that's
how
our
city
should
work.
So
you
know
rather
than
what
we're
being
offered.
I
think
we
should
have
a
multi-agency
charter.
Amendment
is
brought
forward
by
the
police,
chief,
other
agencies,
mental
health
leaders,
nonprofits
and
a
truly
collaborative
effort.
B
E
My
name
is
there
we
go
hi.
This
is
elizabeth
gray.
I
live
in
ward
3..
I
do
not
support
having
the
proposed
safety
amendment
on
the
ballot
this
year.
The
attempts
to
push
this
through
without
the
promised
public
engagement
is
further
dividing
our
city.
I
also
agree
agree
with
previous
testimony
that
there
is
not
enough
detail
in
the
amendment
for
voters
to
even
evaluate
it
prior
to
voting.
E
I
don't
want
fewer
officers
on
the
street
I'd
like
to
see
more,
and
I
find
the
lack
of
partnership
by
this
council
with
the
chief
of
police,
the
mayor,
the
authors
or
officers
remaining
on
the
force
and
with
the
charter
commission
to
be
poor
leadership
from
the
council.
Thank
you
for
hearing
my
testimony.
B
B
All
right,
so
I'm
not
hearing
peter,
so
we
we'll
check
back
in
in
a
bit
to
see
if
he
has
logged
on
in
the
meantime.
So
next
up
we
have
teresa
teresa
delata,
followed
by
sue
campbell
teresa.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
and
then
the
floor
is.
B
E
Hi,
my
name
is
sue.
I
live
in
ward
10.,
my
family
neighbors
and
I
do
not
support
your
proposed
public
safety
amendment.
We're
asking
you
to
stop
it
and
scrap
it.
You
have
caused
enough
pain
and
damage
to
our
city.
With
your
divisive
radical
approach
to
public
safety,
we
don't
want
you
exerting
more
control
over
public
safety.
We
want
you
to
have
left,
we
don't
need
fewer
police
on
the
streets,
as
this
amendment
gives
you
the
right
to
do
so.
We
want
more
neighborhood
patrols
and
more
protection.
E
We
do
not
want
you
demoting
police
chief
aerodynamic
to
second-class
data
serving
at
the
whim
of
an
unelected
bureaucrat.
We
want
you
to
let
him
do
his
job
and
report
directly
to
the
mayor.
Just
like
other
cities.
Do
we
have
no
confidence
in
your
ability
or
expertise
to
manage
an
undertaking
of
the
scale?
E
You
propose
the
one-stop
public
safety
department,
yet
you
leave
fire
emergency
management
and
9-1-1
out.
You
proposed
the
department
to
report
to
the
mayor
and
all
of
you.
The
current
city
directors
have
testified
that
having
14
masters
make
the
city
dysfunctional,
they
prefer
to
perform
report
directly
to
the
mayor
for
the
sake
of
sanity,
stability
and
accountability,
and
so
should
public
safety.
That's,
however,
cities
do
it.
You
promised
a
lengthy
period
of
public
input.
Yet
three
of
you
sat
behind
closed
doors
and
resulted
as
amendments
barely
in
time
to
be
valid
deadlines.
E
B
Yes,
hi
mr
lana
go
ahead.
The
floor
is
yours,.
E
I'm
theresa
delatta
and
I'm
a
resident
of
the
windham
neighborhood
ward
11
in
south
minneapolis.
I
want
a
safe
minneapolis
where
all
people
no
matter
their
color,
their
face,
the
language
they
speak
or
if
they
are
disabled,
are
free
from
police
brutality.
I
want
to
feel
safe
calling
for
help
when
I
am
in
a
mental
health
crisis.
Unlike
a
previous
interaction
where
I
was
terrified
that
the
cop
would
shoot
me
with
the
gun
that
that
he
had
his
hands
on,
we
need
the
city
council
to
move
forward
to
amend
the
minneapolis
city
charter.
E
B
B
AA
Hi,
my
name
is
pastor
victor
martinez,
I'm
in
the
fifth
ward.
I
believe
that
the
amount
of
outreach
in
the
community
for
this
amendment
is
unacceptable.
The
survey
that
was
just
completed
about
a
month
ago,
so
that
ward
5
one
of
the
highest
affected
areas
for
crime
only
did
two
percent
of
the
entire
surveys.
Two
percent
ward
four
was
only
at
four
seven
percent
and
we
disapp.
We
have
a
way
more
crime
on
this
part
of
our
town
for
the
longest
time
and
we
yet
our
voice
is
the
lowest
in
the
city.
AA
I
believe
that
that
the
way
we
were
moving
things,
this
fast
is
not
right.
We
just
had
our
crime
prevention
specialist,
put
in
her
two
week
notice
in
our
area
because
of
the
of
the
culture
that's
happening
within
her
department,
which
is
being
moved
without
her
input
and
just
not
feeling
hurt,
not
feeling
respected,
and
so
I
think
that
this
process
of
moving
quickly
with
little
engagement
of
the
people
being
affected
the
most
is
very
irresponsible
and
not
fair
to
the
residents
of
our
community.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
this
time
to
talk.
B
D
C
E
D
C
E
E
U
H
B
B
B
H
AC
Thank
you.
This
is
steve
tannen,
I'm
a
resident
of
minneapolis
since
1998,
I'm
raising
a
family
with
the
daughter
of
three
girls,
and
I'm
want
to
say
yes
to
mpd
and
yes
to
chief
aerodondo
and
the
city
council
needs
to
swallow
their
pride
and
reach
across
the
table
and
partner
with
them,
because
the
whole
george
soros
funded,
the
fund
strategy
isn't
working.
Crime
is
going
through
the
roof.
All
you
have
to
do
is
pick
up
the
paper
and
read
it.
It's
not
working.
AC
The
defund
strategy
doesn't
work,
so
we
need
to
go
back
to
working
with
mpd,
yes
to
diversity
in
mpd,
yes
to
residency
with
mpd,
yes
to
reforms
with
mpd,
yes
to
a
thousand
officers
on
the
street.
It
does
reduce
crime
to
have
more
police
officers.
They
have
more
police
officers,
they're
going
to
have
more
time
to
do.
Community
outreach
and
they'll
be
less
reactive,
yes
to
quarterly
city
council
ride-alongs
in
your
precinct
with
mpd
and
lastly,
yes
to
social
workers
being
and
mental
health
professionals
being
embedded
in
each
precinct.
AC
B
Thank
you,
mr
tannen.
I
will
take
a
moment
to
circle
back
here
to
see
previous
callers
to
see
if
they
maybe
joined
the
line.
If
tammy
fulman,
carol,
dines
roxanne
lynch,
peter
zephtel
or
pam
borsma
has
joined
the
line.
Please
push
star
six.
B
L
B
B
X
A
A
E
E
E
Lacks
details
and
any
oversight
of
you
which
is
needed
to
protect
the
city.
It
gives
you
unfettered
control,
your
racial
equality
impact
analysis.
Section
three
would
be
laughable
if
it
wasn't
dealing
with
such
a
serious
matter
that
includes
life
or
death,
because
murders
are
at
their
all-time
high
for
community
engagement,
you
selected
that
you
did
not
inform
those
that
would
be
most
impacted.
You
did
not
commute
consult
with
them.
You
did
not
involve
them.
E
You
claim
to
have
collaborated
with
them,
but
then
you
do
so
by
saying
that
you
had
the
commission
do
all
of
the
hearings.
You
see.
Tens
of
thousands
of
residents
participated
in
protests.
You
don't
know
that
they
were
residents.
In
fact,
you
say
all
the
rioters
were
from
outside
of
the
of
minneapolis.
How
do
you
know
the
protesters
weren't
councilmember
fletcher?
I
live
in
your
award.
B
Right,
please
gretchen,
please
feel
free
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
counsel
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
Next
up
we
have
patricia
davies,
followed
by
mary
castro.
B
B
The
next
up
we
have
mary
castroff,
followed
by
mac
ma.
Excuse
me
mike
hallenbach,
mary,
at
castrof.
If
you're
on
the
line,
please
push
star
six.
E
Hi
I
live
in
ward
11
and
I'm
opposed
to
this
proposal
as
I
was
to
the
2018
and
last
year's
proposal.
I
want
to
first
of
all
thank
some
of
the
speakers.
So
far,
who've
been
opposed,
who've
been
very
eloquent
and
made
very
good
points.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
council
members,
palmisano
and
goodman
for
their
experience
and
their
common
sense.
I
am
in
favor
of
police
reform.
I
feel
that
it
can
be
done
within
the
current
charter.
I
don't
think
there
are
any
changes
that
need
to
be
made.
E
I
am
in
favor
of
programs
that
you
have
tried
to
that.
You
have
removed
funding
from
such
as
the
co-responder
program
and
some
of
the
other
preventive
programs
within
the
mpd.
I
would
like
you
to
stop
wasting
our
time
and
our
money
with
these
proposals.
I
would
like
you
to
deal
with
our
current
crime
and
I
also
think
there
should
be
a
requirement
that
you
do
monthly
ride-alongs
with
mpd,
so
you
get
a
better
understanding
of
what
the
work
is
involved.
So
I'm
opposed.
I
encourage
everyone
to
follow
the
charter.
E
B
I
My
name
is
mike
hallenbeck
ward,
4
resident
north
minneapolis.
I'm
calling
to
express
my
support
for
the
public
safety
charter
amendment,
which
will
allow
for
greater
transparency
and
accountability
in
the
public
safety
sphere
policy.
Changes
right
now
can
be
made
by
the
mayor's
office
effectively
in
a
black
box.
I
B
B
All
right
sounds
like
donald
might
not
be
on
the
line.
Next
up,
we
have
danny
dietel,
followed
by
jean
ross
danny
if
you're
there
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
and
the
floor
is.
B
Yours
all
right,
moving
on,
we
are
now
at
jean
ross,
followed
by
chris
hewitt
gene.
Are
you
on
the.
B
B
All
right
sounds
like
not.
Next
up
we
have
chris
hewitt,
followed
by
maureen
fowley.
Chris.
Are
you
on
the
line.
E
Welcome
all
right,
hello,
and-
and
thank
you
for
this
forum-
my
name
is
chris
hewitt
and
I'm
a
resident
of
ward
4
and
I'm
against
this
charter
amendment.
This
charter
amendment
is
once
again
flawed.
There
is
no
call
for
any
level
of
experience
needed
for
this
new
commissioner.
That
would
oversee
it
versus
the
chief
who
we
have
right
now,
who
has
decades
of
on
the
ground
experience
to
pull
from.
E
Second,
there
is
no
base
level
of
police
numbers
included
in
the
amendment,
which
could
mean
little
to
none,
even
considering
how
many
on
this
council
have
said,
they
can
see
a
day
in
this
city
with
no
police.
Third,
the
charter
amendment
throws
more
power
to
the
council,
it
all
in
an
already
strong
council,
weak
mayor
system
and,
frankly,
the
last
thing
this
council
needs
is
more
power.
E
AD
B
B
B
AE
E
12.,
thank
you,
my
family,
and
I
do
not
support
putting
this
amendment
on
the
ballot
in
november.
I
agree
with
all
of
the
factual
points
made
by
the
previous
callers,
highlighting
the
lack
of
transparency
and
engagement
with
the
mayor
and
minneapolis
police
department
by
the
council
and
the
citizens
of
minneapolis.
E
Because
of
this
lack
of
engagement
and
transparency.
We
run
the
risk
in
rushing
this
amendment
before
without
sufficient
public
discourse
and
due
diligence
in
a
dangerous
result,
it
is
irresponsible
and
not
the
right
approach
to
take.
I
specifically
would
like
to
echo
the
comments
made
by
my
fellow
citizens
steve
tannon
moments
ago.
E
In
the
last
year,
this
council
has
turned
into
an
arm
of
activist
groups
supported
by
outside
interests,
and
that
is
very
concerning
to
me
and
should
be
concerning
to
all
of
us,
and
frankly,
I
have
no
confidence
in
your
ability
or
expertise
to
manage
an
undertaking
of
this
scale,
and
the
last
thing
you
all
need
is
more
power.
Your
current
actions
and
proposed
amendments
are
not
about
good
governance
or
making
us
safer.
It's
a
power
grab,
it's
about
your
vendetta
against
the
chief
and
his
department.
E
B
H
B
Right
allison
townley,
followed
by
tony,
so
my
apologies
alice
and
if
you're
there
number
42
please
push
star.
E
AF
E
AF
AG
B
Thank
you
tony
much
appreciated.
Next
up,
we
have
craig
wilson
number
44,
followed
by
number
45
steve
kramer
craig.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six.
L
Hi,
yes,
hi,
I'm
donald.
AH
B
B
Yep,
that
is,
that
is
a-okay,
and
then
we
will
circle
back
after
mr
crumbly
will
circle
back
to
steve
kramer.
Mr
crumbly.
The
floor
is
yours:
hi.
F
My
name
is
donald
crumbly
and
I'm
a
stakeholder
in
minneapolis
state
business
owner,
and
I
want
to
just
speak
a
little
bit
about
what
happened
to
my
nephew
by
the
minneapolis.
C
Police
department,
he
was
falsely
accused
of
a
murder
that
he.
AH
E
O
I
AH
Apology
from
the
police
from
the
city,
there
was
no,
they
didn't
receive
anything
for
the
money
that
she.
I
B
AJ
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
committee
members,
I'm
president
of
minneapolis
downtown
council
and
also
resident
of
the
northrop
neighborhood.
I
did
submit
comments,
but
I'll
highlight
a
few
points,
and
I
would
like
to
start
by
thanking
you
all
for
approving
funding
last
week
for
additional
recruit
classes.
I
suspect
I
suspect,
you'll
do
the
same
with
reserved
overtime
money.
I
think
that
action
really
undermines
the
inaccurate,
defund
narrative,
that's
being
promoted,
ironically
by
people
who
both
support
and
oppose
mpd.
AJ
The
unfortunate
part
is
that
inaccurate
narrative
has
really
done
and
continues
to
do,
damage
to
minneapolis,
but
on
the
matter
at
hand,
our
organization
continues
to
oppose
this
plan.
The
city's
core
public
safety
function
cannot
have
14
bosses,
that
dilution
of
responsibility
and
accountability
for
direction
and
oversight
of
this
most
critical
activity
is
a
recipe
for
confusion
and
resulting
indecision,
and
this
aspect
of
your
plan
runs
counter
to
the
direction
the
charter
commission
is
pursuing
to
overall
make
city
governance
more
effective
up
to
the
challenges
of
the
day
and
like
it
or
not.
AJ
AJ
Please
focus
on
supporting
the
chief's
work
to
make
mpd
a
better,
more
effective
trusted
and
just
department,
please
add
proven
complementary
strategies.
I
would
note
that
did
has
already
hired
an
embedded
social
worker
by
working
with
hennepin
county,
not
trying
to
create
our
own
mental
health
program.
B
J
J
I
don't
see
the
rush
to
get
this
on
the
ballot
when,
essentially
you
as
a
council,
did
nothing
in
your
first
two
years
to
deal
with
unknown
problem
number
two:
a
promise
of
12
months
of
community
engagement,
there's
been
very
limited
opportunity
for
us
to
provide
that,
and
yet
it
appears
that
you've
decided
on
a
path.
I
also
think
it's
unbelievable
that
you
think
14
bosses
are
better
than
one
if
you
have
a
paying
job
in
a
well-run
organization
in
your
past.
J
I'd
invite
you
to
think
about
what
it
would
be
like
to
have
14
people
giving
you
direction.
You've
provided
no
research
to
support
your
need
to
have
this
on
the
ballot.
On
the
other
hand,
the
charter
commission
has
had
an
open
process
with
substantial
research,
I'm
likely
to
support
that
effort
when
it's
finalized.
B
Thank
you,
mr
mr
gieson.
Next
up
we
have
rick
owlette,
followed
by
minister,
dr
aura,
hoax
rick.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six.
AJ
J
B
B
It
sounds
like
we
may
have
lost
you.
Are
you
still
there.
B
Now
we
can:
let's
try
that
again,
we'll
start
your
time
over.
Thank
you.
AK
Thank
you
so
much
chair,
cunningham
hotep,
I
ministered
dr
hoax,
and
I
live
in
ward
5.
and
as
a
community
elder,
I
and
my
family
reject
and
do
not
support
the
public
safety
amendments
that
you
have
proposed.
AK
AK
B
Thank
you
so
much
next
up,
we
have
yep.
Thank
you.
We
have
carol
becker,
followed
by
catherine
sherives,
miss
becker.
If
you're.
E
I
think
it's
working
is
it
working?
Can
you
hear
me.
E
All
right,
I
want
to
put
in
the
record
that
my
neighborhood
has
a
53
increase
in
crime
and
we
are
200
cops
down.
Those
are
two
things
that
are
related.
I
think
the
one
thing
that
this
consensus
on
is
we
need
more
police
accountability.
That's
really
what
people
want
instead
of
a
proposal
that
reduces
the
cops
and
reduces
the
accountability
by
shoving.
The
police
chief,
farther
down
into
the
bureaucracy
that
doesn't
increase
accountability,
is
offer
a
name
change,
but
also
does
nothing
to
increase
accountability.
E
You
could
have
re,
formed
and
reorganized
the
city
in
the
last
three
years,
and
you
didn't
you
have
this
plan
for
programs
that
don't
exist
yet
you
could
have
put
them
in
place
starting
three
years
ago,
but
you
didn't,
and
so
now
we're
supposed
to
believe
that
all
of
a
sudden,
you
are
gonna,
put
these
programs
in
place,
and
I
don't
think
that's
true.
The
last
thing
I
wanna
say
is:
I
have
had
a
violent
man
come
to
my
house
three
times
that
I
know
of
to
steal
from
me.
E
He's
still
on
the
street
he's
continuing
to
harm
people.
None
of
what
you
offer
does
anything
to
remove
him
from
the
street
and
at
the
same
time
you
don't
also
offer
things
that
will
increase
accountability,
and
so
I
really
oppose
this
amendment.
The
other
thing
that
I'm
going
to
say
personally
felipe
stop
blocking
people
who
disagree
with
you
on
facebook,
because
if
you
want
to
have
a
real
conversation
with
this
community
and
that's
where
you
want
to
have
it
stop
blocking
us,
so
we
can
actually
talk
with
you.
Thank
you.
B
X
E
Catherine
shreves
here
at
34
year,
resident
of
the
13th
ward,
I'm
opposed
to
the
proposed
public
safety
charter
amendment.
I
support
police
reform
efforts
and
I
support
the
work
of
police
chief
eridando.
I
don't
think
your
proposal
does
this.
What
I
think
it
does
is
create
serious
accountability
problems
by
having
a
public
safety
department
head
report
to
14
bosses,
13
of
whom
are
not
elected
citywide.
I
don't
I
mean
who
of
us
would
find
it
workable
to
have
14
bosses
micromanaging.
P
E
E
Counselor
teams
respond
to
9-1-1
calls
that
don't
pose
a
danger
to
others,
but
the
charter
proposal
is
a
distraction
from
the
needed
work
of
police
reform
that
the
council
could
be
addressing
right
now,
problem
provisions
in
the
police
contract
that
tie
the
hands
of
police
administrators,
so
they
can't
discipline
bad
cops
under
minnesota,
labor
law.
This
police
contract
would
remain
in
place
even
if
the
proposed
charter
change
passed
when
brainerd
tried
to
abolish
its
fire
department
and
use
a
volunteer
department,
the
minnesota
supreme
court
held
in
2019
that
brainerd
had
committed
an
unfair
labor
practice.
B
Thank
you,
ms
treves.
If
you
would
like,
please
do
feel
free
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
councilcomment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
Next
up
we
have
catherine
forbes,
followed
by
anthony
scallion
catherine.
If
you're
there.
Please
put
I'm
sorry
karen
forbes
karen.
If
you
are
still
there,
please
push
star
six
and
the
floor
is
yours.
B
All
right
sounds
like
karen
might
not
be
on
the
line.
Next
up,
we
have
anthony
scallion
and
we
are
now
in
number
52,
anthony
scallion,
followed
by
number
53
jim
meyer,
anthony.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six.
I
think
you
can
hear
me.
Yes
welcome.
AL
C
Well,
I
just
want
to
tell
folks
how
opposed
I
served
in
the
city
I
was
in
your
chair.
I
served
in
the
city
council.
AH
C
F
C
AH
C
AH
C
C
I
B
B
AF
AF
Not
solve
the
problem
of
racial
injustice
will
make
our
city
a
less
safe
place
and
will
seriously
threaten
a
return
to
economic
prosperity.
Our
minneapolis
city
charter
has
long
needed
to
be
reformed
to
sort
out
the
executive
and
legislative
roles
of
the
mayor
and
city
council,
but
this
amendment
goes
in
exactly
the
wrong
direction:
the
wrong
direction.
By
creating
14
bosses
for
the
new
public
safety
department,
it
will
mean
less
rather
than
more
accountability.
AF
Key
funding
and
dismantling
the
police
department
is
not
the
way
to
solve
the
issues
of
racial
injustice,
public
safety
and
economic
prosperity.
The
city
council
should
reject
this
amendment
and
instead
support
real
charity
reform
through
the
executive
mayor
legislative
council
proposal
by
the
charter
commission.
Thank
you.
B
B
All
right
next
up,
we
have
michael
johnson.
If
you
please
push
star
six
followed
by
kesa.
Anders
excuse
me,
andrews
michael.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six.
AF
Yeah,
my
name
is
michael
johnson,
and
you
can
tell
me
all
in
on
this
idea.
Please
put
this
one
on
the
ballot
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
I'm
looking
forward
to
social
workers,
responding
to
domestic
violence
and
other
things
you
people
think
that
the
police
shouldn't
be
required
to
respond
to
maybe
reclaim
the
block
and
show
up
to
these
calls
as
well.
AF
I
find
your
ideas,
hilarious,
and
I
want
to
see
the
results
of
this
insanity
come
to
fruition
on
the
nightly
news.
This
city
doesn't
deserve
a
police
response.
Your
sting
operations
to
find
criminals
results
in
what
no
charges
for
violent
carjackers
who
are
shooting
people.
The
people
of
this
city,
elected
this
city
council.
This
mayor
and
enthusiastically
supports
this
police
chief,
who
have
all
said.
We
can't
arrest
our
way
out
of
this.
AF
So
let's
make
up
a
new
public
safety
department
with
more
government
employees
who
won't
defend
this
city,
enjoy
your
property
taxes,
minneapolis
you're,
getting
nothing
in
return
for
these
ideas,
but
the
people
of
this
city
have
earned
having
to
live,
underneath
them
for
their
enthusiastic
support
for
this
council
mayor
and
police
chief.
So
good
luck
and
I
look
forward
to
the
insanity
on
channel
4.
thanks.
A
Okay,
hi,
my
name
is
kessa.
I
live
in
the
lindale
neighborhood
and
I
strongly
believe
in
a
democracy
where
everyone
has
a
voice:
white,
black
and
brown,
no
matter.
What's
in
our
wallets
together
as
a
city,
we
can
decide
what
keeps
us
safe.
We
all
need
the
confidence
to
call
the
city
for
help
from
mental
health
responders,
how
doing
coordinators
etc.
There
are
so
many
ways
the
city
is
already
working
to
tackle
the
root
causes
of
public
safety
and
it's
time
that
these
take
a
central
role
in
our
public
safety.
A
I
keep
hearing
some
politicians
and
some
on
this
call
say
that
changing
the
charter
would
mean
chaos,
because
public
safety
would
have
14
bosses
with
the
council
and
mayor.
This
doesn't
make
a
lot
of
sense,
because
the
current
police
department
is
the
only
city
department
that
works
like
this,
and
our
roads
are
still
paved
the
fire
trucks
still
arrive.
Our
city
is
still
growing.
This
charter
makes
a
policy
decision
making
more
transparent
and
the
mayor
would
still
have
the
same
role
he
has
with
every
other
department.
I
would
expect
the
mayor
to
understand
that.
A
B
V
Thank
you
hi.
My
name
is
miranda
dills.
I
live
in
the
east
isles
neighborhood
in
ward
7.,
and
I
I
want
to
say
today
that
I
believe
that
everyone
in
our
city
of
all
races
and
living
in
all
neighborhoods,
should
have
access
to
a
public
safety
system
that
we
trust
will
help
us
and
reduce
harm.
The
actions
of
the
minneapolis
police
department
have
shown
again
and
again
that
this
department
is
not
here
to
protect
and
serve
all
of
us.
This
summer.
V
Some
of
us
were
meeting
for
the
first
time
and
after
having
a
few
conversations,
I
felt
that
I
could
call
my
neighbors
if
I
needed
to,
and
they
would
have
my
back.
This
is
what
community
and
public
safety
looks
like
to
me,
the
foundation
being
relationships
rooted
in
trust
and
having
one
another's
best
interests
at
heart.
I
want
to
see
this
model
of
public
safety
applied
on
a
larger
citywide
scale.
V
I
want
trained
professionals
who
have
a
holistic
understanding
of
complex
and
systemic
issues
and
inequities,
respon
responding
to
people
experiencing
mental
health
crises,
drug
addiction
and
homelessness
with
dignity
and
respect.
We
do
not
need
to
resort
to
violence
and
the
use
of
force
as
the
norm
in
these
situations,
and
it
can
instead
have
a
department
trained
in
non-violent
tax
and
de-escalation.
V
AA
C
Is
zero?
Zero
one,
zero
five.
I
I'm
opposed
to
the
charter
amendment
as
you
have
written
it
and
describe.
AM
It
on
your
on
your
supporting
documents
I
submitted.
AM
My
comments
and
on
the
on
the
charter
amendment
itself,
the
last
12
months,
the.
E
I
My
experience
within
the
city,
it's
been.
C
B
Thank
you
so
much
next
up,
we
have
zafir
sheedy,
who
is
number
60,
followed
by
denzel
wright
zafir.
If
you.
B
B
B
Six:
okay
number
63
joni
essenburg,
followed
by
claire
mccarty.
AO
AO
AO
The
city
council
is
not
demonstrating
leadership
with
executive
leadership
skills,
but
is
leading
with
single
issues
and
acting
as
activists
and
organizers.
Please
use
executive
leadership
and
consider
how
decisions
affect
people
community
and
our
city
in
that
order.
Thank
you
very
much
for
hearing
my.
B
P
Hello,
my
name
is
claire
mccarty
and
I
live
in
the
loring
heights
neighborhood
of
minneapolis.
I
am
here
because
I
cannot
be
on
the
wrong
side
of
history
when
it
comes
to
the
brutalization
and
disregard
of
human
dignity
shown
to
my
black
brown
and
indigenous
neighbors
by
the
minneapolis
police
department.
Mpd's,
ongoing
disregard
for
the
dignity
of
the
people
of
minneapolis
erodes
public
trust
and
makes
us
all
less
safe.
The
numerous
assaults
and
murders
of
my
neighbors
have
not
happened
in
vacuum.
P
They
are
the
product
of
years
of
unaccountability
and
systemic
racism
existing
in
our
current
policing
system.
I
want
to
thank
the
city
council
for
creating
a
process
for
our
city
to
have
a
transparent
and
public
conversation
about
the
kind
of
public
safety
our
city
needs.
Changing.
The
charter
is
the
first
step
in
repairing
this
broken
system
of
public
safety
to
a
more
holistic
one
where
the
right
people
are
sent
to
the
circumstances
that
they
are
qualified
and
equipped
to
handle
with
compassion
and
accuracy.
P
B
Thank
you
claire.
Next
up
we
have
emmy
gang,
followed
by
michael
altman
emmy.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six.
E
E
The
funny
thing
is
throughout
this
entire
experience.
We
didn't
feel
as
if
we
could
trust
the
police
to
get
us
the
help
we
needed,
not
when
my
brother
was
robbed
and
traumatized,
not
when
we
were
scrambling
to
figure
out
what
to
do
with
stolen
documents
and
items
and
most
certainly
not
when
we
walk
on
the
street
terrified
that
it
will
happen
again.
Our
current
system
is
broken.
Minneapolis
residents,
especially
the
youth,
are
still
reeling
from
this
summer
and
the
brutality
and
justice
and
civil
rights
violations
perpetrated
by
the
minneapolis
police
department.
E
They
are
the
final
straw
in
revealing
how
ineffective
and
inhumane
they
truly
are.
We
need
solutions
that
work
for
us
by
us
and
we
need
them
now.
These
solutions
include
increased
funding
for
housing,
coordination,
harm
reduction,
work
and
train
the
escalation
professionals
that
will
prevent
crime
before
it
happens,
which
is
the
only
way
to
solving
the
right,
not
only
the
rising
crime
rates,
but
many
of
the
issues
that
are
currently
plaguing
our
city.
Through
the
charter,
we
are
tied
to
a
police
department
that
doesn't
value
this
city,
a
police
department.
E
Feel
safe,
a
police
department
that
doesn't
help
to
stop
crime
before
it
happens
and
is
not
the
solution
and
will
never
be
we.
The
people
who
are
affected
by
this
charter
must
be
the
ones
to
determine
what
happens
to
it,
and
I
urge
city
council
to
allow
the
residents
of
minneapolis
to
have
a
voice
in
what
the
future
of
our
public
safety
looks
like.
Thank
you.
E
E
Harm
and
intimidate
innocent
people,
but
studies
show
that
contact
with
police
actually
leads
youth
to
engage
in
war
crime.
So
we
need
to
find
different
approaches
to
public
safety.
I
want
a
department
whose
goal
is
safety
and
has
the
administrative
power
to
use
a
variety
of
approaches
and
provide
transparency
around
which
approaches
have
the
best
balance
of
cost
and
benefits.
E
AB
E
B
B
All
right
sounds
like
brenda
might
not
be
on
the
line.
We
are
now
at
number
68,
tahiti
robinson,
follow.
B
R
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity.
I
am
with
the
bbc
black
the
barbershop
and
black
congregation
cooperative
and
I
live
in
north
minneapolis.
R
I
just
wanted
to
share
a
little
bit
on
why
I
support
my
interaction
and
view
of
the
police
was
shaped
in
1982
when
I
was
pulled
over
when
I
was
driving
a
friend
home
and
I
waited
for
was
told
to
wait
in
the
car.
While
other
police
officers
came
when
they
arrived
looking
out
my
mirror,
they
all
had
their
guns
drawn
and
had
us
get
out
the
car
and
walk
backwards.
R
Did
a
body
search
on
me.
I
could
still
recall
their
hands
going
up
between
my
legs
and
then,
when
I
asked
they
told
me
to
shut
up
a
couple
times
and
then
they
finally
told
us
that
they
were
looking
for
two
black
guys
in
a
black
car
with
who
had
robbed
a
convenience
store.
So
obviously
we
were
women,
so
they
didn't
have
a
right
to
touch
us
like
that.
So
I
support
the
city
council.
I
think
they're
that
they
should
move
forward.
R
So
we
can
continue
to
have
a
bigger
conversation
in
november
and
that
the
minneapolis
community
can
decide
for
themselves
what
makes
us
safe.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
brenda.
Next
up,
we
have
tahiti
robinson,
followed
by
tamara
or
tamara
kaiser
tahiti.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
welcome.
E
We
want
a
city
department
that
we
can
trust
a
call
that
will
respond
with
dignity
to
actually
help
make
the
situation
better
and
safer.
Instead
of
sending
armed
law
enforcement
with
a
long
track
record
of
abuse
to
every
situation,
we
want
a
department
that
meets
neighbors
struggling
with
drug
addiction
with
counseling
and
addiction
services.
Instead
of
sending
law
enforcement
to
solve
homelessness,
we
want
our
city
to
send
social
workers
and
house
coordinators
to
help
people
find
a
dignified
place
to
live
and
detectives
that
will
actually
solve
crime
when
they
happen.
B
Thank
you
miss
tedi.
Next
up
we
have
tamara
kaiser,
followed
by
eric
storley
tamara.
If
you're
there
please
push
star.
L
B
All
right
sounds
like
they
might
not
be
on
the
line.
Next
up,
we
have
eric
storley,
followed
by
shamika
kirtan
eric.
If
you're
there
please
push
star.
L
B
P
S
S
What
happened
to
me
by
the
hands
of
the
mpd?
I
wouldn't
wish
for
my
worst
enemy.
Last
year
my
mom
came
to
visit.
I
wanted
to
show
my
mom
a
good
time,
so
we
decided
to
do
some
shopping
on
our
way
to
the
mall.
We
were
toured
over
by
mpd
with
no
reason
at
all,
not
a
broken
tail
light.
No
speeding,
no
reckless,
driving
nothing.
We
wouldn't
ask
for
a
driving
license
or
insurance.
We
are
asked
to
get
out
of
the
car
and
to
stay
quiet.
S
S
S
Needless
to
say,
they
didn't
find
anything
and
eventually
let
us
go.
I
have
never
in
my
life
felt
so
embarrassed
and
ashamed.
I
felt
defenseless
to
this
day.
I
have
severe
trust
issues
with
mpd
right
now.
I
don't
trust
that
I
can
call
the
police
and
get
the
help,
that's
necessary
for
fear
that
I
would
become
the
suspect.
I
wouldn't
call
them
if
you
paid
me
to
we
need
to
start
over,
and
the
first
step
is
amending
the
charter.
B
B
S
P
P
S
B
Thank
you
ariana.
If
you
would
like
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
the
city
council,
please
send
your
comments
to
counsel
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Next
up,
we
have
vicki
willett,
followed
by
followed
by
michelle
labrie
vicky.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six.
Yes,
who
is
this.
B
Yes,
mr
wright,
give
us
one
moment
here
and
I
will
circle
back
to.
A
B
All
right
sounds
like
vicky
might
not
be
on
the
line,
so
we
had
sorry
circling
back
here
denzel.
I
believe,
mr
wright,
if
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
get
started,
you
have
90
seconds
the
floor
is
yours.
B
Mr
right,
your
your
sound
went
out.
Are
you
still
there.
B
Maybe
push
stars
there,
we
go
all
right
tim
if
we
can
start
those
90
seconds
over
again,
since
we
have
some
technical
difficulties,
all
right,
mr
wright,
let's
go
ahead
and
give
it
a
try
again
welcome.
AN
Yeah,
I'm
sorry,
my
name
is
denzel
wright.
Once
again
I
am
a
leader
with
bbcc
and
yes,
I
do
live
in
south
minneapolis.
For
the
past
month,
I've
been
harassed
and
pulled
over
by
the
police.
One
time
that
really
got
to
me,
I
was
arrested
in
the
cold.
My
son
and
my
girlfriend
was
took
it
out
of
my
car
and
in
the
cold
it
was
cold.
I
was
arrested
on
false
charges
and
all
charges
were
dropped
against
me.
AN
My
car
was
towed
and
my
son
and
my
girlfriend
had
to
wait
outside
until
they
can
get
a
ride
back.
Police
did
nothing
too
nothing
for
them.
But
to
me
I
was
arrested
for
two
days
with
all
charges
dropped
against
me
and
after
that
I
was
still
continuously
getting
pulled
over
by
the
police.
They
labeled
me
a
criminal
without
me
even
doing
anything.
AN
I
have
no
record-
and
I
have
to
raise
a
son
in
today's
society
and
I
feel
like
the
justice
system
is
all
that
stuff
and
the
programs
that
y'all
have
set
up,
isn't
really
there
to
help
us
or
really
for
us
and
the
police
they
to
us
to
me
personally.
They
don't
really
care
about
me,
my
son,
and
lately
I've
really
been
feeling
that
the
harassment
I
go
through
the
the
everyday
struggle.
AN
I
go
through,
like
it's
real
wounds
and
that
you
can't
see
as
far
as
they
leave
what
you
can't
see
and
it's
continuously
and
continuously
going
on
with
my
people
and
my
siblings,
and
it's
something
that
we
face
on
a
daily
basis
with
being
in
a
being
a
resident
of
south
minneapolis.
As
you
know,
not
just
being
a
black
person,
you
know
just
the
officers.
B
Thank
you,
mr
wright.
If
you
would
like
to
please
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
console
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov,
I
appreciate
you
being
here
today.
I'm
going
to
circle
back
is
vicki
wallet
on
the
call
followed
by
michelle
labrie
vicki.
Are
you
there
please
push
star
six.
B
All
right,
so
I
I
do
believe
vicky
is
unmuted.
If
you
want
to
push,
maybe
double
check
push
star.
B
B
All
right
sounds
like
we
might
be
having
some
technical
difficulties,
so
we
will
work
through
that
miss
willett,
please
let
me
know
when
you
are
able
to
work
that
out
in
between
speakers.
B
B
I
also
just
want
to
remind
folks
to
make
sure
that
your
phone
is
unmuted,
so
you
might
have
your
phone
needed
as
well
right.
So
it
sounds
like
we
don't
have
michelle
on
the
line
cindy
dahlin
and
we're
now
at
number
75
cindy
dahlin,
followed
by
david
miller,
cindy.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six.
B
B
All
right,
miss
clemens,
welcome
you
have
90
seconds
the
floor
is
yours,.
R
E
R
R
AO
U
E
B
All
right,
thank
you,
miss
clemens!
So,
yes,
really
miss
clements
had
asked
for
a
moment
of
silence
for
black
folks
who
died
this
year.
So
that's
what
we
were
doing
miss
will
it.
The
floor
is
yours
for
90
seconds.
Welcome.
E
AO
E
And
I
can
say
without
hesitation
that
nothing
is
more
shocking
or
shameful
to
me
is
when
I
read
statistics
that
place
minneapolis
in
the
top
10
list
of
america's
most
racially
disparaging
cities.
I
was
raised
to
believe-
and
I
still
do
that
we
all
do
better
when
we
all
do
better,
but
something
has
gone
radically
wrong.
I
hear
people
say
that
the
police
must
be
aggressive
because
criminals
are
aggressive,
but
are
we
sure
that
we
are
not
the
ones
raising
the
bar?
E
E
E
People
are
less
than
twenty
percent
of
the
population,
but
almost
sixty
percent
of
arrests,
whereas
opposite
white
people
are
sixty
percent
of
the
population,
but
only
twenty
percent
of
the
rest
of
the
arrests
and
the
last
30
police
killings.
Only
10
suspects
have
been
carrying
guns
and
while
many
white
people
don't
see
the
rush
for
one
reason
or
another,
our
present
system
has
failed
decade
after
decade
and
putting
more
guns
on
the
street
is
not
a
whole
new
way.
It's
not
a
whole
new
idea.
B
Thank
you,
mr
miss
willett.
If
you
would
like
to
be
able
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments,
please
do
so
by
submitting
them
to
councilcomment
minneapolismn.gov.
B
B
All
right
so
I'll
pause
here
now,
because
we
are
at
number
75..
Do
we
have
anyone
who?
Let
me
just
go
back
down
the
list
here
is
tammy
fullman
carol,
dines
roxanne
lynch
peter
zeftaval,
pam
borzmann.
If
you
have
a
number
before
75
the
please
unmute
yourself
and
let
us
know.
B
All
right
so
we'll
move
on
now
to
number
76.
david
miller,
followed
by
kathy
doty
david.
If
you're
there
please
push
star.
B
B
All
right,
hi.
B
AD
You
I've
heard
a
lot
of
people
talk
about
the
rise
in
crime
and
somehow
linking
that
to
police
presence
in
the
city.
The
rising
crime
is
not
caused
or
related
to
police
at
all.
It's
caused
by
the
recession
that
we're
facing
by
this
global
pandemic
and
the
lack
of
response
by
our
governments.
The
only
the
way
to
get
rid
of
crime
right
now
is
to
help
people
who
are
struggling,
so
they
are
not
driven
to
do
drastic
measures
to
take
care
of
their
families.
AD
Another
big
argument
against
having
this
amendment
on
voted
by
on
by
the
public
is
that
people
don't
want
the
police
to
have
14
bosses.
Currently,
our
fire
department
reports
directly
to
the
city
council,
they
report
directly
to
all
14
of
them
are
firemen,
just
smarter
than
police
officers.
Are
they
just
more
capable?
I
don't
understand
why
police
officers
can't
do
that
and
also
on
the
crime
rise
right
now.
The
police
department
is
operating
at
full
budget.
They
have
not
had
any
budget
cuts
so
far,
they're
operating
at
full
capacity.
AD
The
only
reason
they're
not
doing
their
job
is
because
this
is
the
first
time
in
their
entire
lives.
They
face
any
form
of
responsibility
or
repercussions
for
their
actions.
If
that
is
what
if
responsibility
of
action
is
what
making
is,
what
is
what's
making
police
officers
not
do
their
jobs,
and
maybe
we
should
reach?
Maybe
we
should
think
about
a
new
approach,
and
a
lot
of
people
are
also
saying
that
there
hasn't
been
enough
public
input
on
this
charter.
AD
What
more
public
input
could
we
have
than
having
the
public
vote
on
it
as
an
entire
city?
What
more
could
you
ask
for
this
is
the
most
like
having
the
amendment
on
on
the
ballot
is
the
most
public
input
that
we
could
possibly
imagine?
Are
you
afraid
that
what
you
don't
want
will
pass?
That's
called
democracy.
That's
how
people
vote
you
don't.
B
Thank
you
david.
Please
feel
free
to
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
councilcomment
minneapolism.gov
to
make
sure
that
your
full
comments
are
a
part
of
the
public
record.
B
Next
up,
we
have
kathy
dodie,
followed
by
number
78
nancy
prismas
kathy.
If
you're
on
the
line,
please
push
star.
B
B
P
E
Calling
because,
first
of
all,
I
wanted
to
step
in
and
say
something
about
all
the
horrible
things
that
have
happened
to
people
of
color
to
gay
and
lesbian
and
everyone
and
white
people
too,
who
have
been
absolutely
brutalized
by
the
minneapolis
police
department.
E
And
the
reason
I
can
say
this
is
because
I
was
a
crime
prevention
specialist
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
from
1984
to
1989,
and
I
have
experience
because
I
was
a
crime
prevention,
specialist
on
the
north
side,
everything
north
of
broadway
from
worth
parkway
to
the
river
to
brooklyn
center.
E
And
I,
prior
to
that
lived
in
the
ninth
ward
and
had
a
native
american
man
shot
in
my
backyard
and
I
ran
out
to
help
and
his
wife
told
me:
she'd
kill
me
if
I
helped
him
and
the
police
came
and
the
police
came
and
right
then,
and
there
I
knew
that
community
had
to
be
more
involved
and
when
a
crime
prevention,
specialist
job
opened
up
in
the
city
I
applied
and
I
was
proud
to
serve
and
I
was
proud
to
serve
for
two
and
a
half
years
under
the
mcda,
which
was
a
planning
division
and
two
and
a
half
years
in
a
squad
car
with
a
civilian
police
officer
team.
E
B
All
right,
thank
you
miss
christmas.
Next
up
we
have
barbara
torrance
durant,
followed
by
mary
speaker,
barbara.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
and
then
the
floor
is
yours.
Y
Y
I
believe
the
minneapolis
city
council
must
implement
an
amendment
to
the
city
charter
that
is
open-ended
for
a
comprehensive
holistic
and
anti-racist
anti-racist
approach
to
a
public
safety
plan.
My
vision
of
safety
for
minneapolis
includes
reparations
to
black
and
indigenous
people
for
the
racism,
harm
and
financial
inequity
that
persists
to
this
day.
Besides,
all
residents
must
have
access
to
affordable
housing,
bank
loans,
education,
health
care,
mental
health
and
drug
abuse,
treatment,
a
living,
minimum
wage
and
employment
opportunities.
Y
Y
B
B
B
All
right
sounds
like
mary
might
not
be
hello.
R
Hello,
I'm
I'm
not
married,
but
I'm
wondering.
E
B
B
Yes,
we
did
so
since
we
happened
to
catch
a
moment
there
miss
forbes,
welcome
the
floor.
Is
yours
for
90
seconds.
Okay,.
E
Great
okay,
I
I
want
to
my
name-
is
karen
and
I
live
in
ward
9,
and
I
want
to
just
thank
all
the
the
people
before.
Q
Eloquency
council,
member
renee.
E
Pomerano
and
council
member
lisa
goodman,
and
so
and
mr
cummingham,
I
want
to
start
with
that.
There
are
so
many
people
who
accept
your.
You
say
that
there's
so
many
people
that
accept
your
new
plan,
and
I
want
to
be
clear
that
I
am
not
one
of
those
people
who
would
vote
to
support
this
amendment
or
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
in
your
plan.
You
want
to
oversee
the
police.
I
have
no
confidence
in
your
abilities
to
manage
the
police
department.
You
guys
have
had
a
problem
getting
this
amendment
written
in
a
timely
manner.
E
Your
amendment
would
have
your
plan
would
have
the
entire
council
managing
the
police
department.
This
would
be
inefficient.
Having
13
people
overseeing
one
department
who
I
do
have
confidence
in
is
chief
aerodondo.
I
have
been
satisfied
with
his
judgment
and
performance
despite
being
treated
like
a
child
by
many
of
you
on
the
council.
E
I
also
like
the
fact
that
he
has
lived
in
the
in
minneapolis
for
over
30
years,
maybe
all
of
his
life,
your
defunding,
I
defund.
The
police
idea
has
put
our
state
funding
at
risk
and
has
resulted
in
a
decrease
in
police
to
being
down
by
200
officers.
That
decrease
in
officers
has
resulted
in
a
tragic
increase
in
all
crimes,
from
carjackings
to
aggravated
assaults
and
robberies,
which
there
hasn't
been
enough
police
to
respond
to
most
of
those.
Okay.
B
Thank
you,
mr
forbes.
If
you
have
additional
comments
that
you
would
like
to
submit
for
the
public
record,
please
send
it
to
councilcomment
minneapolismn.gov.
Next
up.
We
have
we'll
circle
back
to
see
if
mary
speaker
or
joan
nymiek,
either
of
you
on
the
line.
Please
push
star
six.
B
Q
Should
not
determine
the
level
of
integrity
and
inspect
we
are
treated
with.
However,
mpd
has
explicitly
failed
to
uphold
this
simple
moral
code.
A
minneapolis
police
officer
murdered
george
floyd,
and
when
the
people
of
our
city
protested
this
unjust
brutality,
we
were
met
with
more
brutality,
unprovoked
mpd
administered
tear
gas
to
the
residents
of
our
city.
This
mistreatment
of
our
protesters
can
constructed
an
environment
of
mistrust
between
the
people
of
minneapolis
and
mpd.
Further,
creating
the
conditions
for
payoffs
and
crime
to
ensue.
Q
Mpd
has
failed
their
entrusted
duties
to
the
people
of
our
city
as
a
youth
and
a
member
of
minneapolis
youth
congress,
I
speak
for
myself
and
my
peers
when
I
say
that
mpd
has
neglected
to
create
a
city
where
youth
feel
comfortable
and
safe
around
law
enforcement.
Q
Mpd
has
severed
the
social
contract
between
itself
and
the
people
of
our
city
law
enforcement
is
expected
to
protect
and
enforce
equally
and
the
people
with
the
people
consenting
to
being
police
and
trusting
them.
In
return,
mpd's
actions
have
made
our
city
more
unsafe,
and
now
is
the
time
for
change.
We
need
a
turning
point.
We
need
the
people
of
minneapolis
to
determine
how
we
maintain
our
safety.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
elise,
and
thank
you
for
being
here
from
the
minneapolis
youth
congress
and
thank
you
for
serving
it's
really
great
to
have
youth
voice.
Thank
you.
Next
up
we
have
cheryl
quick,
followed
by
amity,
foster
cheryl.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six.
B
E
B
E
Oh
yes,
hello,
my
name
is
cheryl
quick
with
isaiah,
and
I
live
in
the
spanish
neighborhood
in
south
minneapolis,
and
I
support
the
ch
that
charter
amendment.
Everyone
in
our
city,
whether
we
are
white,
black
or
brown,
should
have
the
confidence
to
call
the
city
for
help
when
we
need
it
right
now.
I
don't
trust
that
I
can
call
the
police
to
get
the
help,
that's
necessary
as
a
retired
medical,
social
worker.
E
It
saddens
me
to
see
neighbors
who
struggle
with
addiction,
mental
illness
and
homelessness
not
be
treated
with
dignity
by
our
police,
nor
provided
with
appropriate
care
and
services.
To
address
this,
we
need
to
a
public
safety
department
that
can
be
trusted
to
respond
with
compassion
that
de-escalates
and
helps
facilitate
safety.
Instead
of
sending
armed
law
enforcement
with
a
long
history
of
racism
and
abuse
in
many
situations,
I
would
like
a
department
that
meets
neighbors
struggling
with
addiction
with
counseling
and
addiction
services.
E
Instead
of
sending
law
enforcement
to
solve
homelessness,
I
want
our
city
to
send
social
workers
and
housing
coordinators
to
help
people
find
a
dignified
place
to
live
and
send
police
and
detectives
who
are
actually
who
will
actually
solve
crimes
when
they
happen.
Right
now,
we
have
been
locked
into
an
archaic
police
department
for
decades
that
focuses
on
authoritarian
police
policing
rather
than
community
engagement,
and
it
no
longer
meets
the
needs
of
our
city.
E
B
Thank
you
cheryl
again,
just
to
make
sure
folks
know
if
you
are
cut
off
before
you
are
finished
with
your
statements
and
wanted
to
still
be
on
the
public
record.
Please
do
submit
them
to
counsel
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
Thank
you.
Next
up
we
have
amity
foster
and
then
I
will
pause
to
see
if
there's
anybody
on
the
line
that
joined
previously,
that
we
may
have
missed.
So
we
are
now
on
number
84..
B
E
Amity
foster
and
I
live
in
ward
3..
Everyone
in
our
city
should
be
safe,
and
that
includes
when
they
call
for
help
right
now.
That's
not
true.
So
I've
been
talking
to
other
minneapolis
residents
about
safety
and
policing,
and
no
one
has
said
yes,
the
police
are
doing
their
job
and
I
feel
safe.
The
way
things
are
right.
Now
we
talk
about
what
the
right
response
to
the
call
for
help
is,
if
I
were
assaulted,
cops
showing
up
does
not
make
me
feel
safer
medical
staff,
a
social
worker.
E
B
Thank
you.
Next
up,
we
I
want
to
pause
here,
we're
at
number
85.
Is
there
anyone
who
has
joined
the
call?
That
number
was
previous
to
that.
B
I'm
not
sure
we're
not
missing
anybody
all
right.
Next
up,
we
have
number
85
donna
neste,
followed
by
catherine
howe
donna.
If
you
are
on
the
line,
please
push
star
six
wait
a
moment
and
then
the
floor
is.
B
B
B
D
Okay,
this
appears
to
be
a
smoke
screen
for
a
simple
power
grab
to
strip
the
mirror
for
your
own
personal
gain.
For
years
prior
to
the
riots,
the
city
council
had
been
throwing
the
police
under
the
bus
priming.
The
powder
keg
that
exploded
on
may
26
2020
your
actions
transformed
a
protest
to
a
criminal
protest
similar
to
trump
at
our
nation's
capital.
D
While
I
understand
the
tragic
events
of
a
few
officers,
the
city
council
and
eucalypt
cunningham
have
chosen
to
exploit
those
events
and
crucify
the
police
force
as
a
whole,
leading
to
a
mass
exodus
of
police
officers.
Many
of
them
good
cops.
Then
all
eyes
are
on
the
city
council
to
explain
your
plan.
They
have
some
probably
been
working
on
for
years.
D
For
a
week,
you
were
silent
eventually
coming
up
with
defunded
police,
that
narrow
minded
an
obtuse
pr
stunt
told
the
mpd
that
you're
abandoning
them
and
invited
criminals
from
other
states
to
establish
a
foothold
in
minnesota.
You
could
have
proposed
stripping
the
police
and
union
protections
with
whistleblower
immunity
and
review
of
officer
officers
performance
records,
allowing
the
city
to
quickly
remove
that
officers.
You
didn't,
but
the
city
council
has
a
history
of
using
a
few
rare
examples
to
justify
city-wide
policy
for
personal
gain.
D
You
killed
the
911
sent
out
by
luther
kruger
for
911
calls
to
property
owners,
claiming
one
landlord
evicted
attendant
for
calling
9-1-1.
I
saved
a
tenant
from
an
from
an
ex-voice
crime
because
of
those
alerts.
That
example,
you
claim
is
a
public
lie.
You
could
tie
the
city
cameras
to
shot
spotter
technology,
but
you
don't
obviously
true
public
safety
is
not
your
concern.
None
of
what
is
proposed
in
this
charter
addresses
the
underlying
issues
requiring
police
reform.
Minneapolis
used
to
be
known
as
a
family-friendly
city.
D
B
AH
B
B
I'm
sorry
the
second
time:
oh
okay,
I'm
sorry,
but
yep
got
it
all
right.
Thank
you.
Next
up
we
have
michael
darger,
followed
by
lynn,
pegg,
michael.
If
you
are
on
the
line,
please
push
star.
B
C
Hello,
my
name
is
michael
darger.
I
live
in
the
weight
park
neighborhood
in
northeast
in
world
war,
one
we
need
a
city
that
is
safe
for
everyone,
no
matter
the
color
of
their
skin
or
where
they
live.
We
need
both
public
safety
and
police
reform.
Unfortunately,
the
minneapolis
police
department
is
not
working
well
now.
I
believe
the
majority
officers
are
people
of
integrity
and
courage.
However,
there
are
two
far
too
many
rogue
officers
who
have
bought
into
the
doctrine
of
thumper
and
or
fearful
policing.
C
Besides,
the
murder
of
george
floyd
in
the
death
of
jamar
clark
and
justine
damon,
there
are
way
too
many
examples
of
police
brutality
and
killings
by
the
mpd
as
a
white
man
in
a
fairly
quiet
neighborhood,
I'm
not
personally
in
the
line
of
fire.
However,
I've
read
about
these
sickening
episodes
in
the
star
tribune
for
decades,
it's
nothing
new
and
it
must
change
I'm
sick
of
bipod
people
in
particular
being
killed
or
brutalized.
C
In
my
name
right
now,
we
are
stuck
with
the
police
department
that
cemented
their
power
into
the
city
charter,
making
it
impossible
to
make
the
changes.
We
need
it's
time
to
change
the
charter,
it's
time
for
the
people
of
minneapolis
to
decide.
Therefore,
I
urge
the
city
council
to
move
forward,
so
the
bigger
conversation
can
happen.
This
fall.
We
can
have
the
city
that
we
all
believe
it
should
be
a
city
of
safety,
freedom
and
dignity.
Other
cities
have
done
major
police
reform,
such
as
camden,
new
jersey
and
things
have
gotten
better.
C
B
B
B
B
B
You
might
be
having
some
technical
difficulties
so
we'll
try
again
here
again
shortly
next
up,
we
have
jane
mcbride
jane.
If
you're
on
the
line,
please
push
star
six.
E
Hi,
my
name
is
jane
mcbride.
I
live
in
ward
4
in
north
minneapolis
and
I'm
pastor
of
first
congregational
united
church
of
christ
in
the
mercy
homes
neighborhood.
I
am
in
favor
of
putting
the
charter
amendment
on
the
ballot
because
I
believe
we
must
completely
reimagine
public
safety.
I
believe
putting
this
on.
The
ballot
will
provoke
the
sort
of
robust
public
conversation,
that's
necessary
for
us
to
discern
together
how
a
new
department
will
work.
E
E
E
True
safety
is
not
a
reaction
to
crisis
or
a
band-aid
on
rising
crimes.
It
is
anchored
in
our
commitment
as
a
community
to
prevent
violence
by
building
a
network
of
support
that
ensures
everyone
has
their
basic
needs,
met
and
access
to
health
care.
This
is
long-term
work
that
will
take
time
and
investment.
E
B
Thank
you
pastor.
Next
up.
Well,
I
want
to
circle
back
to
lynn
lynn.
Are
you
there
push
star
six
now
I
heard
you
there
for
a
second.
I
think.
E
E
I
feel
that
there
has
been
an
abusive
power
over
the
years
for
many
years,
with
the
police
escalating
situations
and
abusing
their
their
force.
I
really
think
we
need
to
take
a
broader
view
and
really
look
for
creative
new
solutions
that
will
reform
the
whole
structure.
We
can't
just
patchwork
this
and
therefore
I
am
supporting
the
amendment
to
the
charter
and
so
that
we
can
have
a
wider
input
and
wider
base
for
hearing
what
needs
to
happen
and
so
that
we
can
help
all
people
and
bring
public
safety
to
everyone.
B
AH
AH
AH
AH
AH
In
the
days
that
followed,
when
the
city
council
proposed
changed
changes,
the
mpd
stopped
responding
to
calls
and
failed
to
do
what
we
entrusted
them
to
do
as
a
person
of
color.
I
should
not
fear
for
my
life.
When
I
see
a
police
car,
I
should
feel
safe.
If
I
can
go
over,
I
should
not
be
thinking
about
facing
a
physical
consequence
and
and
be
dealt
with
brutally
because
of
the
color
of
my
skin.
The
police
are
expected
to
protect
and
enforce
the
laws.
Equally.
E
E
AA
AH
B
B
AA
AP
Leader
residing
in
world
five
minneapolis
as
minneapolis.
AH
AH
B
Thank
you
so
much
next
up,
we
have
number
93
milton
show
in
followed
by
94
christopher
fenrudd,
milton
if
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six
wait
for
the
recording.
AQ
Hear
me,
thank
you,
mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
milton
shone
and
I
live
in
ward
12..
I
and
many
of
my
neighbors
oppose
the
proposed
public
safety
amendment.
AQ
AQ
AQ
B
AB
Hey
yep
yeah,
my
name's
chris
hensroot,
I'm
one
from
ward
8
on
the
kingfield,
neighborhood
and
part
of
isaiah
and,
most
importantly,
part
of
the
you
know
this
human
race
that
we
all
share
in.
Thank
you
all
for
letting
me
speak
today
and
your
attention
to
this
matter.
AB
I'm
speaking
to
ask
all
you
to
you
know,
examine
your
conscience
to
create
a
more
just
and
equitable
society.
Yes,
crime
is
on
the
rise,
but
it's
not
simply
just
the
responsibility
of
mpd.
You
know.
Safety
is
nothing
more
than
a
social
contract
between
us
and
it
extends
beyond.
You
know
more
than
one
organization
and
it's
only
possible
when
it's
upheld
by
the
entire
community
today
we're
discussing
a
charter
amendment
to
focus
on
public
safety,
and
our
safety
has
been
compromised
by
the
failure
of
mpd
to
uphold
its
contracts
to
its
community.
AB
AB
It
serves
less
than
human
and
devoid
of
basic
dignity
by
the
mpd
is
a
failure
and
it
has
broke
this
contract
of
safety
as
a
resident
of
minneapolis.
I'm
I'm
outraged
by
the
actions
of
our
police
department.
You
know
most
recently
my
garage
has
been
robbed
three
times
this
last
year
and
the
police
did
not.
B
Thank
you
chris.
Please
do
consider
submitting
the
rest
of
your
comments
for
the
public
record
as
well.
Next
up
we
have
allison
green,
followed
by
abdigani,
abdullah
dir.
I
apologize
allison
if
you're
there
please
push
star
six
and
the
floor
is
yours.
X
Justin
green
hi:
this
is
allison
green,
I'm
a
new
ward,
11
resident,
but
spent
the
past
six
years
in
midtown
phillips,
and
I
support
the
charter
amendment
being
on
the
ballot.
I
believe
when
someone
needs
assistance,
whether
with
a
mental
health
crisis
or
a
crime,
we
shouldn't
have
to
talk
to
our
neighbors
about
the
risk
of
calling,
and
I
have
too
much
time
and
energy
either
doing
that
or
trying
to
help
in
whatever
way
we
could
taking
time
away
from
actually
getting
people
the
help
they
needed
in
the
moment.
X
I
want
to
be
able
to
trust
that
if
we
call
for
help
then
help
and
not
harm
is
what
will
come
to
everyone,
regardless
of
skin
color
or
neighborhood.
While
I
want
to
see
the
city
be
more
visionary
with
community
safety,
eventually,
this
charter
amendment
is
an
important
step
in
pivoting,
from
police,
responding
to
problems
and
towards
people
responding
to
people
who
deserve
to
be
treated
with
dignity.
No
matter
what
the
situation
is.
X
B
Thank
you.
Next
up,
we
are
on
number
96,
abdigani
abdullahir,
I'm
sorry
abdul
khadir,
followed
by
muhammad
weiso
abdulgani.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six
wait
for
a
moment
and
then
the
floor
is
yours.
AE
AE
We
know
what
keeps
us
safe.
Everyone
in
our
city,
whether
we
are
white,
black
or
brown,
should
have
the
confidence
to
call
the
city
for
help
when
we
need
it
right
now.
I
don't
trust
that
I
can
call
the
police
and
get
the
help
that's
necessary.
I
want
a
city
department
that
I
can
trust
to
call
that
that
will
respond
with
dignity
to
actually
help
make
the
situation
better
and
safer.
AE
I
want
a
city
department
I
can
call
and
when
they
come,
I
don't
have
to
worry
about
if
they
will
mistaken
me
for
the
criminal
and
end
up
dead.
Like
brianna
taylor.
Excuse
me.
Instead
of
sending
armed
law
enforcement
with
long
track
record
of
abuse
to
every
situation,
I
want
a
department
that
meets
neighbors
struggling
with
drug
addiction
with
counseling
and
addiction
services.
Instead
of
sending
law
enforcement
to
solve
homelessness,
I
want
our
city
to
send
social
workers.
AE
How
and
housing
coordinators
to
help
people
find
a
dignified
place
to
live
and
detectives
that
will
actually
solve
crimes
when
they
happen.
As
of
right
now,
we
are
locked
into
a
system
that
was
created
decades
ago
that
showed
no
tolerance
against
police
brutality.
The
minneapolis
police
department
has
forced
their
way
into
the
city
charter
viciously,
making
it
impossible
to
make
changes.
We
need
with
the
charter.
AE
As
of
right
now,
we
are
locked
into
a
system
that
was
created
decades
ago
that
showed
no
tolerance
against
police
brutality.
The
minneapolis
police
department
has
forced
their
way
into
the
city
charter,
viciously,
making
it
impossible
to
make
changes.
We
need
with
the
charter.
We
have.
It
is
time
to
make
change.
If
we
don't
make
change
now,
we
we
will
suffer
the
consequences
and
our
kids
won't
live
to
see
the
age
20
due
to
lack.
B
B
Next
up,
we
are
on
number
97
mohamed,
waiso
hueso,
followed
by
nicholas
hall
muhammad.
If
you
were
there,
please
push
star
six
and
wait
for
the
recording
and
then
the
floor
is.
B
B
AF
Yes,
my
name
is
nicholas
hall,
I'm
a
25
plus
year
resident
of
east
calhoun,
and
I
represent
close
to
100
business
and
property
owners
and
a
new
member
of
the
uptown
ssd.
And
I
guess
the
one
thing
that
we
need
to
concern
ourselves
with
is
the
fact
that.
AF
E
AF
E
Their
interests
are
in,
and
I
think
that
when
it
comes
to
the
city
council,
especially.
AF
AF
B
X
E
We
all
deserve
to
be
treated
with
respect
and
dignity.
We
all
deserve
to
be
heard
on
issues
that
affect
our
lives.
I
have
witnessed
the
horrors
minneapolis
police
department
has
just
inflicted
upon
the
people
of
this
city.
It's
time
we
make
change,
that's
why
I
urge
this
console
to
move
forward
with
the
proposed
charter
amendment,
so
the
people
of
minneapolis
get
the
opportunity.
E
B
Thank
you.
So
I
do
want
to
pause,
because
we
are
at
number
100
now
to
see
if
anyone
has
joined
the
call
that
was
anywhere
between
1
and
99.
If,
if
you
join
later
so,
if
you
would
push
star
6
and
state
your
name
so
that
I
can
double
check,
that
would
be
great
and
number
one
through
99..
B
AB
B
B
Yes,
catherine,
can
you
please
just
hold
on
one
quick?
Second,
because
I
did
just
call
someone
else,
so
I
will
call
you
next.
G
P
B
So
now
we
will
circle
back
to
to
katherine
how,
if
you
want
to
go
and
say
your
name
for
the
record,
you
have
90
seconds
for
the
floor.
Is
yours.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
E
My
name
is
catherine
howe.
I
live
in
the
erickson
standish
neighborhood.
I've
moved
to
minneapolis
five
years
ago
from
eugene
oregon,
and
I
have
a
model
that
called
cahoots
that
I
have
personal
experience
with,
so
I
sent
to
the
council.
A
brochure
about
cahoots
gooch
is
the
model.
It
stands
for
crisis
assistance,
helping
out
on
the
streets
and
cahoots
is
the
anagram
for
that.
This
service
has
bands
that
drive
around
the
streets,
24
7
every
day,
providing
assistance
where
trauma
exists.
E
The
service
is
30
years
old
and
very
successful.
The
brochure
has
a
wide
available
has
is
widely
available
on
the
streets
of
eugene
and
its
sister
city
springfield.
The
brochure
that
I
sent
to
you
has
a
great
deal
of
information
and
contact
information
about
cahoots.
E
It's
a
model
where
the
police,
the
medical
people,
the
and
social
workers
and
people
of
all
of
those
people
are
wide
highly
trained
in
something
called
trauma:
informed
caring
training
their
model
is
we
serve
people
with
trauma,
so
all
of
those
organizations,
including
the
police,
are
trained
in
how
to
treat
people
how
to
diffuse
situations
where
there's
high
emotion
and
high,
perhaps
violence.
E
B
Thank
you,
catherine.
I'm
glad
we
were
able
to
to
get
you
in
in
to
testify
all
right.
So
next
up
we
are
at
101
carrie
pearson,
followed
by
102,
adnan
ali
carrie.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six
wait
for
the
recording
and
then
state
your
name
for
the
record.
B
All
right
sounds
like
carrie
might
not
be
with
us
next
up
adnan
ali,
it's
followed
by
103,
michael
handley,
adnan
if
you're
there
please
push
star.
AI
AI
Oh
hey,
how
you
doing
good!
What's.
B
AI
Name,
my
name
is
adam
ali
and
I'm
a
ward,
6
resident.
AI
Okay,
just
to
keep
it
short,
my
name
is
admin,
I'm
from
war,
6,
cedar,
riverside
area
and
simply
I'm
tired
of
entire.
B
Anon
we
seem
to
have
lost
you
there.
Can
you,
oh
sorry
about
that?
There
we
go
now.
We
can
hear
you
if
you
want
to
try
again
yeah.
AI
Sorry
about
that,
I'm
from
ward
6,
cedar
riverside
and
simply
I
am
tired,
so
many
people
are
talking
and
just
thinking
about
these
ideas.
We
are
the
ones
that
are
suffering
it's
the
youth,
it's
these
kids
that
are
going
through
all
these
issues
with
either
they
have
no
programs
or
know
people
like
to
mentor
them
and
there's
unaccountable
police
issues,
and
we
see
what's
happening
to
many
of
our
friends.
AI
B
B
B
P
E
Proposal
and
I
want
to
call
attention
to
one
particular
flaw
in
it
that
would
cause
it
to
produce
less
justice,
not
more.
I'm
sure
that
the
city
council
members
proposing
this
amendment
have
but
the
highest
intentions,
but
that
has
not
always
been
the
case,
nor
will
it
always
be.
This
proposal
gives
council
members
the
ability
to
directly
influence
the
way
law
is
enforced
in
their
wards
and
in
their
city.
E
They
could
pressure
officers,
for
example,
to
go
easy
on
their
friends
and
hired
on
their
enemies
hard
on
the
people
who
owe
the
money
hard
on
their
political
rivals
hired
on
the
people
whose
color
or
religion
they
don't
prefer
well-intentioned
as
it
may
be.
This
proposal
has
the
unfortunate
side
effect
of
being
an
open
invitation
to
corruption,
an
invitation
to
return
to
the
bad
old
days
of
this
kid
can
syndicate
in
our
city's
criminal
past.
I
urge
you
to
abandon
this
dangerous
proposal.
B
AP
Okay,
I'm
good
to
start
good
evening.
Everybody.
My
name
is
mohammad
mohammed,
I'm
a
resident
from
ward
6
and
the
city
of
riverside
a
student
at
the
university
of
minnesota
and
a
member
of
the
community
who
wants
to
see
all
people
doing
better,
no
matter
their
origin.
I
support
the
charter
amendment
and
want
to
see
us
as
a
city
vote
on.
I
believe
that
police
officers
should
be
held
not
just
to
the
same
standards
that
citizens
are,
but
to
a
much
higher
standards.
AP
How
do
we
expect
people
who
we
hold
to
low
standards
to
uphold
our
justice?
We
need
a
force
of
people
who
can
protect
and
serve
and
not
escalate
situations
that
they
can
be
at
late,
who
will
not
act
as
judge,
jury
and
executioner.
I
believe
that
the
charter
needs
to
be
amended
so
that
we
can
better
utilize
our
resources
that
we
have,
instead
of
squandering
them
on
something
that
has
proven
time
and
time
again
to
fail.
AP
I
am
tired
of
having
our
tax
money
being
wasted.
Why
do
we
want
to
add
more
police
officers
when
it's
clearly
not
helping?
Why
let
the
mayor
or
police
chief
hold
all
the
power,
despite
their
absolute
failure
when
it
comes
to
this
issue?
Giving
power
to
the
council
means
that
the
power
lies
in
the
hand
of
the
community
and
the
public,
and
what
is
so
bad
about
that?
Please,
let's
stop
the
falsehoods.
AP
We
need
change,
because
the
same
old
thing
is
not
working
anymore
and
this
change
has
been
taken
place
and
getting
worked
on
since
all
of
last
year,
and
now
it
is
time
to
put
it
put
it
into
effect
and
let
the
public
vote
on
it.
What
makes
the
police
force
so
high
and
mighty
that
any
changes
that
makes
us
less
safe
when
mine
minorities
are
so
unsafe
already
in
their
mere
presence?
AP
B
Thank
you.
Next
up,
we
have
number
106
oral
newton,
sorry
newt
wall,
followed
by
herman
weck
earl.
If
you're
there
please
push
star
six
wait
for
the
recording
and
you
have
90
seconds.
B
H
H
If
we
all
believe
in
one
vote
one
voice,
there
should
be
no
hesitation
towards
putting
this
on
a
ballot
where
everybody
will
be
able
to
have
their
stay
within
the
city,
and
then,
if
enacted,
the
elected
officials
that
represent
us,
the
city,
council
and
the
mayor
will
have
more
oversight
over
what's
going
on
with
public
safety.
That's
all
thank
you.
So
much.
B
B
B
Sounds
like
sandra
might
not
be
on
the
line
with
us.
So
next
up
we
have
109
tony
arts,
followed
by
julia
lawler
tony.
If
you're
on
the.
AD
AR
Hello,
chair,
cunningham,
council
members.
Thank
you
for
having
this
opportunity
for
folks
to
to
share
and
speak.
My
name
is
tony
arts.
I
live
in
ward
one
I
wanna
say
I
support
very
much
the
proposed
charter
amendment
to
create
a
public
safety
infrastructure
that
will
center
what
our
communities
need
most
when
we
think
about
a
robust
health
model
prevention
programs
and
the
needed
resources
that
help
everyone
thrive.
AR
AR
I
believe
that
you
know
to
move
forward
that
this
is
a
process
that
the
council
members
are
investing
in
greatly
with
community
and
and
engagement
and
seeing
the
way
this
is
working,
we're
going
to
have
a
collective
vision
and
a
process
that
can
move
forward
to
a
ballot
that
the
whole
city
can
take
part
in,
which
is,
is
what
we
want
and,
as
the
previous
caller
said,
it's
just
a
sign
of
a
good
and
functioning
democracy
and
the
the
reality
that
the
mpd
is
the
one
that's
working
under
public
safety.
Right
now,
the
things.
AR
Watch
the
abuses
they
have,
the
staffing
they
have
the
dollars.
When
we
lost
officers
we
have
a
lot
of
officers
decided
they
didn't
want
to
come
back,
so
I
want
to
see
a
public
safety
model.
That's
going
to
be
committed
that
works
with
dignity
that
is
robust
and
sees
to
the
many
needs
in
ways
in
which
we
can
engage
with
community
members
and,
most
of
all,
that
we're
going
to
center
the
stories
and
experiences
of
the
people
that
are
most
impacted.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
tony.
I
actually
think
I
might
be
off
with
my
numbers.
I
apologize
because
I
have
been
fixing
the
spreadsheet
as
I've
been
going
along.
So
my
sincerest
apologies,
if
I'm
saying
the
wrong
numbers,
but
I
think
it
might
be
just
too
off
so
we'll
give
it
a
try.
So
I
do
believe
we're
at
number
112
julia
lawler,
followed
by
margaret
turvey
julia.
If
you're
there
please
push
star.
L
B
N
Those
requirements
are
in
place
so
that
the
people
I
serve
will
be
safe
from
harm.
The
minneapolis
police
academy
is
a
14
to
16
week
paramilitary
program
containing
one
educational
course
and
community
oriented
policing
after
completion
of
a
14
to
16
week
program.
These
armed
officers
are
assigned
to
patrol
our
communities.
N
This
training
is
supposed
to
prepare
them
to
keep
us
safe
from
harm.
Yet
police
in
our
city
continue
to
perpetuate
harm,
especially
to
black
brown
and
indigenous
communities
through
violence,
intimidation,
harassment
and
neglect.
These
armed
officers
with
brief
paramilitary
training
and
virtually
no
training
in
mental
health
are
not
keeping
us
safe.
Police
are
not
the
solution
for
mental
health,
for
homelessness,
financial
insecurity,
chemical
dependency
and
for
all
the
systemic
challenges
that
threaten
and
erode
our
public
health
and
our
safety.
N
Q
AN
Q
B
B
Six
sounds
like
margaret
might
not
be
on
the
call
with
us,
so
let's
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
114
hannah
lagoon,
followed
by
115
david
rojas
hannah.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six.
B
All
right,
moving
on
to
1
15.,
david
rojas,
followed
by
nathan,
lind
david.
If
you're
there
please
push
star.
B
B
AL
AL
So
I
do
call
in
support
of
this
charter
chartered
amendment,
and
I
do
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
it's
time
for
something
different.
Mpd
has
broken
the
social
contract
with
the
people.
It's
called
to
serve
and
it's
time
for
the
people
of
minneapolis
to
decide
how
we
keep
ourselves
safe.
So
I
am
calling
in
support
of
the
charger
charter
amendment.
B
Thank
you
david.
Next
up
we
have
nathan
lind,
followed
by
number
117
cody
johnson
nathan.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six.
AS
This
is
cody
johnson.
I
live
in
ward
12.,
I'm
just
calling
to
voice
my
opposition
for
the
amendment.
I
feel
that
these,
the
the
leadership
that
the
city
council
has
demonstrated
so
far
doesn't
clearly
define
what
the
amendment
will
do
for
the
city
and
for
the
public
safety.
AS
So
until
we
have
a
clear
definition
as
to
exactly
what
is
being
proposed
and
and
how
that
will
impact
the
city,
I
think
it
needs
to
be
removed
from
the
ballot,
and
I
think
that
if
we
want
to
test
it
out,
let's
test
it
out
in
small
areas,
let's
not
do
it
citywide!
That's
all!
I
have
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
E
E
E
I've
been
a
resident
of
ward
7
for
over
45
years,
I've
been
a
community
organizer
co-founder
of
a
neighborhood
newspaper,
that's
still
in
print
a
public
school
parent,
a
political
activist
and
the
founder
of
a
non-profit
that
works
to
make
the
justice
system
more
responsive
and
effective
and
responding
to
cases
of
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault.
In
that
last
capacity,
I've
seen
the
best
of
our
police
officers
and
the
worst,
and
I
oppose
this
amendment.
E
I
recently
watched
women
in
blue,
a
pbs
documentary
about
women
serving
in
the
minneapolis
police
department,
and
it
was
disheartening
to
see
women
in
the
department
being
removed
from
positions
of
leadership.
We
have
more
than
racism
to
address
in
our
police
force,
but
that
does
not
require
a
charter
amendment
like
everyone
speaking
on
either
side
of
this
issue
today
I
know
there's
racist
and
misogynistic
culture
in
the
mpd
that
has
to
be
changed,
but
this
rushed
and
vaguely
worded
public
safety
amendment
which
few
people
have
seen
doesn't
do
that.
E
L
B
AM
I
am
good
afternoon
share
cunningham
and
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
offer
my
thoughts,
I'm
a
ward,
3
and
downtown
resident
of
the
city
and
have
lived
here
for
about
10
years.
AM
Obviously,
your
proposal
has
a
lot
of
controversial
aspects
to
it
and
is
engendering
a
lot
of
strong
feelings,
both
pro
and
con.
So
I
may
be
the
first
caller
who
is
not
calling
in
to
express
either
immediate
support
or
opposition
to
the
amendment
as
you've
written
it
or
if
the
timing
is
right
to
put
it
on
the
2021
ballot,
I'm
listening
to
what
other
people
are
saying,
studying
the
issue
and
keeping
an
open
mind
and
I'll
make
up
my
mind
about
that
later.
AM
Chief,
redondo
and
mayor
frye
recently
announced
the
qualifications
they'll
be
seeking
in
applicants
for
the
new
recruitment
classes
in
the
police
department,
and
I
think
they
were
right
on
the
mark
in
terms
of
what
they're
looking
for,
if
I
were
a
young
or
even
middle-aged
person.
With
that
background
and
those
attitudes
seeking
a
career
in
law
enforcement,
I
would.
B
Thank
you
kevin
again.
I
recommend
to
submit
your
comments
if
you
would
like
to
have
the
rest
of
them
on
the
public
records
council
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov.
B
Next
up
we
have
angie
ruscio,
followed
by
christopher
lepinnick
lepenic
strands,
my
apologies
for
mispronouncing
people's
names
angie.
If
you
are
there,
please
push
star
six
wait
for
the
recording
and
then
the
floor
is
yours.
E
Okay,
this
is
angie
from
ward
7
and
I
wanted
to
say
that
I
am
in
favor
for
this
amendment
I
everybody
has
been.
Who
is
for
it
I'm
completely
with,
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
especially
the
white
neighbors
in
my
community
that
can
look
past
their
privilege
and
how
they've
been
living
and
can
see
the
systematic
racism
that
is
deeply
rooted
in
our
police
force
in
the
twin
cities
as
a
brown
latina.
E
I
greatly
appreciate
this
and
hope
that
we
can
all
come
together
as
a
community
and
get
more
money
into
helpful
resources,
and
that's
it.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
AG
Lepicstanz,
I
am
a
lifetime
minnesota
resident
and
I've
now
lived
in
ward
10
for
a
year.
I'd
like
to
start
off
by
supporting
this
amendment,
and
I
also
want
to
really
have
us
focus
on
what
we're
talking
about
today.
We're
talking
about
today
is
giving
the
public
the
ability
to
vote
on
this
charter
amendment.
We
are
not
deciding
if
this
charter
amendment
passes
or
not
now
so,
unless
those
who
are
opposed
to
this
charter
amendment
can
give
me
a
real
reason
why
the
public
should
not
be
involved
in
public
safety
decisions.
AG
A
lot
of
their
points
are
really
quite
honestly,
moot.
Next
up.
I
want
to
address
the
fact
that
police
in
minnesota
are
not
actually
solving
the
problems
that
a
lot
of
the
people
on
the
other
side
of
this
are
saying
that
they
are
solving.
For
starters,
police
cannot
be
a
cure.
All
snake
oil
type
medicine.
For
all
of
this,
the
fact
of
the
matter
is,
we
need
professionals
who
are
trained
for
specific
situations
to
address
those
situations
as
their
training
dictates.
AG
Finally,
I
just
want
to
hearken
back
to
something
a
caller
said
who
was
on
the
opposite
side
of
myself.
He
equated
the
merger
of
george
floyd
last
year
to
the
city
council
now
discussing
police
reform,
and
I
just
want
to
first
off
state
that
mindset
is
deplorable
and
unconscionable.
And
finally,
it
should
tell
you
everything
that
you
need
to
know
about
the
people
who
oppose
this
charter
amendment.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
K
F
K
This
is
jeff
eigeld.
I
am
a.
AD
Former
resident
of
south
minneapolis,
I'm
temporarily.
O
C
B
Thank
you.
Next
up
we
have
last
on
our
list
is
signed
up
is
number
124,
jennifer
naglock.
If
you
are
on
the
call
jennifer,
please
push
star.
A
E
And
I
have
actually
listened
to
the
entire
meeting
from
the
first
speaker.
It's
been
very
informative
and
very
interesting,
and
I
think
that
it
has
distilled
down
to
me
that
I
cannot
support
this
amendment
because
it's
not
really
a
fleshed-out
amendment
that
will
promote
the
kinds
of
changes
that
people
are
looking
for
in
minneapolis.
E
R
E
B
Thank
you,
jennifer
and
I
just
have
to
say
I'm
very
impressed
with
lasting
the
entire
hearing
as
well,
so
that
is
that
completes
the
registered
speakers
for
the
meeting.
I
do
want
to
go
ahead
and.
Z
B
Here,
yes,
if
you
will
say,
I
want
to
give
folks
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
who
may
be
joined
later.
So
I
did
hear
somebody
come
off
of
mute
so.
F
Yes,
mr
chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
earl
netwall.
I
live
in
the
12th
ward,
I'm
a
two-term
six-word
alderman
from
almost
50
years
ago
and
like
all
maneapolitans
heart
sick
with
the
situation,
our
police
department
fully
understand
why
you
want
to
get
your
hands
on
and
and
kind
of
fix
things,
but
I
suspect,
you're
making
a
mistake
at
this
point.
With
this
approach
before
I
go
on
further,
I
really
need
to
point
out
that
you,
you
just
can't
be
blind
to
the
rapidly
increasing
fear
of
crime.
That's
happening
in
the
city.
F
This
fear
of
crime
is
insidious
and
can
be,
and
this
potentially
will
undermine
anything
that
you
hope
to
do
in
the
future.
So
please
pay
attention
to
it.
Rather
than
cutting
the
force,
I
believe
you
should
be
filled
building
it
with
multi-hued
faces
and
incentivize
leadership
that
demands
excellence.
That's
what
has
to
happen
now.
I'm
a
strong
council,
weak
mayor
fellow,
but
in
the
case
of
police
responsibility,
authority
and
accountability.
F
B
Thank
you
much
there,
anyone
else
who
either
did
not
sign
up
to
speak
or
joined
after
their
turn
to
speak.
If
you
will
unmute
yourself
with
star
six
and
then
state
your
name.
B
AH
All
right,
the
minneapolis
police
department
is
broken,
no
matter
the
color
of
our
skin
or
wherever
we
live
in
our
city.
We
all
deserve
to
be
treated,
respect
and
dignity.
It's
clear
that
mpd
has
failed.
An
mpd
training
officer,
murdered
george
floyd
when
people
from
all
over
our
city
protested,
police,
brutality,
the
protesters
were
met
with
more
brutality,
police
may
tear
gas
people
without
provocation.
AH
This
created
a
conscience
for
our
crime
and
cares
across
our
city.
In
the
days
that
followed
and
the
city
council
proposed
changes,
the
mpd
stopped
despite
its
cause
and
failed
to
do
what
we
entrusted
them
to
do
as
a
person
of
color.
I
should
not
fear
for
my
life.
When
I
see
a
police
car,
I
should
feel
safe
when
I
get
pulled
over,
I
should
not
be
thinking
about
facing
a
physical
consequence
and
don't
and
be
dealt
with
be
dealt
with
brutality
because
of
my
skill
because
of
my
skin.
AH
The
police
should
be
there
to
serve
and
protect
police
are
expected
to
protest,
protect
and
enforce
the
laws
equally
and
return
the
people
consent
to
police
and
trust
the
police
to
use
enough
force
when
necessary.
Mpd
has
broken
the
social
contract
because
of
their
actions,
you're
less
safe.
As
a
city,
we
need
change
in
the
mpd
where
we
feel
safe,
no
matter
our
skin
or
we
live
in
the
city.
We
are
not
safe
in
our
own
city.
It's
time
for
something
different,
it's
time
for
the
people
of
minneapolis
to
decide
how
we
keep
ourselves
safe.
B
All
right,
I
am
not
hearing
anyone
else
so
with
that
I
will
close
this
public
hearing.
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
participated
in
today's
public
hearing.
It
is
very
important
to
have
your
voice
in
this
process,
so
thank
you
so
much
for
taking
the
time
out
of
your
day
to
participate
in
in
our
our
democracy.
B
I
will
pause
here.
I
know
that
that
we're
pretty
late
in
the
day,
but
I
do
want
to
first
just
check
in
with
my
colleagues
to
see
if
anybody
has
anything
that
they
would
like
to
say
at
this
time.
We
will
also
be
taking
this
up
at
our
next
regular
committee
march
4th,
and
so
at
that
point
we
can
also
have
them
have
a
more
robust
discussion
then
as
well,
but
I
will
pause
to
see
if
anybody
would
like
to
my
colleagues
would
like
to
say
anything.
B
All
right,
I'm
not
seeing
anybody
in
queue.
So
thank
you.
Everybody
again,
we
will
be
moving
forward.
The
items
that
were
approved
today
on
the
consent
agenda.
We
will
be
having
the
presentations
at
our
next
meeting
and
we
will
also
be
taking
up
this
conversation
further
at
the
march
4th
meeting
as
well.
So
thank
you,
everybody
and
with
no
further
business
before
the
committee.
We
are
adjourned.