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Mawspam2

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2. Okay, so you remove "police" from the charter...

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Wed Sep 8, 2021, 11:27 PM

Sep 2021

...and replace it with "public safety". Then what? Do "police officers" become "security guards"? If the same guys in uniform still kill black citizens and get away with it under qualified immunity, what have you accomplished?

Without a concrete plan, this ballot question is pointless.

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Trio of residents seeks emergency hearing on new Minneapolis policing ballot language - saga cont. [View all] question everything Sep 2021 OP

They want to make sure people don't have the right to vote on it iemanja Sep 2021 #1

Okay, so you remove "police" from the charter... Mawspam2 Sep 2021 #2

police officers remain police officers iemanja Sep 2021 #3