It has now been approximately a year since the far left city council in Minneapolis decided to defund the city’s police force.
The predictable result has been a surge in crime across the board, including violent crime.
things have gotten so bad that a judge has just ordered the city to hire more police.
The Blaze reports:
Judge orders Minneapolis to hire more police officers after major crime spike and defunding of police force
A judge ordered the city of Minneapolis on Thursday to hire more police officers after several residents sued over the lack of law enforcement in the face of a spike in violent crime.
The Hennepin County District Court judge ordered the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey to “immediately take any and all necessary action to ensure that they fund a police force.”
The judge gave the city until June 30, 2022, to employ at least 730 sworn police officers. They are projected to have only 669 officers after an “exodus” through retirement, resignations, and officers taking extended leave.
A majority of Minneapolis City Council members committed to defunding the police force weeks after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police in May 2020.
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Although violent crime spiked in the city, Mayor Frey agreed to cut $8 million from the police force and reroute the money to violence prevention and mental health response initiatives.
You wouldn’t think a judge would have to order a city to perform one of its most basic functions.
A judge ordered Minneapolis city council & mayor must hire MORE police. Siding with residents who say their lives have been damaged by severe lack of police. De-fund & re-imagine is not working.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) July 2, 2021
“Minneapolis is in a crisis.”
A judge ruled in favor of a group that filed a lawsuit demanding more #Police be brought into #Minneapolis, after City Council members and activist groups advocated to #DefundThePolice following the death of #GeorgeFloyd. https://t.co/raU66Rm5jH
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) July 2, 2021
And all this is happening as some Democrats insist no one is trying to defund police.
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