Far-left congresswoman Illhan Omar announced that she voted to defund the Minneapolis police department on Tuesday.
As the Daily Caller reports:
If enacted, City Question 2 would abolish MPD and replace it with a Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety would “employ a comprehensive public health approach to the delivery of [its] functions,” according to the referendum question. It “could include police officers, but the minimum funding requirement would be eliminated.”
Omar claimed that the amendment “puts control of Minneapolis’ public safety in the hands of residents” and “would not eliminate police.” Although the amendment does not require the elimination of police, it would allow the city council to do so. The current Minneapolis City Charter requires 0.0017 police officers per resident. If adopted, Question 2 would eliminate this requirement.
On the ballot questions I’ll be voting NO on question 1, and YES on questions 2 and 3. pic.twitter.com/9eVpZGKbIo
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 2, 2021
Following the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis City Council voted to eliminate the city’s police department, ultimately cutting its funding by more than $7 million. Residents later sued the city after a massive crime spike, leading a Hennepin County District Court judge to order Minneapolis to hire more police officers. The funding cuts forced the police department below the legally-mandated officer-to-civilian ratio.
In addition to her firm anti-police stance, Omar has also taken fire for allegedly anti-semitic remarks and opposing the state of Israel.
