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As the Minneapolis City Council wrestles with the (very unsexy) work of amending our budget, public safety is top of mind for many
The question is whether we will begin redesigning our public safety system to move away from our police-only model
And the answer is, we must.
The question is whether we will begin redesigning our public safety system to move away from our police-only model
And the answer is, we must.
Black people dying on the Northside is the norm that many are begging to return to
Police-only public safety has failed every black community. Fully staffed, fully funded
And we can not continue to accept the “occasional” police murder as simply “the cost of doing business” https://twitter.com/bullycreative/status/1333955144677986305
Police-only public safety has failed every black community. Fully staffed, fully funded
And we can not continue to accept the “occasional” police murder as simply “the cost of doing business” https://twitter.com/bullycreative/status/1333955144677986305
The budget amendment being authored by 3 of my colleagues is *the* “both/and” proposal
It develops appropriate responses to appropriate crises—it is not some severely upstream proposal
It is the minimum we should be doing, but many at City Hall would be happy to do even less
It develops appropriate responses to appropriate crises—it is not some severely upstream proposal
It is the minimum we should be doing, but many at City Hall would be happy to do even less
The “plan” from the mayor/chief could be summed up as “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”
Where slogans, huffs and puffs, and defensiveness ultimately reveal that there is no wizardry at all—shallow remixes of previous reforms and a gargantuan increase to overtime.
Where slogans, huffs and puffs, and defensiveness ultimately reveal that there is no wizardry at all—shallow remixes of previous reforms and a gargantuan increase to overtime.
We *should* be taking work away from police that they are simply not designed to do—that actually contributes to the coveted officer wellness police-only proponents are saying is needed
But instead, making them work more hours is the plan, because it maintains their budget level
But instead, making them work more hours is the plan, because it maintains their budget level
A significant portion of the $8 million being reallocated from the police is in moving personnel to other departments
All of it is going towards other public safety initiatives in one way or another
The city’s core services are being sharpened, becoming smarter, not being “cut”
All of it is going towards other public safety initiatives in one way or another
The city’s core services are being sharpened, becoming smarter, not being “cut”
The goal of every public safety system should be to ensure that *everyone* makes it home safely at the end of the day.
Our current system does not do that, it has not done that.
Lets stop spinning our wheels in “increments” of change and leap into a direction we can build on.
Our current system does not do that, it has not done that.
Lets stop spinning our wheels in “increments” of change and leap into a direction we can build on.
