Posted on Nov 2, 2021
‘No’ on Minneapolis’s Anti-police Ballot Measure | National Review
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The last paragraph is telling and sounds like white voters are (probably more) concerned with taxes than the numbers of police ... or, perhaps some of them at least are "woke."
"His anecdotal evidence aligns with Star Tribune polling, which shows that only 14 percent of black voters believe Minneapolis should reduce the size of its police force. Seventy-five percent say it should not. Among black voters, the current police chief (who is black and has been in office since 2017, i.e., before, during, and after George Floyd’s murder) is extremely popular — 75 percent favorable, 9 percent unfavorable. White voters’ approval is much lower, at 56-23. On the ballot measure, black support trails white support by nine percentage points — 51 percent of whites want the new Department of Public Safety, but only 42 percent of blacks do."
In any event, having council members try to agree on how a police department should be run would result in utter turmoil as the current (highly popular) police chief has noted.
"His anecdotal evidence aligns with Star Tribune polling, which shows that only 14 percent of black voters believe Minneapolis should reduce the size of its police force. Seventy-five percent say it should not. Among black voters, the current police chief (who is black and has been in office since 2017, i.e., before, during, and after George Floyd’s murder) is extremely popular — 75 percent favorable, 9 percent unfavorable. White voters’ approval is much lower, at 56-23. On the ballot measure, black support trails white support by nine percentage points — 51 percent of whites want the new Department of Public Safety, but only 42 percent of blacks do."
In any event, having council members try to agree on how a police department should be run would result in utter turmoil as the current (highly popular) police chief has noted.
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