Minneapolis 'to shut down' police department in wake of George Floyd protests
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dailystar.co.ukGeorge Floyd has unleashed a wave of protests around the world – now the city where the tragedy took place has voted to disband its police department.
Mr Floyd, who was 46, died after an officer of Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes.A bystander fiilmed the moments on his mobile phone of Mr Floyd pleaded with the white police officer Derek Chauvin – desperately choking out the words "I can't breathe".Nine members of the 13-person Minneapolis City Council pledged on Sunday to do away with the police department in favour of a community-led safety model.It's a step which would have seemed unthinkable just two weeks ago."A veto-proof majority of the MPLS City Council just publicly agreed that the Minneapolis Police.
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