Minneapolis vows to disband police department in wake of George Floyd’s death
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nme.comOfficer Derek Chauvin has since been sacked and charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. Three of his colleagues, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Keung are now all facing charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder, and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
Since Floyd’s death, protests have erupted in the US and around the world.Lisa Bender, the Minneapolis council president, said: “It is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our communities safe.“Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period.”Ms Bender explained that she and the eight other council members who joined a Black Lives Matter rally in the city would “end policing as we know it and recreate systems that actually keep us.
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