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Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

Headline from La Crosse Tribune, on the newest of 2 developments

The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum number of officers.

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  1. Minneapolis voters deciding whether to replace police with Department of Public Safety

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    Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

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  1. Fox News

    Minneapolis measure to replace police department will leave voters disappointed, expert says (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Minneapolis residents planning to vote in favor of a ballot measure next week that would replace the city's police department will be disappointed, according to law enforcement experts.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Minneapolis voters deciding whether to replace police with Department of Public Safety (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Voters in Minneapolis are deciding whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety.

  3. Fox News

    Minneapolis voters to decide on police replacement measure (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Voters in Minneapolis are preparing to either reject or approve a measure Tuesday that could possibly dismantle the city's police department and replace it with another law enforcement agency in the first real test facing residents after the region became the epicenter of the police reform movement …

  4. Valdosta Daily Times

    Minneapolis voters reject replacing police department with new unit, 18 months after Floyd death spurred call for change (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters reject replacing police department with new unit, 18 months after Floyd death spurred call for change.

  5. Grand Forks Herald

    Minneapolis voters reject plan to replace Police Department (opens Grand Forks Herald)

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    Grand Forks Herald's feed description

    Those who campaigned to keep the department intact said it was too risky to go for a wholesale change.

  6. La Crosse Tribune

    Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency (opens La Crosse Tribune)

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    La Crosse Tribune's feed description

    The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum number of officers.

  7. The Guardian

    Minneapolis voters reject bid to replace police with public safety department (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Measure would have installed public safety department focused on a ‘comprehensive public health approach’

  8. New York Times

    Minneapolis voters reject an amendment to replace the Police Department. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The amendment, which grew out of the anger over the murder of George Floyd, called for replacing the city’s police force with a new Department of Public Safety.

  9. CBS News

    Minneapolis voters reject ballot measure to dismantle police and replace with new agency (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Associated Press projected the ballot measure to create a new Department of Public Safety had been rejected.

  10. Newsweek

    Activists vow to fight for reform after Minneapolis votes to keep police department (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Minneapolis voters rejected a proposition that would have disbanded the city's police department and replaced it with a new public safety department.

  11. The Buffalo News

    Live updates: Minneapolis voters reject replacing police (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis voters have rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety — an idea that arose from the May 2020

  12. Gopusa

    Minneapolis police ballot question rejected by voters (opens Gopusa)

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    Gopusa's feed description

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters had hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls f…

  13. Al Jazeera

    Minneapolis voters reject proposal to replace police department (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Call for police department overhaul came after murder of George Floyd last year sparked racial justice protests.

  14. Legitgov

    Minneapolis voters reject measure to replace police department (opens Legitgov)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The measure asked voters if they favored amending the city's charter to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety. The initiative would have removed language from the charter related to the agency, including minimum funding requirements, and would have divided cont…

  15. Bearing Arms

    Minneapolis Voters Reject Disbanding Police Department (opens Bearing Arms)

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    Bearing Arms's feed description

    Voters in Minneapolis voted not to replace their police department with a department of public safety, a firm loss for the defund the police movement.

  16. Washington Times

    Minneapolis voters reject Dems’ plan to replace the city’s police department (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Minneapolis voters soundly rejected a proposal Tuesday night that would have opened the door to reducing the city’s police force, more than a year after the death of George Floyd ignited calls to “defund the police.”

  17. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Minneapolis voters shun replacing police (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis voters Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city's Police Department with a Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters had hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd's death under an officer's knee brought calls for racial j…

  18. The Hill

    Minneapolis votes down measure replacing police department (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Minneapolis on Tuesday voted down Question 2, a ballot measure that would have overhauled the city’s police department.

  19. Washington Examiner

    Minneapolis votes to keep police department (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Voters in Minneapolis shot down an attempt to replace the city’s police department with a Department of Public Safety, setting back the police reform movement across the country.

  20. NBC News

    Minneapolis residents reject proposal to replace police department (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The result is a blow to the nationwide movement to overhaul policing spurred by the death of George Floyd.

  21. The Daily Signal

    ‘We Need the Police’: Minneapolis Voters Reject Measure to Abolish Police (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Daily Signal's feed description

    Minneapolis residents overwhelmingly reject a measure to replace the city’s police department with a public safety force.

  22. Forbes

    Minneapolis Votes Down Proposal To Replace Its Police Department (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Voters in Minneapolis rejected a plan to replace the city’s embattled police department with a new “Department of Public Safety.”

  23. Axios

    Minneapolis rejects measure to overhaul police department (opens Axios)

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    Axios's feed description

    The measure would have replaced the Minneapolis Police Department with a new public safety agency.

  24. Wyoming Public Media

    Minneapolis voters reject a measure to replace the city's police department (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    The failed ballot measure proposed a new Department of Public Safety that would emphasize a public health approach to policing.

  25. Hot Air

    Backfire: Minneapolis voters slam abolish-the-police proposal -- and city council (opens Hot Air)

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    The biggest loser?

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