Ep. 17 // Minnesota Supreme Court strikes a blow to the ‘defund the police’ movement
Send us Fan MailAttorney James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center joined Liz Collin Reports to explain what comes next after last week’s win at the Minnesota Supreme Court. The court ruled last week that Minneapolis failed in its duty to employ a minimum of 731 sworn officers as required by the city charter. “It was a huge win for the people of Minneapolis. What the Supreme Court essentially did here was say that Mayor [Jacob] Frey has to have at least 0.0017 police officers per resident in Minneapolis on the police force and that translates to 731 in 2020 numbers,” Dickey explained. The…
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