Inside Minneapolis' Push to "Dismantle" the Police

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🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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As George Floyd is buried in Houston, the city where he died is looking to dismantle its police department. Minneapolis City Councilman Steve Fletcher joins CNN Political Director David Chalian to explain what the city council's plan actually looks like, discuss why he feels it's necessary, and respond to criticism from national leaders. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jacob Frye, we have a yes or no question for you.
0:04.0	Will you commit to defunding Minneapolis Police Department?
0:08.0	We don't want no-mo police.
0:11.0	Is that clear?
0:12.0	We don't want people with guns toting around in our community, shooting us down.
0:17.0	It is a yes or a no.
0:19.0	Will you defund the Minneapolis Police Department?
0:23.2	That was the question protesters had for Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye over the weekend.
0:27.4	And when he said he did not support the full abolition of the police, chance of shame.
0:34.8	Shane. Shane. Shane.
0:36.1	Shane.
0:39.6	Shane. Shane. Shane, Shane, Shane, Shane, Cheko, go home.
0:41.9	Go home, Cheko, go home.
0:44.5	Go home, Jacob, go home.
0:47.3	Go home, Jacob, go home.
0:50.3	Hello, everyone.
0:51.4	I'm David Chally, and the CNN political director.
0:53.6	This is the Daily D.C.
0:55.6	Today, George Floyd is being laid to rest in Houston next to his mother, who he called out for in his last moments of life.
1:04.4	And as the country mourns and his loved ones say their final goodbyes, new videos have emerged of police killings of black men.
1:13.0	In New Mexico, a suspect dying in a chokehold. In New Jersey, a trooper shooting an unarmed
1:19.5	black man. And in Austin, Texas, video released of another black man, Javier Ambler,
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