What Next: Has Minneapolis Given Up on Police Reform?

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🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Minneapolis voters have rejected a referendum to dissolve and replace their police department by a dramatic 12-point margin. The election result reflects a different mood from what the city saw a year ago, when protesters booed the mayor for resisting the movement to defund the police. Why were the planned police reforms so unpopular in the city where George Floyd’s murder sparked an international movement for justice? And what lessons should activists for and against the measure take from this moment? Guest: Jon Collins, senior reporter for MPR News. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.7	Over the last week, as pundits have tried to make sense of election results from across
1:15.1	the country, framing it as this democratic shellacking. I've been thinking a lot about
1:21.3	this video from last year. This was shot in June of 2020 in Minneapolis just a few days
1:34.5	after George Floyd's murder. It shows the throng of protesters who tracked down the city's
1:40.1	mayor, Jacob Fry. And one of those protesters is asking the mayor a few questions.
1:46.7	Jacob Fry, we have a yes or no question for you. Yes or no, will you commit to defunding
1:54.4	Minneapolis police department?
1:56.5	The woman with the microphone here towers over Fry, reveling in the flipped power dynamic.
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