What’s Going On in Minneapolis After City Council Vote to Defund Police
The Daily Signal Podcast
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🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
At the end of June, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to "defund" the city's police. Now crime is on the rise.
John Hinderaker, president of the Minnesota policy organization Center of the American Experiment, joins the show to explain what the future may hold for the Minneapolis Police Department and what his organization is doing to support local law enforcement.
We also cover these stories:
- New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, moves to shut down the National Rifle Association.
- The votes of more than 84,000 New York City residents weren't counted during the summer’s Democratic primary.
- A Secret Service report reveals that many shootings are carried out with illegal guns.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, August 7th. I'm Rachel |
| 0:08.8 | Del Judas. And I'm Virginia Allen. A group of conservatives are pushing back against the anti-police rhetoric in Minneapolis. |
| 0:17.0 | John Hinderacker, president of the Minneapolis Nonprofit Center of the American Experiment, joins the show to explain what is |
| 0:24.9 | currently happening in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd's death and |
| 0:29.3 | what his organization is doing to support local law enforcement. |
| 0:33.7 | Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, |
| 0:36.2 | please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on Apple |
| 0:39.4 | Podcast and encourage others to subscribe. |
| 0:42.2 | Now, onto our top news. New York Attorney General Latita James is trying to shut down the National Rifle Association. |
| 0:58.4 | James announced that she has filed a lawsuit against the NRA as of Thursday alleging that the leaders of the National |
| 1:05.4 | Gun Rights Organization have violated state laws that govern non-profits and have used the financial |
| 1:11.9 | resources of the 501c3 for personal expenses. |
| 1:16.4 | The suit was announced during a press conference Thursday per the Hill. |
| 1:20.8 | Just a few minutes ago, my office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association |
| 1:27.0 | to dissolve the organization in its entirety for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct that violate New York's |
| 1:36.8 | Charities law and undermine its own mission. |
| 1:41.1 | James continued on saying that as today's complaints lays out, we found that the NRA |
| 1:48.7 | fostered a culture of noncompliance in disregard for internal controls that led to the waste and loss of millions |
| 1:56.4 | of assets and contributed to the NRA's current deteriorated financial state. |
| 2:07.0 | NRA President Carolyn Meadows responded to the lawsuit in a statement saying, this was a baseless premeditated attack on our organization and the Second Amendment freedoms it fights to defend. |
| 2:16.5 | And she added that the lawsuit is a transparent attempt to score political points |
| 2:21.6 | and attack the leading voice in opposition to the leftist agenda. |
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