DEMOCRAT RULE: Minneapolis council members calling to defund police spend $63G on their own private security

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Chaos, danger and violence for thee but not for me – that’s the slogan of the Democrats.

Minneapolis council members calling to defund police spend $63G on private security details after receiving death threats

BY Fox News, June 27, 2020:

Several Minneapolis City Council members who have received death threats following their calls to defund the police after the death of George Floyd have been assigned private security details — reportedly costing the city $4,500 a day in taxpayer dollars.

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According to information obtained by Fox News, the city has spent $63,000 on private security over the last three weeks.

“The names of the people getting security details are not public,” a city spokesperson told Fox News Saturday.

The names of three council members who are receiving private security detail have already been made public, two of whom interviewed with local affiliate Fox 9 on Friday. The spokesperson did not respond to Fox News’ questions about whether or not there were additional council members receiving security detail.

The threats reportedly came after the council members were vocal in their calls to defund the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a proposal to eliminate the city’s police department Friday, initiating steps toward establishing a new “holistic” approach to public safety.

The largely white police force has struggled to regain the city’s trust after the death of George Floyd. The new proposal would eliminate the existing police department and instead create “a department of community safety and violence prevention, which will have responsibility for public safety services prioritizing a holistic, public health-oriented approach.”

One council member told Fox 9: “I don’t feel comfortable publicly discussing the death threats against me or the level of security I currently have protecting me from those threats.”

They noted that the security detail was temporary.
But another council member told the outlet they had been worried about security since they were sworn in.

“My concern is the large number of white nationalist[s] in our city and other threatening communications I’ve been receiving,” they said.
None of the council members responded to Fox News’ request for comment.

The Minneapolis Police Department, which would traditionally provide security in this scenario, could not be reached by Fox News but told Fox 9 that the MPD does not have any records of recent threats against the three council members — adding that it was possible the record could have been filed confidentially.

“Council members have reported to staff numerous threats to themselves personally,” the city told Fox News Saturday.

One of the council members who spoke with Fox 9 said they did not alert the threats to the MPD because they were consumed with dealing with the “global pandemic and global uprising” after Floyd’s death. But they noted that the threats had been wide-ranging, attacking their ethnicity, gender identity and sexuality.

The Minneapolis mayor’s office could not be reached by Fox News to address the security threats against the council members. But a city spokesperson told Fox 9 that the MPD resources were needed elsewhere in the community. They also said that the cost of the private security detail was roughly the same as the cost for the taxpayer as would be MPD security services.
Private security has been provided by two firms, Aegis and BelCom, as an interim fix until other security solutions can be established.

“This security service was intended to be temporary and [a] bridge to other security measures implemented by council members themselves,” a city spokesperson told Fox News.

The security expenses do not need city council approval unless the amount surpasses $175,000. A spokesperson for the city told Fox 9 that the temporary security costs are not anticipated to come near that threshold.

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Angel
Angel
3 years ago

Do you think these city council members would care if their security force put a knee on the neck of a potential assassin?

tedlv
tedlv
3 years ago
Reply to  Angel

Nope.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

They don’t want these monstrous predators attack them, family or property!
Even worse tax payers pay for it!

AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
3 years ago

……. The ‘Neo’-Police department is ready to take control of the streets !!
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felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

The newly released criminals will be your new police. Gangs will openly run your community.

LightTexas
LightTexas
3 years ago

The collapse from within headed by dem traitors that turn their backs on the citizens

tedlv
tedlv
3 years ago
Reply to  LightTexas

You obviously don’t understand, they are totally superior to the unwashed serfs. /S

patd
patd
3 years ago

This is total BS and has to be illegal!!!!! Shoot them morons!

SFTOBEY
SFTOBEY
3 years ago

Without solid PROOF, there are no “threats”. This crap has to stop. These scumbags just want protection for themselves and no protection for the people in their city.

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