4 members of Minneapolis City Council want to disband police department

4 members of Minneapolis City Council want to disband police department. They suggest sending social workers or medics to calls now being handled by police. … No, seriously, this is not The Onion: they really are suggesting this.

J.P. Travis: Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976 graduate of University of Michigan, father, grandfather, husband, founder and CEO of Travelyn Publishing (http://www.travelynpublishing.com/), and passionate anti-government believer in individual liberty.

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  • James Woods had a great Idea, Let them op-out. Sign on the house says Gun Free Zone-Not protected by the police, and no police response desired. No security guards for the hollywierd pricks, and none for politicians. Simple. Destroy your hood, but remember if you travel outside it, you can and will be arrested.

  • Earlier today the child Mayor of Minneapolis was booed off a stage at one of the protests for expressing the notion that "defunding" the police might not be practical. There are local flood watches out for low-lying portions of the Twin Cities due to excess drooling from local criminals.

  • They all clamor about disbanding police departments. Until something happens at their house, their businesses or their family. Then they will all bitch about no one there to protect or defend them. “Where were you, why did it take so long”. Crimes happen in seconds, we get there in minutes.

    • Forget about armed robberies and murders, that's too obvious. Imagine sending social workers and medics out on domestic disturbance calls. Before two days were done, every medic and social worker in the city would have quit.

  • One of the four is Jeremiah Ellison, son of Muslim ne'er-do-well Keith Ellison, currently the Minnesota AG. So law enforcement in Minnesota is destined for dysfunction due to Ellisons at all levels. Maybe Jeremiah thinks it might be a good idea to disband the police department so the next time his father beats up a woman, nobody can call the cops on him.