New horizons in Democratic governance – Minneapolis style

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED:

● Shot: When protesters call for ‘defunding the police,’ what does it mean?

—Minnesota Public Radio, June 8th.

● Chaser: Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept.

—Minnesota Public Radio, June 27th.

● Hangover: With violent crime on the rise in Mpls., City Council asks: Where are the police?

—Minnesota Public Radio, yesterday.

As James Lileks writes, with a screen-shot of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s coverage of the story yesterday, “This . . . is just priceless. Utter, complete, total fools. No small irony in the fact that they end up blaming the Black guy in the end, too.”

Ed Driscoll strung this together

Doug Santo