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Minneapolis Public Schools Voted To End Its Contract With The City's Police
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/minneapolis-schools-police-george-floyd-protests?fbclid=IwAR0FCnJ9nHBxtdkV7qnntlbpizRB0KhIrsVyTW80mYNSVoGs_Mo8NDy2wOAMinneapolis Public Schools Voted To End Its Contract With The City’s Police After The Death Of George Floyd
The board of Minneapolis Public Schools voted unanimously Tuesday to end the district’s $1.1 million contract with the Minneapolis Police Department after the death of George Floyd, saying the actions of city police officers “run directly counter to the values” of the school district.
It is among the earliest and most tangible victories so far for activists protesting Floyd’s killing, who have demanded that police departments be reformed, defunded, or abolished in order to stem police violence. Few, if any, school districts have ever taken such a dramatic step over the issue...
“We could have had the debate all day: Do you put your money into police or social services and counselor support?” Genene said. “That’s a back-and-forth that was going on for a long time.”
Floyd’s killing and the outrage that followed, Genene said, “just ended that conversation. It was: ‘Do we align with the Minneapolis police, do they align with our values? Can you continue to align yourselves with a group of people that disenfranchise your students?’ I don’t think it was the same conversation anymore, morally.”
It is among the earliest and most tangible victories so far for activists protesting Floyd’s killing, who have demanded that police departments be reformed, defunded, or abolished in order to stem police violence. Few, if any, school districts have ever taken such a dramatic step over the issue...
“We could have had the debate all day: Do you put your money into police or social services and counselor support?” Genene said. “That’s a back-and-forth that was going on for a long time.”
Floyd’s killing and the outrage that followed, Genene said, “just ended that conversation. It was: ‘Do we align with the Minneapolis police, do they align with our values? Can you continue to align yourselves with a group of people that disenfranchise your students?’ I don’t think it was the same conversation anymore, morally.”
Minneapolis's situation might not be a model for other school district boards to use, but theirs is a good first step that the nation should know about.
