Nine out of 13 members of the Minneapolis city council are voting to defund and dismantle the police

Over the weekend, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced they intend to vote in favor of defunding and dismantling the city’s police department in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, and ongoing protests for change in how policing is done in the city. They have the supermajority vote in the 13-member council.