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Here's an article of mine on the vote of the Minneapolis City Council to disband the police: "When the police make a high-profile arrest, they make him or her walk in public through the throng of reporters. On June 6, Minneapolis’s reform minded young mayor, Jacob Frey, refused to commit to disbanding the police in a crowd of thousands. He was booed and forced to do a “people’s perp walk” through the crowd and back to his condo. Shortly after that, the Minneapolis City Council voted to disband their police force. This is attracting a lot of attention. But what does it really mean? Oaklandsocialist talked with a union steward and anti-police brutality activist in Minneapolis. We will call him “Activist”. He warned: “We have to be prepared for them to do some things we wouldn’t expect.” In other words, not allow those steps to undermine or divert the power of the movement. He explained: “they’re not going to get rid of policing… they’re going to move to some unique form of policing. The class relations are going to remain the same.…” He said that he wouldn’t be surprised if “abolish the police would win a popular vote among high school students.” He continued: “Because this has become a popular slogan, it will be difficult to just dress up the MPD…. They’re going to have to do some major changes….”" Read full article: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/06/08/minneapolis-city-council-votes-to-disband-police-will-they/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
