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A majority of truckers are vowing to halt deliveries to cities that defund or disband their police departments, according to a recent poll.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday as he announced the first steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

Monday on CNN’s “Situation Room,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said she does not have all the answers when asked who would respond to violent crime once her plans to disband the Minneapolis police department was enacted.

Monday on CNN’s “Situation Room,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender detailed her plans to disband the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Friday called for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) to be disbanded and for the city to “reimagine” public safety after local protests over the death of resident George Floyd descended into riots and looting.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, city officials say the city will “dismantle” the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and “replace” the agency.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) is upping the charges against Derek Chauvin, the former cop who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck for nearly ten minutes, to second-degree murder, and he intends to charge the three other officers who were on the scene, according to a local report.

An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that Floyd died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the Floyd family’s attorneys said Monday.

The University of Minnesota announced this week that it is cutting ties with the Minneapolis Police Department over the death of George Floyd. The university previously used the Minneapolis Police Department for additional support during football games, concerts, and ceremonies on campus.

The Minneapolis Public School Board wrote a resolution Friday to sever ties with the city’s police department following the death of George Floyd.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) requested on Thursday that “protesters” in the City of Lakes practice social distancing and wear masks to reduce coronavirus transmission. The municipal government claimed to provide hundreds of masks to the public for this purpose.

Rioters in Minneapolis breached the city police department’s third precinct and set fires, according to numerous eyewitness accounts.

During a press conference on Thursday, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo stated that there is “a deficit of hope in our city,” and the Minneapolis Police Department “has contributed to that deficit of hope,” but criminality that hurts the community further will not be allowed. He also said that “many of the people that were involved in the criminal conduct” on Wednesday were people that nobody recognized as residents of the city.

False claims that Derek Chauvin was on stage at a Trump rally went viral and have not been moderated by Twitter.

Left-wing pop icon Madonna on Wednesday lambasted all police in the wake of continued protests in Minneapolis in response to the death of George Floyd.

The University of Minnesota intends to limit its ties with the Minneapolis Police Department, after a man named George Floyd died after an officer placed his knee on Floyd’s neck during an arrest earlier this week.

The Minnesota Vikings have issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, after a police officer put his knee on Floyd’s neck during an arrest earlier this week.

Twitter has failed to take action as several verified accounts on Wednesday posted a photo falsely linking a Minneapolis police officer — infamous after he was caught on video kneeling on a now-deceased black man’s neck — with a man wearing a “Make Whites Great Again” baseball hat.

NBA star LeBron James, and NFL players Odell Beckham and Colin Kaepernick, are among a list of athletes speaking out on the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, who lost his life this week from injuries suffered during an altercation with police officers on Monday.

In the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, veteran rapper and actor Ice Cube asked how much more “crime” must police officers commit against black Americans “before we strike back?”  

A graphic video posted on Facebook showed a white Minneapolis cop kneeling on the neck of a black man while making an arrest, with the black man pleading that he could not breathe. The man in custody later died.

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said burglaries in the city are up 20 percent since the issuance of “Stay-Home, Work-Safe” orders put in place by Harris County.

The Minneapolis Police Department announced Wednesday that it will not open an investigation into the domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), citing a “conflict of interest.”