Is Minneapolis' Vote For Police An Ominous Sign For Ilhan Omar In 2022?

Written By BlabberBuzz | Friday, 05 November 2021 04:45 PM
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Is Minneapolis' Vote For Police An Ominous Sign For Ilhan Omar In 2022?

Minneapolis voters on Tuesday denied a proposal to succeed the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety. This proposal was expected to bring radical change to policing -- in the city where George Floyd's death under an officer's knee brought calls for racial justice. The legislator pushing the initiative was Ilhan Omar, and many are saying this vote was just as much a referendum on her career as a U.S. Congresswoman.

The Defund the Police movement further hit a roadblock in crime-riddled Seattle, where pro-police candidates led many races in the Progressive city on Tuesday.

The Minneapolis initiative suggested a change to the city charter to eliminate a requirement to have a police department with a minimum number of officers. Supporters announced a complete overhaul of policing was needed to stop police violence.

Opponents explained that the proposal had no solid plan for moving forward and predicted it would leave some communities already affected by violence more vulnerable and helpless as crime is on the rise.

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The ballot proposal had roots in the abolish-the-police movement that exploded after Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year.

The debate over racial justice in policing drew national awareness to Tuesday's votes. There was a river of out-of-state money sought to influence the outcome in Minneapolis that could have developed change somewhere else too.

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In Seattle, pro-police candidates were expected to win Mayoral, City Attorney, and City Council races when the ultimate tallies are published in the next few days.

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In the Mayor's race, former City Council President Bruce Harrell held a 30-point lead over a Progressive opponent and current City Council President, M. Lorena González. They wanted to cut the police department budget by 50 percent.

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"I'm not a status quo politician, they want the homeless issue addressed with a sense of urgency, they want effective policing … bias-free policing, so we feel very good about the results," Harrell told FOX 13.

Republican Ann Davison led Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, self-proclaimed police and jail "abolitionist," in the race for City Attorney. In the City Council race, Sara Nelson, against destroying the police, took the lead over Nikkita Oliver, who campaigned to defund the police.

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Tuesday's elections highlighted the vast divide and national reckoning that is proceeding to grow as the nation grapples with handling the ‘defund the police’ movement during the growing crime rate.

The ballot question in Minneapolis called for a new Department of Public Safety to take "a comprehensive public health approach to the delivery of functions" that would be determined by the Mayor and City Council.

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