Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Council voted by majority Sunday to dismantle the local police department, replacing it with a new community-oriented public safety model, reported The New York Times on Sunday .
Alondra Cano, a member of the city council for the town where George Floyd was killed during his police arrest last month, said on Twitter that a majority of council members had agreed that "the Minneapolis Police Department n 'is not reformable' and that the decision had therefore been taken to 'end the current system' .
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"We are committed to dismantling the police force as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuilding with our population a new model of public security which really ensures the safety of our population" , declared the president of the municipal council. , Lisa Bender, on CNN.
The death of George Floyd sparked protests in the United States and around the world to protest racial discrimination and police violence. Several thousand people gathered again Sunday in major American cities.