Mayor runs gauntlet of anger
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The mayor of Minneapolis ran a gauntlet of angry, jeering protesters on Saturday after telling them he was opposed to their demands for defunding the city police following George Floyd鈥檚 fatal encounter with law enforcement.
Jacob Frey, a former civil rights attorney who took office two years ago vowing to repair the police department鈥檚 strained relations with minorities, was showered with angry chants of 鈥淕o home, Jacob, go home,鈥 and 鈥淪hame, shame,鈥 as he stalked away through the crowd, head bowed.
All four police officers implicated in Floyd鈥檚 death have been arrested, but demonstrators have refocused their demands on a quest for far-reaching police reforms.
Some activists call for defunding and dismantling the police department altogether. They argue for shifting city dollars instead into public health programs aimed at preventing violent crime.
(Reuters)
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