Wednesday, June 22, 2022

COURT FINDS THAT MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR FAILED IN HIS DUTY TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF COPS

By Bob Walsh


                                              Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey 

 

City statutes require that the liberal shithole of Minneapolis, Minnesota, maintain a police department of at least 731 officers.  The court has stated that Mayor Jacob Frey has a clear legal duty to do so, and has failed in that duty and has failed to adequately excuse his failure.

Interim City Attorney Peter Ginder has asserted that the may and the department have acted "in good faith" to correct this deficiency, but have been unable to hire enough "community oriented police officers" to cover the short-fall.  

The ruling by the state supreme court pushes the lawsuit back to Hennepin County.  The lawsuit was filed by eight local residents in order to obtain a court order compelling the city to act.

The city attorney argued that the charter only requires the positions be funded, not filled.  The state supreme court didn't buy that.

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