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NEW: The Minneapolis City Council stunned all when it pledged to "end policing." Now, several tell me they regret the pledge and it sowed confusion. How what seemed like political boldness was really paper thin. How bureaucracy + politics stymied change https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/minneapolis-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/2...
“I think our pledge created confusion in the community and in our wards," the council president.
Councilors "have gotten used to these kinds of progressive purity tests," another member
"I& #39;m embarrassed"
"They didn& #39;t engage Black and Brown people" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/minneapolis-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/2...
Councilors "have gotten used to these kinds of progressive purity tests," another member
"I& #39;m embarrassed"
"They didn& #39;t engage Black and Brown people" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/minneapolis-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/2...
This is not about the merits of defunding as policy, but the political process that such ideas for systemic change have to go thru. There, the divisions among activists, mistakes among elected officials, and an unelected city commission all converge https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/minneapolis-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/2...
This is my second story examining the country& #39;s current racial moment, following up on a summer of historic activism. The first was from Chicago, about black skepticism of white change, and how should a so called racial reckoning be measured https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/black-lives-matter-chicago-roseland.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/1...
