Activists in Minneapolis push to disband the police in an upcoming vote in November to decide whether to replace the existing police department with a public health approach, opting for social workers and violence interrupters over the police-only model that the city has now.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that in the past 20 years, more than 200 people have been killed in "a physical confrontation with law enforcement" in Minnesota and at least 36 of those deaths occurred in Minneapolis.
More than 20,000 signatures have given the idea a spot in the ballot with roughly $1 million raised for the effort.