Judge orders Minneapolis to hire more police officers after residents sue city

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A judge ordered Minneapolis to hire more police officers Thursday after
residents banned together and sued the city in August 2020.

Hennepin County Judge Jamie Anderson mandated local leaders employ 730
sworn officers by June 30, 2022, after it was found that the projected
number of police officers for June 1, 2022, 669, was in violation of the
city's charter, which stipulates the area must have 0.0017 licensed peace
officers per resident.

Mayor Jacob Frey and the city council were ordered to "take any and all
necessary action to ensure that they fund a police force."

In August 2020, residents Cathy Spann, Sondra Samuels, Don Samuels, Audua
Pugh, Jonathan Lundberg, Aimee Lundberg, Georgianna Yantos, and Juliee
Oden sued city authorities over rising crime following the death of George
Floyd.

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"It is undisputed that: the crime rate in Minneapolis has increased since
the killing of Floyd, one or more Petitioners have suffered injuries from
that increase in crime, Ms. Lundberg has been diagnosed with Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the Court previously found that that the
Petitioners have the standing to bring this mandamus action," Anderson
wrote Thursday.

The Minneapolis Police Department had roughly 740 officers with 66 on
leave in some capacity during the summer of 2020. At the time, the eight
residents claimed a mass "exodus" of law enforcement in the area resulted
in unprecedented violent crime.

“Every night in the Jordan neighborhood, on any given block from Emerson
to Lowry, you hear gunshots every night,” Span said when announcing the
lawsuit.

“What do we do? Who do we call if the city council says we’re going to
dismantle and defund your police department?" she asked.

In late January, the Minneapolis City Council moved to abolish its police
department for the second time following the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old
black man, on May 25, 2020. Three officials called for the end of the
police force to create a Department of Public Safety, which was dubbed an
initiative "beyond law enforcement."

"Minneapolis residents are imagining a comprehensive public safety
approach that is more effective and more reflective of our values, and
they are calling on the city to act," councilman Steve Fletcher said of
the plan that he spearheaded in concert with members Jeremy Schroeder and
Phillipe Cunningham. "This charter amendment creates a structure that
supports that vision and allows our city to innovate."

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In May, the petition was one step closer to going before voters in
November after residents delivered the required 20,000 signatures to place
the measure on the ballot. The Yes 4 Minneapolis coalition said the
proposal made it through necessary hurdles to go before voters in
November, according to its webpage.

The city of Minneapolis did not immediately respond to the Washington
Examiner's request for comment.

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