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Why voters rejected plans to replace the Minneapolis Police Department – and what's next for policing reform

  • Written by Michelle S. Phelps, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Minnesota
imagePrecincts around where George Floyd was killed voted in favor of disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department.Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Voters in Minneapolis rejected a measure that would have transformed the city’s policing 18 months after the killing of George Floyd thrust the city into the forefront of the police reform debate.

By a 56% to...

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