Jacob Frey
Officials hope the agreement serves as a model for how cities, police departments and community members "can work together to address race-based policing and strengthen public safety.”
President Donald Trump is being slammed for disregarding to pay back cities for holding his campaign rallies.
The plan cuts nearly $8 million from the $179 million policing budget and redirects it to mental health teams, violence prevention programs and other initiatives.
Protesters booed Mayor Jacob Frey and told him to leave the protest after he said he supported police reform but not abolishing the department altogether.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"When the looting starts, the shooting starts," the president wrote as Minneapolis erupted for a third straight day.
The demonstrations turned violent in some areas after officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters near a police station.
“Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?” mayor Jacob Frey asked of the white police officer who kneeled on a Black man’s neck.
The move comes after a video showed an officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on Monday.
President Donald Trump is being slammed for disregarding to pay back cities for holding his campaign rallies.
In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Jacob Frey expressed his concern that the Trump campaign will not reimburse the Minnesota city after holding a costly rally.