Officials from Minneapolis’ police union say critics of the police department are unfairly vilifying them and blast local elected officials who’ve called for major reform, even as union reps offer little on specific policing reforms they’d support.
Minneapolis Nearly a month after the death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement, and after repeatedly refusing requests for comment on an incident that sparked nationwide calls for policing reform, officials from the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis are breaking their silence.
'Scapegoats'In an interview Monday with CNN, union officials said they are being unfairly vilified by critics of the Minneapolis police department, and blasted local elected officials who have called for major reform of the department, even as union representatives offered little by way of specific policing reforms they would be willing to support.
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