Minneapolis mayor booed out of protest after reportedly refusing to defund police
By: Adam Shaw (Fox News)
Minneapolis' Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey was booed out of a protest on Saturday after reportedly refusing to back far-left calls to defund the Minneapolis Police Department -- a week after riots and looting tore through the city in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody.
"Go home Jacob, go home," the demonstrators yelled at the mayor, as others booed and chanted "Shame, shame, shame."
The angry reaction from the crowd came after Frey said he did not back calls to defund the city's police force. He is seen walking away slowly as one protester gives him the middle finger and at least one object was thrown at him.
Other video showed Frey being interrogated by protest leaders about whether he would support abolishing or defunding the police. He says he has "been coming to grips with my own brokenness in this situation" and promises to revamp "a systemic racist system." He says the "police union needs to be put in its place" and police practices reworked.
But as protesters grow agitated at his answer, the unidentified leader demands a "yes or no" answer, saying: "We don't want no more police."
"I do not support the full abolition of the Minneapolis Police Department," Frey says.
"Alright, then get the f--- out of here," the leader yells at him. "Go."
The protest was part of a number of demonstrations across the country in response to the death of Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after a police officer was seen kneeling into his neck. Floyd's death has sparked protests and riots across the country in response to what activists claim is the latest in a series of police brutality incidents against black Americans.
As the protests have roiled the country and sparked a fresh debate on racism and police brutality, a number of far-left groups and Democratic politicians have called for either the defunding or the entire abolition of police departments.
Several members of the Minneapolis City Council this week have expressed support for a move to "dismantle" the police department and replace it with "a transformative new model for public safety."
"We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department," Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a representative of the city's Ward 5, tweeted. "And when we're done, we're not simply gonna glue it back together. We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response. It's really past due."
Frey, like many officials in cities, has tried to walk a fine line between supporting the protests against brutality, and condemning the violence and looting that has wreaked havoc in Minneapolis in the last week. President Trump has criticized Frey as "far-left" and "weak" in his response to the protests.
But he appears to have become the latest Democratic mayor to have upset protesters by not moving swiftly enough to agree to their demands.
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who had "Black Lives Matter" painted on a city block near the White House, got slammed by BLM's District of Columbia chapter for not agreeing to gut the police department budget.
"This is a performative distraction from real policy changes," the chapter tweeted. "Bowser has consistently been on the wrong side of BLMDC history. This is to appease white liberals while ignoring our demands."
"Black Lives Matter means defund the police," it said.
Fox News' Tyler Olson and Marisa Schultz contributed to this report.
Adam Shaw is a reporter covering U.S. and European politics for Fox News.. He can be reached here.
Poor Jacob....Go home Jacob...Your'e not radical enough for your degenerate constituents!
The same goes for the DC Mayor
Only de Blasio who actually is diverting NYPD funds gets the nod from the radical left!
Trump is off topic
Did you see his walk of shame? Hillaryious. He did say that abolishing the police was a stupid idea though, so you have to give him credit for that.
Did he kneel down like LA mayor Garcetti?
He did say that abolishing the police was a stupid idea though, so you have to give him credit for that.
Imagine being the mayor of a decaying city and having no police department?
Ya, even the likes of a Jacob Frey gets it!
"You know, he's up for reelection next year. If he says no, you know what we're going to fucking do with that"
Classy.........SMH
They all learned the power of the ballot box. The power to do good or evil.
Proving once again that hyena's will eat their own.
Way to grow a pair Frey. You just might get reelected after all.
"We don't want no more police."
Let's be clear:
democrats want to do this, Republicans want to protect Americans.
saying: "We don't want no more police."
that makes it easier for them to do things they are not supposed to do
Those same people with bitch and moan when their shit gets ripped off or destroyed and they can't get a cop to bust the bad guys.
Get a look at democratic congressional leaders:
Pandering fools!
Why an artist's rendition? No photographic proof?
It isn't fake.
Now I know I am correct to vote a straight Republican ticket for the first time ever. Democrats have completely lost their shit!
That's real Paula. You can't tell?
Please tell me that's a drawing or a caricature. Please tell me that's not a real image of the House floor.
I mean, where's the outrage from the Left on Cultural Appropriation?
That only happens when someone on the right does it. They have the almighty D behind their names! That makes everything OK!
That is where the democratic party is these days - firmly against America!
Hell, let's find a spot where they can try their experiment. Make sure to publicize it, and give people a chance to either flee or come. Are they still using the dome from the Truman Show?
And there goes the police vote, the law and order vote, and the Union vote in one fell swoop. It is not like the radical liberal morons that were berating him were ever going to vote for him again.
Love it when a political jackass flushes their career down the toilet when trying to appease radicals.
FOR 9 MINUTES!