A supporter of Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff backed calls by members of the Minneapolis City Council this week to dismantle the city's police department and said that, if he is elected to the county commission seat he is currently running for, he would put forward similar legislation. "Today, #Minneapolis took a bold step in reimagining public safety beyond policing & incarceration," he wrote, before continuing to say that "I stand w/" the nine members of the Minneapolis City Council who support taking apart the city's police department. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Terry threw his support behind Ossoff in early May. “We need to reimagine how we are achieving public safety in America,” she said, noting that cities that direct “one-third of the budget to police” instead of “public schools, job training and job creation—come on. That officer has been charged with second-degree murder while three others who were present were charged with aiding and abetting.

Source: Fox News June 09, 2020 14:57 UTC