Vice Presidential Hopeful Val Demings Lauds ‘Very Thoughtful’ Plan to Dismantle Police

Demings praised the Minneapolis City Council as it grapples with how to disband the city’s police department

David Rutz
June 8, 2020 12:20 PM

Rep. Val Demings (D., Fla.) called the Minneapolis City Council "very thoughtful" on Monday in its intent to defund and dismantle the police department.

Minneapolis City Council President Defends Plan to Dismantle Police

Says safety concerns come 'from a place of privilege'

Graham Piro
June 8, 2020 9:55 AM

Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender on Monday defended her governing body's plan to phase out the police department by saying she can imagine a future without police.

REVIEW: ‘This Is What America Looks Like’ by Rep. Ilhan Omar

Andrew Stiles
June 2, 2020 5:00 AM

“If a writer pitched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s life story to a Hollywood producer as a movie, it would likely be rejected as simply too impossible to believe,” Dean Obeidallah wrote recently at Salon.

Armed Civilians Save Local Businesses During Minneapolis Riots

'It's about d— time some heavily-armed rednecks stood with fellow citizens'

Stephen Gutowski
May 28, 2020 6:30 PM

A group of armed civilians successfully defended a pair of stores as riots tore through Minneapolis on Wednesday.