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Hundreds sign up to speak on Minneapolis plan to cut police

by Amy ForlitiSteve Karnowski
| December 9, 2020 5:27 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 300 Minneapolis residents signed up to speak Wednesday night on a plan to shrink the city's police department, with some pleading for City Council members to deliver the reforms they promised after George Floyd's death and others warning it would be irresponsible to cut officers amid soaring crime rates.

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