Demand Minneapolis City Council defund Minneapolis Police Department and invest those dollars to create safe and inclusive schools for Black and Brown students.
While we support the School Board's decision to terminate the contract with MPD, we are disheartened that it took the public, violent murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers - and protesters taking to the street - in order for MPS to take action. Students have been demanding this action for years. They have organized large community events, met with multiple stakeholders, provided public testimony, and delivered petitions with hundreds of signatures, demanding that MPS end its policing of schools through our #ProtectedNotSuspected campaign.