Minneapolis Residents Sue City for Lack of Police Protection: ‘Our Lives Are Becoming Unlivable’

Police take back the streets at around midnight after firing copious amounts of tear gas to disperse protesters and rioters outside the Minneapolis Police 5th Precinct during the fourth night of protests and violence following the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 29, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

A group of Minneapolis residents and community leaders suing the city over lack of police protection on Monday argued their case before a county judge.

In their complaint, the plaintiffs said Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council’s push to “defund” and “disband” the city’s police department has made their neighborhood dangerous. All eight of them live on Minneapolis’s North Side, which has a higher concentration of violent crime compared to other parts of the city.