Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey entered his second term promising to bring together a coalition of allies and former rivals to enact meaningful change to the Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd's murder.
Two months in, a series of bruising revelations are raising fresh questions about his credibility on police reform — the very issue on which he hinged his re-election bid.
Amir Locke's killing during a police raid highlighted the Frey campaign's false claims that he had banned no-knock warrants. The department said it had stopped teaching officers about the controversial theory of excited delirium — and a Star Tribune report showed that was false. A new workgroup the mayor convened to provide him with safety recommendations has already lost two members, including one who raised concerns about its private meetings.
"I've had plenty of time to talk to the mayor about how disheartened I have been and heartbroken that I have been," said the Rev. DeWayne Davis, co-chair of the group advising the mayor on safety issues. "He now has to show leadership and he has to do it without favor or fear."
Where Davis saw disappointments, some of Frey's most vocal critics saw something else: confirmation of their belief that the mayor was unfit to oversee the city's Police Department.
"Unfortunately, it pretty much holds to pattern for Mayor Frey," said Jae Yates, an organizer with Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar. "I think that he has a history of making a lot of...
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