Did Minneapolis Police Tell Residents to ‘Cooperate’ With Robbers After City Defunded Cops?

Posted on AllSides August 5th, 2020
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In early August 2020, Snopes readers asked about social media memes and articles stating that Minneapolis officials had advised citizens to cooperate with criminals, the result of lawlessness emanating from defunding the police department. See the example above of one such meme.

The articles and memes being shared misleadingly stated that the city had already defunded its police department, giving the false impression that Minneapolis had no police patrolling the city. That is not the case.

The Minneapolis Police Department remains in operation. On June 26, 2020, the City Council...

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