In Minneapolis, former gang members and ex-convicts are trying to end the cycle of violence by intervening in shootings and other conflicts. The city is spending nearly $700,000 on one program to test a new vision for public safety.
MINNEAPOLIS—On a street corner in south Minneapolis, where heroin addicts gathered in the shadow of an abandoned building, Tyrone Allen, a 48-year-old former gang member, dashed across a busy street and ordered 10 tacos from a stand. He handed the bag to one of the addicts to distribute.
“That’s my thing is feeding people,” said Mr. Allen, a worker with the Agape Movement, a local anti-violence group. “If I can help somebody in some way, shape or form, I’m good with that.”murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020. While some Minneapolis City Council members advocate replacing the police entirely, the council late last year shifted about $8 million from the mayor’s $179 million police budget to other services, such as violence prevention and mental health.
This fall, voters will weigh in on a referendum to replace the police department with a new department of public safety, which would put public health above law enforcement as a solution to gun violence. A similar measureViolent crime in Minneapolis has surged, with homicides investigated by the Minneapolis police reaching 82 in 2020, compared with 41 in 2019, according to state data.
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