The marchers also demanded their community leaders break the paralyzing chokehold of police unions, which have kept scores of bad cops on police forces. Some protesters seek to better protect city residents from shifting city funding from the militarized police approach to civilian mental-health professionals and social workers (and teachers, often paid a fraction of the police base+overtime salary). In a historic move, on Sunday the Minneapolis City Council announced plans to shift to this approach. Last week, dozens of new examples of police brutality have flooded American screens, angering taxpayers who saw the frequent police use of gas and projectiles like rubber bullets, which have caused serious injury.



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