Thursday, November 04, 2021
Status Quo
Minneapolis voters decided to keep their police department despite an intense campaign to replace it with a department of public safety. Some are saying it was a communications issue despite knocking on 100,000 doors, making 200,000 phone calls and sending 300,000 text messages. Maybe so, but the primary reason appears to be that the public doesn't want a defunded police department. They aren't persuaded it will work, and they fear for the safety of their city and its citizens. Radical ideas require prolonged persuasion -- months of outreach -- and even that might not be enough. Success is gained only through ground-pounding engagement with the same questions answered over and over again. The concept has to be made comfortable and not just an idea. Minneapolis activists didn't have enough time to break the proposal down into how it affects me, the Average Joe.
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