Minneapolis City Council postpones proposal to move violence prevention funds to county
After a lengthy and sometimes heated discussion, the Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to indefinitely postpone a proposal to have Hennepin County temporarily oversee two of the city’s violence intervention programs.
Mpls City Council postpones vote on moving violence prevention funds to the county indefinitely
The Minneapolis City Council voted to postpone the motion on moving Group Violence Intervention (GVI) funds to Hennepin County indefinitely.
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The debate descended into some personal attacks and became sort of a proxy war for bigger political battles at Minneapolis City Hall.
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McAfee is the founder nonprofit violence prevention group 21 Days of Peace, which the Star Tribune reports has received $3 million in Legislature-directed funding in recent years, while his church won a $300,000 contract from the city to carry out a de-escalation initiative.
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A proposal by members of a Minneapolis City Council committee to transfer more than $1 million worth of funding for violence intervention work from the city to Hennepin County was forwarded on Monday to the full council.
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