Minneapolis city council members were absolutely on board with abolishing the police department. They tried to get the police department removed entirely from t

Minneapolis city council members were absolutely on board with abolishing the police department. They tried to get the police department removed entirely from the city charter, replaced with a "safety" department that could optionally hire police staff, if they felt it was necessary. They have since backed off (and several were voted out of office). They also used "abolish" and "defund" interchangably, because defunding and abolishing the police department was the goal. Edit: I also just noticed several comments in this thread explicitely calling for abolishing as the commenters believe reform is impossible.