We demand that Minneapolis invest in real safety solutions like violence prevention, housing, responses to mental health and opioid crises, and protections for workers instead of 14 more cops.

As members of the Minneapolis community, we know that access to housing, youth services, harm reduction, and protections for low-wage workers help keep our communities more safe and more stable. For too long, our city has not prioritized the safety of our most marginalized community members: Black, indigenous, and people of color; immigrants; and LGBTQ community members. Instead, the city has continued to invest in policing, a system making the problem worse. 

We stand with our neighbors and community organizations who are doing work on the ground to provide safety and services for our neighbors, who are often being told that "there's not enough money to go around." Minneapolis has continued to increase its police budget each year, without putting even a fraction of those resources toward solutions that really work. We deserve a city that funds the ways we take care of each other. We need a city that prioritizes ALL of us.