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<p>When on the spot, at a rally of more than 2,000 demonstrators, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Freya, declined to commit to defunding the police and to abolish the Police Department, a sea of protesters drove Mayor Jacob Frey out of a rally chanting <strong>“Shame”</strong> and <strong>“Go home, Jacob, go home".</strong></p>
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<p>Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, a 38-year-old Democrat, civil rights lawyer, who swept into office in 2018 on promises to fix the broken relationship between the community and the police, showed up at an anti-police protest in Minnesota where organizers demanded he commit to defunding the police department, a proposal that is gaining steam among left-wingers and demonstrators.

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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em>“Jacob Frey, we have a yes or no question for you ... Yes or no, will you commit to defunding Minneapolis’s police department?” </em></strong></p>
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<p>When Frey didn’t answer the question, the organizer continued:</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em>“What did I say? We don’t want no more police. It’s that clear … It is a yes or a no, will you defund the Minneapolis Police Department? It’s important that we hear this because if y’all don’t know, he’s up for re-election next year. And if he says no, guess what the f*** we gonna do next year.”</em></strong></p>
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<p>And then the mayor’s answered, send the crowd into a frenzy when he said:</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em>“I do not support the abolition of the police department,”.</em></strong></p>
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<p>After that protesters began chanting, <strong><em>“Go home Jacob, go home! Go home Jacob, go home!”</em></strong> and they drove Mayor Jacob Frey out of a rally.</p>
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<p>Jacob Frey is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats over his response to protests and violent unrest. He believes that the city’s police department must undergo <strong><em>“structural reforms”</em></strong> and that a <strong><em>“systemic, racist system needs to be revamped.”</em></strong></p>
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