Minneapolis is spending $4,500 a day on private security for three city council members who support defunding the police after allegedly receiving threats, a local report published Friday showed.
Private security details cost Minneapolis taxpayers roughly $63,000 over the past three weeks, a spokesman for the city said, according to a Fox 9 report.
Council members Andrea Jenkins, Phillipe Cunningham and Alondra Cano are outspoken supporters of efforts to defund the Minneapolis Police Department, the report stated.
Minneapolis's city council began pushing to defund the police after former police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with murder for the death of George Floyd, a black man who died May 25 in Minneapolis police custody.
The police department does not have reports of threats against city council members, a representative for Minneapolis Police told Fox 9.
Other city officials across the country faced criticism for using private security while railing against their police departments.
Democratic Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez reportedly used police officers as security over the past two months while calling for the department to be defunded.
Private security details cost Minneapolis taxpayers roughly $63,000 over the past three weeks, a spokesman for the city said, according to a Fox 9 report.
Council members Andrea Jenkins, Phillipe Cunningham and Alondra Cano are outspoken supporters of efforts to defund the Minneapolis Police Department, the report stated.
Minneapolis's city council began pushing to defund the police after former police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with murder for the death of George Floyd, a black man who died May 25 in Minneapolis police custody.
The police department does not have reports of threats against city council members, a representative for Minneapolis Police told Fox 9.
Other city officials across the country faced criticism for using private security while railing against their police departments.
Democratic Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez reportedly used police officers as security over the past two months while calling for the department to be defunded.
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