Minneapolis became the battleground for a national activist-driven debate about defunding police departments. The Democrats running the city are so beholden to those activists that the ensuing years in Minneapolis have been all about police reforms and not about the surge in murders the city has been unable to handle.

The Minneapolis City Council voted 12-0 in favor of a consent decree with the Department of Justice to oversee police reform in the city. Police reform has been the dominant narrative surrounding Minneapolis since officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in 2020.