Minneapolis residents urging each other not to call 911 during emergency as a form of protest over Floyd death

Finn replied to the tweet with a picture of a message telling people not to call the police.

Policing in Minneapolis has drawn significant scrutiny in the days following the May 25 death of Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody. A white police officer can be seen in a now-viral video kneeling on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while another officer stood by and onlookers begged him to stop.

Several celebrities and politicians have called for police departments across the country to be defunded or abolished completely.

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted Friday that the Minneapolis Police Department is past the point of being meaningfully reformed and should be disbanded.

“The Minneapolis Police Department has proven themselves beyond reform,” Omar said. “It’s time to disband them and reimagine public safety in Minneapolis. Thank you to @MplsWard3 for your leadership on this!”

Lisa Bender, president of the Minneapolis City Council, said that she does, in fact, intend on “dismantling” the police department.

“Yes,” Bender tweeted. “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety.”