Minneapolis mayoral hopefuls split on policing
At a Wednesday forum at The Capri Theater in Minneapolis, mayoral candidates outlined contrasting approaches to policing and public safety with less than three weeks before Election Day. All agreed the city needs officers for violent crime, while diverging on funding priorities and responses to non‑violent calls, with Mayor Jacob Frey emphasizing hiring more officers and others focusing on reallocating resources toward behavioral crisis response and alternatives to police.
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📌 Key Facts
- Forum location: The Capri Theater, Minneapolis; timing: Wednesday night in mid-October 2025
- Participants quoted: Jacob Frey, Omar Fateh, Dr. DeWayne Davis, Jazz Hampton, Brenda Short
- Common ground: need for police presence on violent crime; differences on funding allocation and handling non‑violent incidents
📚 Contextual Background
- Members of the Minnesota Medical Association held a news conference at the Minnesota State Capitol calling for a special legislative session to address gun violence following the Annunciation Church and School mass shooting in Minneapolis.
- Officers responded to a fight call at an apartment building at 15 East Grand Street in Loring Park, Minneapolis, on Sept. 27 just before 2 p.m., and found two men dead from gunshot wounds.
- Law enforcement determined the driver, Talon Covie-Cadrell Walker, was driving at more than 100 miles per hour and was above the legal alcohol limit at the time of the October 2024 Minneapolis crash; police recovered an open bottle of liquor in the Chevy Avalanche he was driving.