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   Several Minneapolis City Council members who have received death   
   threats following their calls to defund the police after the   
   death of George Floyd have been assigned private security   
   details -- reportedly costing the city $4,500 a day in taxpayer   
   dollars.   
      
   According to information obtained by Fox News, the city has   
   spent $63,000 on private security over the last three weeks.   
      
   “The names of the people getting security details are not   
   public,” a city spokesperson told Fox News Saturday.   
      
   The names of three council members who are receiving private   
   security detail have already been made public, two of whom   
   interviewed with local affiliate Fox 9 on Friday. The   
   spokesperson did not respond to Fox News' questions about   
   whether or not there were additional council members receiving   
   security detail.   
      
   The threats reportedly came after the council members were vocal   
   in their calls to defund the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).   
      
   The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a proposal to   
   eliminate the city's police department Friday, initiating steps   
   toward establishing a new "holistic" approach to public safety.   
      
   The largely white police force has struggled to regain the   
   city’s trust after the death of George Floyd. The new proposal   
   would eliminate the existing police department and instead   
   create "a department of community safety and violence   
   prevention, which will have responsibility for public safety   
   services prioritizing a holistic, public health-oriented   
   approach."   
      
   One council member told Fox 9: “I don’t feel comfortable   
   publicly discussing the death threats against me or the level of   
   security I currently have protecting me from those threats.”   
      
   They noted that the security detail was temporary.   
      
   But another council member told the outlet they had been worried   
   about security since they were sworn in.   
      
   “My concern is the large number of white nationalist[s] in our   
   city and other threatening communications I’ve been receiving,”   
   they said.   
      
   None of the council members responded to Fox News’ request for   
   comment.   
      
   The Minneapolis Police Department, which would traditionally   
   provide security in this scenario, could not be reached by Fox   
   News but told Fox 9 that the MPD does not have any records of   
   recent threats against the three council members -- adding that   
   it was possible the record could have been filed confidentially.   
      
   “Council members have reported to staff numerous threats to   
   themselves personally,” the city told Fox News Saturday.   
      
   One of the council members who spoke with Fox 9 said they did   
   not alert the threats to the MPD because they were consumed with   
   dealing with the “global pandemic and global uprising” after   
   Floyd's death. But they noted that the threats had been wide-   
   ranging, attacking their ethnicity, gender identity and   
   sexuality.   
      
   The Minneapolis mayor’s office could not be reached by Fox News   
   to address the security threats against the council members. But   
   a city spokesperson told Fox 9 that the MPD resources were   
   needed elsewhere in the community. They also said that the cost   
   of the private security detail was roughly the same as the cost   
   for the taxpayer as would be MPD security services.   
      
   Private security has been provided by two firms, Aegis and   
   BelCom, as an interim fix until other security solutions can be   
   established.   
      
   “This security service was intended to be temporary and [a]   
   bridge to other security measures implemented by council members   
   themselves,” a city spokesperson told Fox News.   
      
   The security expenses do not need city council approval unless   
   the amount surpasses $175,000. A spokesperson for the city told   
   Fox 9 that the temporary security costs are not anticipated to   
   come near that threshold.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-city-council-members-   
   private-security-detail-death-threats   
       
      
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