Three Minneapolis City Council members who voted to dismantle the city's police department recently began using a private security detail for protection.
The city has spent $63,000 over the last three weeks to provide security for Andrea Jenkins of Ward 8, Phillipe Cunningham of Ward 4, and Alondra Cano of Ward 9, FOX 9 reported on Friday. The security detail, which is being provided by two firms, Aegis and BelCom, cost $4,500 a day.
The three city council members say they that have been receiving threats after George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died on Memorial Day once a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes despite his pleas for air.
“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,” Cunningham told the local news outlet, also explaining that the situation is temporary.
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