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08/06/2020 04:06 GMT: Minneapolis council pledges to dismantle police

Minneapolis council pledges to dismantle police

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The significant move comes amid nationwide anti-racism protests

The significant move comes amid nationwide anti-racism protests sparked by George Floyd's death.

A majority of Minneapolis City Council has pledged to dismantle the local police department, a significant move amid nationwide protests sparked by George Floyd's death last month; Brazil's health ministry says the country has now registered more than thirty seven thousand deaths linked to Covid-19, with a total of more than six-hundred and eighty thousand cases, since the outbreak began; and the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has announced a significant easing of coronavirus restrictions on day to day activities across the country.

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