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Group of Minneapolis Police Officers Quit as Protests Elsewhere Continue

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   Seven Minneapolis police officers have quit as the future of the city's
   entire police department is uncertain after the death of George Floyd.

   It is unclear if their leaving has anything to do directly with Floyd.

   The department sent a statement to Minneapolis radio station WCCO
   saying "People seek to leave employment for a myriad of reason. The MPD
   is no exception. Due to these employment separations, we have not noted
   any indicators that would impact public safety."

   But several officers have told the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper
   that they are upset by Mayor Jacob Frey's decision to abandon the
   city's third precinct during the Floyd protests two weeks ago.

   Officers were ordered to leave that section of the city and their
   precinct house was burned.

   "If we decided to continue to hold the 3rd Precinct there very likely
   would have been hand-to-hand combat, likely serious injury and maybe
   death, and in the decision between a building and life-or-death we
   decided to evacuate," Frey has said.

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