City government and congress did little to combat violent police actions because they would appear to be weak on crime and would certainly lose their next election.
While the city council of Minneapolis is ready to defund the police force the Mayor wants change but is concerned about the community being unprotected.
There may be a good reason why the city council feels the police force is so far gone it would be better to start over.
Tulsa and Oklahoma City are two of the worst United States cities for violent behavior coming from police officers.
Places like Los Angeles, California and New York City are not planning to defund police forces but to redirect funds to poor neighborhoods to help build up those places where people of color live.