Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey nominated interim Police Chief Bill Peterson on Oct. 9 to lead the Minneapolis Police Department permanently, setting up a City Council confirmation fight over who should run a department still under pressure to reform.
Communities United Against Police Brutality, a Minneapolis advocacy group, immediately called on the council to reject the choice. The group’s president, Michelle Gross, said Peterson is “steeped in the same old culture that led to the murder of George Floyd.”
“The most important job of any leader is to shape the culture of the organization they lead,” Gross said in a statement. “His history of complaints and misconduct make it clear that he is not the leader we need.”…