CNN Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council on Sunday announced they intend to defund and dismantle the citys police department following the police killing of George Floyd. Council President Lisa Bender told CNN that with the nine votes the city council members would have a veto-proof majority of the council's 13 members. The nine council members made the announcement at a community rally in Minneapolis. City council members had previously said they would take steps to dismantle the police department, including Bender, who tweeted earlier this week, Yes. We are going to Jeremiah Ellison, city councilman for Ward 5, tweeted a similar message Thursday, writing, "We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.