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The Minneapolis Police Department is on pace to blow its budget by over $23 million this year — well beyond the extra overtime racked up during the federal immigration crackdown.

startribune.comSpiraling police overtime at issue as O’Hara fights for second term as Minneapolis chiefThe Minneapolis Police Department is on pace to blow its budget by $23 million this year, and city council members are asking questions.

8/5/26, 2:18 pm10 reposts36 likes

illprobdeleteit

@jaysyk.bsky.social

8 May

"Oh, that? That's just our normal extortion now for extortion forever that everybody does. I did it last year"

B.Sky

@beezguy.bsky.social

8 May

You'd think this should exclude overtime since how do you even work overtime in retirement?

l0mbroso.bsky.social

@l0mbroso.bsky.social

8 May

Thanks to a transplanted mayor and kooky council. Gives a new meaning to the word carpetbagger.

millenniumapproach.bsky.social

@millenniumapproach.bsky.social

8 May

How is the city council responsible for the police wasting money paying police to stay home and not do anything? Or more generally, how is the city council responsible for the police’s performance? You know who they report to, yes?

l0mbroso.bsky.social

@l0mbroso.bsky.social

8 May

The budget.

Brandi Bennett

@bbennettesq.bsky.social

8 May

They went $20m over the council approved budget last year. That's not the council's fault. It's the police commissioner who is managed by Frey. The same one Frey is attempting to reappoint. 🤷‍♀️

Bob Alberti

@a1batross.bsky.social

8 May

Minnesota's badge mafia wants more money.

Red Squirrel Farm

@redsquirrelfarm.bsky.social

8 May

It was not an "immigration crackdown." Mpls is not a border zone, and the paramilitaries were here under orders from Stephen Miller to "force confrontations" with protesters to win the "PR battle." That's not immigration enforcement. Nor is illegally kidnapping people based on profiling and AI.

Greg Spooner

@spoonsky.bsky.social

8 May

ACAB

Freealonzo

@freealonzo.bsky.social

9 May

In Yackov Smirnoff voice: In Minneapolis, police defund you!