The Minneapolis school board on Tuesday voted unanimously to terminate its contract with the city's police department over the killing of George Floyd, who died after a now-fired office held his knee on Floyd's neck.
The school board is ceasing talks with the police department and will be seeking a new plan for safety in its schools for the upcoming school year, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
"I value people and education and life," school board chairwoman Kim Ellison told the paper. "Now I’m convinced, based on the actions of the Minneapolis Police Department, that we don’t have the same values."
"I firmly believe that it is completely unnatural to have police in schools," school board member Kimberly Caprini said during the board's meeting.
Both the Minneapolis and St. Paul school districts have been criticized for using school resource officers, the paper reported. Both are looking to move from an enforcer role to a mentor.
Though officers got mostly positive reviews in 2018-2019, the same reviews also showed that the resource officers had more interactions with black students than other students, according to the Star Tribune.
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