In reply to Mike.

In reality, the council opened the office of violence prevention and launched a study of 9-1-1 calls well before the murder of George Floyd, which is something I mentioned in the piece. That was led by CM Cunningham. The council also made an attempt before the murder of George Floyd, led by CM Gordon, to bring the police under more council control, but it did not succeed.

So it's just factually inaccurate that the council under Bender's presidency "did nothing with MPD reform." Within the limited powers that they had (again, the responsibility for MPD reform rested and still rests with the mayor alone) they laid the groundwork for what is being discussed today.