Dozens of principals from Minneapolis Public Schools gathered together this week bring attention to the violence that has plagued the city.
The same Minneapolis where the far-left city council has been pushing to defund and dismantle the police department.
North High School Principal Mauri Melander Friestleben spoke about the murder of 17-year-old student who was shot & killed not far from where she stood.
In the Facebook Live video that was later posted to YouTube, Friestleben says “we literally are in a city right now that is completely and entirely out of control. I just have to absolutely say it the way I feel it.It feels like when I walk into a classroom where the teacher has given up."
Minneapolis has seen a spike in gun violence and other violent crimes since the spring. So far this year, 382 people have been shot — the most in 15 years — and 59 homicides have been recorded. Meanwhile, the Minneapolis Police Department's 911 call response times have slowed, and their approach to crime is less proactive, city records show.
In the Facebook Live video, Friestleben shared frustrations that her students can't return to school while they see people in the community "doing whatever they want … and law enforcement drives right past."