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Republicans in the Minnesota House aim to combat violent urban crime through a list of proposals, while the Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, remains skeptical. 

Rep. John Poston promoted the proposals on Facebook applauding the efforts of Republican representatives. Minority leader, Kurt Daudt, along with the rest of GOP leaders in the Minnesota House view rising urban crimes as one of the most pressing issues in Minnesota. 

In response, they announced a slate of bills designed to curb violent street crime. 

Daudt said that the GOP represented all the residents of Minnesota and that they were “worried about the safety of all the families who travel to urban locations for work or who travel for recreational purposes and people who have to travel to cities to see their families."

The slate of bills call for an increase in police capacity by prohibiting their disarmament in any situation, increasing the budgets of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension against gangs and drug trafficking, imposing more strict sentencing for perpetrators of violent crimes with guns and obligating all the cities to maintain substantial security in all public places as well as the transit systems, according to the Star Tribune.

Frey, accused the Republican representatives of misleading the masses and termed the proposals as the instruments of division between urban and rural centers, the President of Police Federation of Minneapolis views this as a promising proposal. In an interview with reporters, Lieutenant Bob Kroll spoke regarding the proposals.

“I hope that these proposals will invoke a debate among the legislative authorities on enhancing the authority as well as the capacity of police authorities against violent gangs that possess weapons,” Kroll said.