I'll weigh in on this since I grew up in Minneapolis-St.Paul and spent the first 18 years of my life there, left for my first active duty tour, returned for college there, then left for grad school, my 2nd AD tour and never looked back. Taken out of context, this issue by the Mayor seems bizarre. In context it isn't. First that place is controlled by the DFL (Dem-Farmer-Labor). A group that espouses all the craziness you read about when you read about Minnesota. There are some conservatives up there (where the beacon of sanity is found) but they are simply tolerated and the most conservative in Minnesota is still less conservative than a southern democrat.
Early in college I was approached by a student activist and asked to sign a petition about the GI bill. Since I was wearing my BDU jacket with my SF tab etc he may have targeted me but I thought I'd help out some vets. When I asked him what the petition was for, he said and I quote: "this is to give EVERYONE on campus the GI bill". I said, hell no, go join the military and EARN the damn GI bill. This was to be the first of many run-ins on that campus for me. Also one of the political science profs used to say: if socialism is to get a foothold in the USA, it'll start in Minnesota! Also, the U of M was proud to state openly that one of its' physics profs was an avowed socialist and was the only one allowed to teach socialism/communism at the U of M at Minneapolis, he took that position away from the political science profs!
This is the state that gave us: Al Franken (who was NOT a resident of Minnesota but was helped by the DFL in winning a seat in congress from that state), Keith Ellison (now attorney general for Minn but a very far left progressive from Michigan, who came to Minn because he didn't think Mich was progressive enough, attended law school and racked up numerous parking tickets that over the years he refused to pay and it was a sore point for him since it dogged him continuously). Needless to say as a good Muslim his friendship with Louis Farakan, as well as with groups funding jihad against the USA (there is a picture of him in the middle east with one of those financiers) and his treatment of women cost him his position in congress. But the good people of Minnesota didn't hold that against him that's why they elected him recently to the AG spot.
The Minneapolis campus of the U of M had a student housing area across the Mississippi River and across from the main campus. It was huge and very well appointed and liked by students, it was like a small self contained village. The good citizens of Minneapolis emptied out the housing, kicked the students out and gave that area to the Somali immigrants ie Rep Omar. Now known as 'little mogadishu' it has rampant crime but the residents have pre-paid credit cards from the good citizens of Minnesota so they can't claim poverty but can pay for their housing, cars, food and financially help family members back in Somalia who couldn't sneak into the USA/Minnesota with other family members like some would say Rep Omar did by marrying her brother then divorcing him once he got here. You think the craziness stops there, not so.
Recently an Iranian Muslim convert to Christianity came to Mpls and went to the Mall of Americas. He had a discussion with some Somali women about religion. Another Somali woman came by, heard them talking about Islam-Christianity, called the mall security and said they were discussing religion. The Iranian was held for a few hours in security, had his phone taken away, was taken to the county jail and held without charges, wasn't able to contact his lawyer or loved ones and after some hours was released (this was written in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune paper). Better yet was when Somali taxi drivers at the Minn airport would refuse to pick up a passenger carrying alcoholic beverages since they said it is against their religion to be around alcohol. The city council of Minneapolis was tongue-tied trying to defend the Somali drivers but also the 'right' to buy alcohol and have it in a public taxi. You can't make this craziness up, it's real and it's going to get worse.
In 2017 there were 7 politicians running for the city council of Minneapolis, and they ALL stated that they could see getting rid of the police force in Minneapolis since they felt the police are the problem. Or what about the single lady, who was found out by the Somali male community that she lived alone, a few males came to her yard and protested openly her 'life style'. She called the Minneapolis police for help, she was told 'don't make the protestors angry or mad' and after a 45 minute wait the cops showed up. There are some sane folks up there, but they are few and far between. As I say now; northern by birth, southern by choice.