The move comes after council members said the pastor threatened them and one of his team members ended up behind bars.

The city of Minneapolis is withdrawing its request that a controversial pastor’s nonprofit get a nearly $650,000 violence prevention contract. The Rev. Jerry McAfee’s nonprofit, Salem Inc., was among six entities chosen by the city Neighborhood Safety department to be awarded violence interruption contracts under a program called MinneapolUS.

The charges were filed the same day Rev. Jerry McAfee's nonprofit violence interruption program was dropped from consideration of a new contract.