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

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

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.