Minneapolis City Council members, some of whom support defunding the city's police department, say their constituents are “terrified” by a violent uptick.https://t.co/EnUY1zcKjI
— MPR News (@MPRnews) September 16, 2020
With violent crime on the rise in Mpls., City Council asks: Where are the police?
I don’t know, you voted to defund them you stupid, short-sighted fucks.
But for much of the two-hour meeting, council members told police Chief Medaria Arradondo that their constituents are seeing and hearing street racing which sometimes results in crashes, brazen daylight carjackings, robberies, assaults and shootings. And they asked Arradondo what the department is doing about it.
“Residents are asking, ‘Where are the police’?” said Jamal Osman, newly elected council member of Ward 6. He said he’s already been inundated with complaints from residents that calls for police aren’t being answered.
“That is the only public safety option they have at the moment. MPD. They rely on MPD. And they are saying they are nowhere to be seen,” Osman said.
Boo-hoo-hoo.
The number of reported violent crimes, like assaults, robberies and homicides are up compared to 2019, according to MPD crime data. More people have been killed in the city in the first nine months of 2020 than were slain in all of last year. Property crimes, like burglaries and auto thefts, are also up. Incidents of arson have increased 55 percent over the total at this point in 2019.
Fuck you, I was told those were just peaceful protests. You don’t get to complain about arson after you blew all that smoke up my ass.
Council President Lisa Bender, who was among those leading the call to overhaul the department, suggested that officers were being defiant. Her constituents say officers on the street have admitted that they’re purposely not arresting people who are committing crimes.
Maybe treating the cops like murderers and because the city suppressed the information that George Floyd overdosed caused the cops to come down with the Blue Flu.
Council members in wards which usually don’t see high levels of violence say their constituents are feeling “terrorized.”
Awww… are the wealthy, white, suburbanite Progressives not happy with what they voted for?
Kiss my ass.
Despite the uptick of crime in his ward, Cunningham, who supports the creation of a new community safety agency to replace the police department, said it’s particularly important now to start instituting some of those public health-based approaches to violence prevention. Recently, the council took more than $1 million from the police budget to hire “violence interrupters” to intervene and defuse potentially violent confrontations.
I guess those “violence interrupters” aren’t working. Glad you spent a million on them.
The Leftists voted for that shit sandwich and now they don’t like the taste of it.
All I can say to them is: “Fuck you, you ordered that turd with corn and extra jalapeños, now you have to eat it. Try not to choke you dumb fucks.”
Gentlemen, to your violins. I believe a sad tune is in order for these folks. Try to hold back your belly laughs.
I am constantly reminded of how the left side of the political aisle is full of toddlers.
Seriously, how in the world could anyone think that defunding the police department would result in anything other than MORE crime? Know who thinks that way? A child.
The big question is whether these insane morons are going to get re-elected.
If not, there is hope. If yes, then clearly the answer is “this must be what you want, have a good time.”
Well, after you’ve shown the police (not just told them) that: A) arresting people does no good because the offenders will be released on no-bond before the arrest paperwork is done, and B) if any officer is forced to use any amount of force in arresting any offenders, or in defending him/herself from violent offenders, the city and the district attorney will do everything they can to bankrupt that officer and put him/her in prison, maybe they just don’t feel like putting themselves out for you? Just a guess.
The more they attack people that are clearly defending themselves or working within the policies of their department the harder it is to back the police reforms that are needed. Things like qualified indemnity.
I’m reminded of the comment by the lead officer that took down Rodney King. When he was first told that the arrest had been caught on video his response was:
GREAT! This will be used as training material for proper force escalation for years to come.
The jury agreed that it was proper use of force.
But _Don’t Make the Black Kid Mad_ was true then, they got mad and burned their city down.
I’d say that, in this case, it’s not so much a case of “I just want to live to go home at the end of my shift,” and more a case of “I just want to avoid being charged with a felony before this shift is over, simply for doing my job.”
“Cause, have you met Effect? I believe that you have a lot to talk about!”
I am shocked, shocked to find gambling in this establishment!
(Your winnings, sir.)
(Ah, thank you.)