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Crime soars in Minneapolis as cops fear being unfairly targeted in woke viral videos
 [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Proactive policing in Minneapolis plunged dramatically following the murder of George Floyd last year, even as In the year following Floyd's death, traffic stops in Minneapolis plunged 74 percent, patrols of known problem areas were down 76 percent, and stops of suspicious people plunged 75 percent, according to a Rooters investigation. Confidential police sources said that part of the slowdown was due to a staffing shortage amid an exodus from the department, but that much of the reduction in policing was due to a fear of being caught up in an incident that could go viral in a climate of anti-cop sentiment. One officer said that some Minneapolis cops even deliberately take a longer route than necessary to respond to 911 calls, in the hope that whatever the emergency is, it will be resolved by the time they arrive. In April, the average police response time to priority 911 calls was 40 percent longer than it had been a year earlier, Rooters found. With fewer police stops, cops have fewer chances to recover illegal drugs and guns, and Posted by: Fred 2021-09-15 |
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