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Home Front: Politix

Minneapolis City Council Panics Over Surge In Violence After Demonizing Police: 'Where Are The Police?'

2020-09-17

[DAILYWIRE] The Democrat-controlled Minneapolis City Council is reportedly panicking as ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful crime is surging throughout the city after they called for defunding the police department following the death of George Floyd in late May.

During a two-hour Minneapolis City Council meeting on police reform, "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," MPR News reported. "The number of reported ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful 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."

"Residents are asking, ’Where are the police’?" said city council member Jamal Osman. MPR News says that Osman indicated that he has been flooded with complaints with residents that their calls for help from the police are not being answered. The report said that some city council members whose constituents live in safer areas are now feeling "terrorized."

"That is the only public safety option they have at the moment: MPD," Osman said. "They rely on MPD. And they are saying they are nowhere to be seen."

City Council President Lisa Bender, who led the charge in the initial calls to defund the police department, complained that she thought the officers were being defiant.

"This is not new," Bender claimed. "But it is very concerning in the current context."

The news comes as approximately 100 officers have left the department or taken a leave of absence since the start of the year, more than double the normal rate.

Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham called out those on the city council who were complaining about the lack of a policing after they had called for defunding the police department.

Posted by:Fred

#5 The City Council voted to defund the police--dammit, not defend or refund!

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-09-17 16:56

#4 Minneapolis City Council’s ‘hypocrisy’ amid crime uptick ‘astounding,’ GOP congressional candidate says

Posted by: Skidmark 2020-09-17 13:18

#3 The city council voted to defend the police and now they are bitching about the surge is violence. Boneheads. Time to get a new city council.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-09-17 10:58

#2 brazen daylight carjackings, robberies, assaults and shootings

Quick, deploy the social workers! Empathize! Counsel!

But you'd better have a good supply of social workers.

Posted by: Matt 2020-09-17 10:50

#1 Cops not behaving the way you think they should? Just getcha sommore cops! Easy-peasy!

Posted by: Bobby 2020-09-17 08:23

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