Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Blue Flu in Minneapolis

They asked for it.

Proactive policing in Minneapolis plunged dramatically following the murder of George Floyd last year, even as violent crime soared, a new analysis reveals as the city prepares to vote on a ballot initiative to abolish the police department.

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 Reuters 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....

Citizens are unhappy; shootings abound, and as usual with "gansta shoots" there are dozens of bullets flying--un-aimed.  So houses and cars are full of holes.

Somebody ought to tell Minneapolis residents about the Second Amendment.

No comments: