I'm getting some 'Bad Info' about Life in Minneapolis --- is it True?

[Teak]

And we can't forget the Feeding Our Future group who donated heavily to DFL (Democrat) candidates. Their $250 million fraud is notable for being missed by the DFL-controlled governorship, legislature, and state Department of Health.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-at...ing-our-future

Gee, what can be done??

So, to answer the OP's question, i.e., topic of the thread: No, you aren't getting bad info about the political life in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

[GraniteStater]

More strangeness going on, Nicole Mitchell, Senator, and former broadcast meteorologist at the The Weather Channel and New York:

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota...2a15c15b73a339

[Teak]

Wow, what a weekend!

According to CrimeWatchMpls, this weekend there were:

86 automobile thefts (31 in the Lakes and Uptown area, 21 in South Minneapolis, and 17 in NE and SE Minneapolis)
16 robberies (3 carjackings)
76 assaults
20 Shotspotter activations
51 thefts (stolen purses, items snatched from cars, larceny)

It sounds like a few organized groups are going around and doing the bulk of the crimes.

I don't read the Star-Tribune so I wonder if they are reporting these.

[jmgg]

Originally Posted by Teak

Wow, what a weekend!

According to CrimeWatchMpls, this weekend there were:

86 automobile thefts (31 in the Lakes and Uptown area, 21 in South Minneapolis, and 17 in NE and SE Minneapolis)
16 robberies (3 carjackings)
76 assaults
20 Shotspotter activations
51 thefts (stolen purses, items snatched from cars, larceny)

It sounds like a few organized groups are going around and doing the bulk of the crimes.

I don't read the Star-Tribune so I wonder if they are reporting these.

People in cities with high crime become numb to it knowing that other than to just get it recorded on their insurance policy, in most cases after reporting the crime, nothing will be done about it.

Worse yet, if someone is arrested and they know you're the one who reported it, you can become a target for revenge. They might be on your front door the very next day after being released. So, it's often not reported. Since it's not reported, it doesn't become a statistic. Then, the politicians can brag on how crime is going down compared to years before when people actually WERE reporting crime.

Criminals in the Twin Cities know they have a get out of jail free card. This is what happens when your police department is neutered by brainless politicians voted into office by "progressives". Not very progressive in my book.

[Teak]

Originally Posted by jmgg

Criminals in the Twin Cities know they have a get out of jail free card. This is what happens when your police department is neutered by brainless politicians voted into office by "progressives". Not very progressive in my book.

We'll have to see how the elections go this year. I know that Rudy Giulani "cleaned up" New York City by being tough on crime and even lesser things, like having the graffiti painted over every night.

Stopping minor infractions, like graffiti and subway turnstile jumping, is part of the "broken windows" theory. If you show all of the people that you are serious about keeping the city safe, then most will cooperate. Unfortunately, once the good times are taken for granted, then the soft-on-crime pols get elected and things go downhill again.

Currently there is a batch of virtue signalers in office. And the high-crime core's elected federal rep is running around NY City supporting Hamas. My neighbor is of the same race as she, but he and his family fled her district because, he told me, he was tired of hearing gunshots in the 'hood where his small children were trying to play outside.