The City Council in Minneapolis never did defund the police, but recently passed a safety initiative to allow public crowdfunding of extra police patrols. The move comes in reaction to an increase of crime in the wake of the departure of some 200 demoralized officers. But does crowdfunding cops simply promote savage inequalities with racial overtones among neighborhoods of varying financial means?
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12 replies on “For Sale: Public Now Crowdfunding Cops in Minneapolis in the Wake of ‘Defund the Police’ Movement”
“…to get the criminal results they WANT.” It’s SO REFRESHING to hear Steve’s politically incorrect observation of the obvious. The Left WANTS to increase crime. They aren’t just stupid, or inexperienced, or naive, They are simply evil monsters who long to destroy America, DUH. They are devoid of conscience, morals, and decency; not intellect (well, with SOME exceptions).
I do agree with Bill that public schools are in the interest of all, however; I believe the funding/tax dollars should follow the student and be used at whichever school the parents choose for their child. Tax dollars should never be used to prop up the teachers unions or any other public employee union that simply works against those who are doing the actual paying of the salaries
Of course wealthier neighborhoods get better police protection.
They always have, and they always will.
However…. I live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, home of the late drug addicted violent felon George Floyd. (I have only recently added “drug addicted violent felon” to my description as I am so enraged and disgusted at the convictions of the police involved in Floyd’s attempted arrest.)
The section of St. Louis Park in which I live is right next to similar neighborhoods in Minneapolis, namely the Lake of the Isles neighborhoods and Lowry Hill. But, unlike Minneapolis, we have one of the finest police forces in the country – according to the head of our private, professional, highly trained, fully armed and vested Security detail for our Orthodox Jewish community, which is literally next door to Minneapolis. During the riots, our Security was out all night in full force in our neighborhood and, the St. Louis Park police blocked off the same main boulevard into our city where, about 3 miles away, they were burning down the Minneapolis 3rd Precinct Police station. (I mentioned this to one of our police not too long ago and he said – “No. We did not block off that main boulevard bridge. That would have been illegal. We decided that there was “construction” going on and it would have been dangerous to drive over the bridge. It was blocked by construction signs.” We both laughed.) There was NO violence in St. Louis Park. However, our security guys said they did see cars filled with (he meant black guys) “thugs” driving around with no headlights that were apparently scared off by the strong presence of both our police and security.
However – since that time, there has been increasing crime in St. Louis Park, mostly centered around car jacking or stealing cars. Thus far, ALL the criminals that I have either seen or have been reported or have been arrested, are young black men. They are spilling over from the lack of police in Minneapolis.
(By the way – our Congresscritter is the despicable Ilhan Omar)
There is no sane reason for any Minneapolis policeman to patrol in bad neighborhoods when their fellow policeman have been put in freaking prison for trying to apprehend the violent felon, George Floyd. The fact that Minneapolis has any police AT ALL – I consider somewhat of a miracle.
As you all mildly point out – the problem is not “wealthy vs poor.” The problem is the insanity of putting a policeman who is, indeed doing his duty, in freaking prison because a drugged out violent felon expired under his harsh treatment. Bad police? Fire them. Suspend them. Fine them. Whatever but – unless there is malice aforethought, and the police involved have a history of malicious policing – one Cannot simply charge and put the police officer in gddamned prison for 20 years!
I was once neutral on the issue of the culpability the officers involved. As they have now All been convicted, I am entirely on their side and no longer give a damn if Chauvin was “too rough” or behaved badly. This is sick and stupid and is leading to the total destruction of the Law.
Wealthier neighborhoods were already doing this with private security patrols. When you see a car that looks like a police cruiser but is not marked “Police” and has a private security logo or name on it, yellow and/or white flashing light bar instead of the official blue/red — That’s an off duty police officer behind the wheel.
A lot of people have a certain disdain for rent-a-cops, myself included. Standard private security guards are under trained, under equipped and under respected as a rule but … You want to be careful there because the rent-a-cop you’re looking at just might be a real, sworn officer moonlighting as a security guard.
One way to tell is if he’s in a uniform and carrying a gun. Carrying a gun doesn’t mean he’s an off duty cop, a lot of places have provisions for armed security that don’t involve hiring off duty sworn officers.
On the other hand no gun usually means he’s not a real cop in his other job. No cop worth his salt is going to wear a cop-looking bullet magnet uniform and not be armed to defend himself. Armed bad guys are not going to stop to minutely examine his badge and uniform before shooting him dead. He doesn’t need to go unarmed, he’s a sworn police officer who is authorized by the government entity he works for to carry a gun at all times and generally speaking in all places. So as a rule no gun on a uniform duty belt means he’s a minimum wage mall cop wannabe.
Ok, now that I have that out of the way …
I was born and raised in Minnesota (and Iowa for part of my youth) so I have some insight about this area.
Minneapolis deserves what it’s getting. The people of Minneapolis put those city council critters in power. I have no sympathy for them no matter if they’re poor or rich. The poorer people who can’t afford to hire off duty police vastly outnumber the wealthy in almost any demographic. You get the government you deserve because you voted for it.
There are many other cities in the Minneapolis – St. Paul greater metro area. You’ll notice you’re by-and-large only hearing about Minneapolis. You don’t hear about this stuff going on in St. Paul even though other than a line on a map the two cities are indistinguishable from each other. You won’t know you’ve passed from one to the other if you’re not paying attention while you drive through the metro area. That’s why they’re called “The Twin Cities”.
The Minnesota 5th Congressional district is squarely centered on Minneapolis. Ilhan Omar is the Congressional Representative from that district. That district is by far the most Democrat controlled in the entire state. Since it was established in 1883 it has been known by the nickname “Bloody Fifth” because its first election was wrought in violence, graft and fraud. Little has changed in 140 years. Minneapolis has been known for Leftist agendas and deviancy since I was born. There were “gay pride” parades on Hennepin avenue as far back as I can remember. The whole place is a shithole, just in some places there’s enough money that the feces are gilded.
If you’re driving up I-35 from the south, make damn sure you’re paying attention to the signs because the actual freeway curves off to the west but there’s a four lane straight spur right in front of you that will dump you off right downtown smack dab in the middle of Minneapolis. You do NOT want to be there. By the time you realize your mistake you’re seeing stoplights on what looks like a freeway and it’s too late.
The rest of Minnesota, including most of the surrounding metro area not in District 5, is not like this. I grew up hearing horror stories about Minneapolis and have a few of my own I can personally add.
So as far as I’m concerned, Minneapolis is getting exactly what it deserves and I hope they get what they’ve asked for good and hard. Do not mistake what you see in the news as representative of the rest of Minnesota.
Like many states; Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan etc. — Minnesota’s politics are unduly and unfairly offset by huge, sprawling, fetid, decaying, anarchic Democrat run cities. There are a lot of really good people outside those urban hellholes living sane, productive, decent lives. They do not ask for the politics that the majority population in those pits of human hell force on them.
I’m not saying my home state is without political fault and pure as the driven snow (which driven snow is something they get a lot of) but it’s not like Minneapolis either. There are virtually no or statistically insignificant numbers of decent people in that patch of planet Earth. Anyone with any decency left there at their first opportunity. Minneapolis is an aberration and an abomination.
It’s fine with me if Minneapolis implodes. I have no sympathy nor concern at all for anyone there. They made their beds and they need to be forced to lie in them. If rich mostly-but-not-only elitist white leftists find a way to insulate themselves from the general squalor and misery that their politics have forced on those less wealthy then that’s just an example of why rich elite leftist politics are anathema to living the American way. If you allowed those people to fool you, there’s been more than ample time to realize your mistake and change your ways so you wrought your own suffering. You could change your situation at any election past or future but until you do, I prefer greatly that you get what you deserve.
It’s many years since these Marxists could be considered inept, on the contrary they are very efficient in attaining their agenda.
Maybe those big city liberal mayors are getting the message that the support for them is falling in the surrounding elite enclaves. Giving the more affluent an “opt-out” is simply putting a bandaid on a crime wave they created. Starting a fire is almost always easier than extinguishing one.
I grew up in a well-to-do neighborhood in Atlanta. We never had to lock our doors. One day I came home and there was a young black man going through my medicine cabinet. My mom was involved with international students at Emory University, and I asked him if he needed anything. He slammed me against the wall, ran off, I chased him and got his license plate. Next thing I knew he wrote me from jail. No “line-up”, no nothing. Different times.
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That’s kinda funny, really. “The police are evil racists so we must not fund them. But it’s ok if you do.”
Got it.
Side note, I’m following Dave Rubin’s example and will be taking a month long News Cleanse in August. I’m not going as Urban Amish as him and turning off alll media, just current events. Have fun in thw comments and see you in September!
So Bill, you say that The Radical Left is showing a pattern? Maybe a… Pattern of Force?
About half of the Statoloungers will get the reference. And if you want to see the latest video of John Gill:
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/400206.php#400206
Heh, I don’t get to the Stratosphere Lounge as much as I’d like to but I recognize those references, both of them. I was a Trekkie when being a Trekkie wasn’t cool. Not sure if it isn’t still that way but anyway …
Enjoy your sabbatical and we’ll see you in September.