Minneapolis City Council Hire Private
Security for Themselves, $4,500 Per Day,
After Voting to Defund Police Department…
Conservative Treehouse,
by
Sudance
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
6/28/2020 1:16:29 PM
An interesting outcome and juxtaposition amid the new policing approach advanced by the Minneapolis City Council. After voting to remove police from the community, the same city council now approve hiring private security for themselves at a current rate of $4,500 per day. The taxpayers, who pay their salaries, are left to fend for themselves, but the city council members won’t be left without. Funny how that happens.MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The City of Minneapolis is spending $4,500 a day for private security for three council members who have received threats following the police killing of George Floyd,
(Snip) security details have cost the city $63,000 over
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catfur27 6/28/2020 1:24:02 PM (No. 460053)
...the country has gone insane....this is Alice In Wonderland stuff....and it's what happens when dems are in control
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Smart11344 6/28/2020 1:25:29 PM (No. 460054)
These politicians MUST pay for their own security. NOT THE TAXPAYER. They must think we are all idiots.
51 people like this.
Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mathman 6/28/2020 1:37:11 PM (No. 460066)
But they are IMPORTANT. They must be protected from the harm they have done to others.
Where would Minneapolis be, if not for their feckless and incompetent "leaders"?
Misfeasance. Malfeasance. Nonfeasance. All of the above.
So they get their own Brown Shirts.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/28/2020 1:47:09 PM (No. 460077)
They are terrified at the prospect of being attacked by white supremacists, which according to the US State Department and contrary to every observation, are a rising threat.
31 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/28/2020 1:54:57 PM (No. 460081)
Pay attention. This is how dictators and tyrants govern. The public didn't get a vote. This is the United States. This kind of garbage isn't suppose to happen here.
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And the vote tally is 3-2 in favor of defunding the city council
Minneapolis, you’re all on your own!
G’bye!
28 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/28/2020 2:07:09 PM (No. 460093)
Security for we but not for thee.
27 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 6/28/2020 2:12:32 PM (No. 460097)
The instigators of this fresh hell in Minneapolis get taxpayer funded private security. And the ordinary citizens can just beg the thugs for mercy, or arm themselves.....or move out.
26 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 6/28/2020 2:22:05 PM (No. 460107)
I can imagine the real estate market will be crashing into a big black hole because residents will be selling quickly and moving out as fast as they can as property values tank. You can also bet a used BLM protest sign that tourism will all but stop because visitors will not feel safe there. So good job city council members. I suggest you defund the city council and abolish yourselves while you are at it because you have proved yourselves completely worthless and totally irresponsible and incompetent as well as a bunch of brain dead moronic fools.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BarryNo 6/28/2020 2:56:32 PM (No. 460129)
Let's hope the NEW City Council, once elections are held, will not only re-fund the police department, but charge these fools for illegal use of funds and make them pay it ALL back to Minneapolis.
18 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 6/28/2020 3:17:23 PM (No. 460141)
Well at least my KS CCW permit is good in Minnesota....not that I have any intention of going there any time soon. I was in the southern Minnesota a few years ago to drive a Sherman tank...THAT was a blast. But it was probably 20 years before that the last time in was in Minneapolis for a international computer graphics standards meeting.
Not likely to go any time soon.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
4Justice 6/28/2020 3:40:19 PM (No. 460145)
From what I hear, Trump is giving up. He is not doing anything to stop the insanity, the destruction nor anything else. Allegedly, he even conceded that Biden will probably win despite his mental breakdown. Trump is not even speaking out anymore about the state of the country. The Democrats have set it up where he is showing a 70% DISAPPROVAL rate. Now, even if it's all lies, they can still easily commit major fraud with mail-in voting and nobody will question it. It's not looking good and now I with these cities defunding police and allowing chaos to rule, there will be no chance to hold onto our Republic. There is no LEADER on our side to organize, plan motivate the public into taking a strong stand against these manipulators. We are STILL sitting on our couches in complacency crying about how they are getting away with the lies, the shaming, and the cancellations but we are doing NOTHING to change it. Sure they are huge and strong...but it takes only one person to make a difference. And if we can just get a platform to speak, maybe we could finally take action and DO something. Do we really want to give up? I would like to find a way to communicate with like-minded warriors who want to stop this. We cannot surrender now....
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 6/28/2020 4:05:45 PM (No. 460158)
Fine. Now reduce citizens' taxes that used to go to paying for the police and let them hire private security firms for their neighborhoods private police.
9 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 6/28/2020 4:31:47 PM (No. 460172)
Anybody have any idea what the heck #13 is blathering on about? Perhaps he's watched too much enemedia and his brains have turned to mush!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 6/28/2020 5:06:03 PM (No. 460184)
BS, #13.
It is YOU that is giving up.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bad-hair 6/28/2020 5:17:10 PM (No. 460194)
This is only 3 out of 9 so far so it's 1500 ahead per day. They're receiving threats !!! Wonder why.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 6/28/2020 5:21:12 PM (No. 460200)
Ahh...the city of Mary Tyler Moore! The city we moved close to 36 years ag! The MinniApple with all the Theatre, Music and Nightclubs like First Avenue... all gone due to Liberalism! We will never cross the city limits line again! EVER! We are done! Planning to move to a very small town in rural America in the next few years to live out our lives in peace!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
fayebeck 6/28/2020 5:28:52 PM (No. 460208)
# The politicians who think Americans are idiots are mostly right. Most Americans are idiots.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
justavoter 6/28/2020 5:49:21 PM (No. 460213)
The Democrats are setting up a total takeover. Drive Trumps numbers down with al the chaos and calamity. The democrats win and when they do there will be enough crime and chaos going they will declare Marshall law, confiscate all the guns, and America as we know it is done,
7 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Samsquanch 6/28/2020 7:02:23 PM (No. 460249)
This is just too good to be true. Why would anyone be surprised?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/28/2020 7:08:33 PM (No. 460252)
Pardon second post...
Kind of agree with #13. Trump hasn't given up, but his opponents have been partially successful in silencing him. They have been trying since before he was elected President. It happened with the CV19 scamdemic. Trump had always been out front and leading until then. The lockdown went a long way to countering that since no public gatherings were permitted. The scamdemic killed the economy and cost tens of millions of people their jobs on his watch. The scamdemic has also been the equivalent of 50 states of emergency where the governors and mayors run things. All the race riots have also made things worse.
The President has to rely on all these governors and mayors, many of whom have no intention of following his lead. The media is only too happy to cover anyone instead of Trump. From Cuomo to Fauci.
The only thing we can do is get word out about Trump's opponents. These people don't believe in Democracy or any other form of representative government. Trump's opponents are Marxists, Communists, and Islamists. These people believe in dictatorships. A vote for any of them is a vote to kiss your rights and freedoms goodbye.
Don't believe it? Look at what they have done in the short time since the scamdemic and the race riots have occurred.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
padiva 6/28/2020 7:15:48 PM (No. 460254)
Is the DNC convention supposed to be in Minneapolis this summer?
Perhaps the lack of police will be part of the reason for a virtual event.
There needs to be a GoFundMe account set up to help all the streetwalkers who won't have dem customers.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
or gate 6/28/2020 7:16:31 PM (No. 460255)
The Rats have a bigger cat now.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 6/28/2020 7:38:32 PM (No. 460261)
I can just hear dear old Dana Carvey in his church lady costume smirking, ''Well! Isn't that special!''
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
coyote 6/28/2020 7:48:32 PM (No. 460265)
That's over 1.6 million a year. That's money that would do a lot of good in the police department.
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Krause 6/28/2020 7:53:19 PM (No. 460267)
Why are we going through all this mayhem? The people causing all this are, for the most part, losers, criminals and marxists. Why are we willing to turn things upside side down for them?. I know the dems like it as they think it hurts Trump, but the democrats are unpatriotic selfish idiots. I don't get it.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
cor-vet 6/28/2020 8:01:31 PM (No. 460269)
This is too easy. I asked last week, when the defunding first came up, who was going to get to pay for officials protection. It's time to storm the halls of government.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
tsrtexas 6/28/2020 8:08:45 PM (No. 460273)
Voting is the answer. If you care about your country and still love the old guard democratic party, vote these socialist leftist jerks out of office and let them fend for themselves in the real world.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
dst4life 6/28/2020 8:38:49 PM (No. 460290)
#13, I know things look really dark right now. Trump has NOT given up. He knows very well that if you give some people enough rope, they will hang themselves. Think of it. Three council members, three citizens, requiring $4500 per day. Lots and lots for three, and nearly nothing for all the rest. Totally unsustainable!! The rage of many others will blow the roof of this situation. This city is destined to IMPLODE in a very short period of time. Trump is a businessman. He has done the math.
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Hypocrisy. H Y P O C R I S Y. Security (armed) for me, but not for thee.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 6/28/2020 10:27:41 PM (No. 460336)
True A-Holes. What a council.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Mushroom 6/28/2020 10:45:17 PM (No. 460345)
#23, that is Milwaukee..They aren't in any better shape.
Operating on the assumption that the Police still ARE working, why didn't the council simply ask for a task force if there is a grave danger?
Ok, I could barely type that with a straight face.. So the elite decided it needs protection, but no one else does. So IS there actually an election up coming for the council or is is staggered?
Is there any way to address this as a local citizen?
I'd like to address the concept of declining cities vis crumbling tax base. The common element is the 'need' for spending. There are very legit items that a city needs to allocate money to deal with the needs of the city. Then there are the well, extras. In our home budgets when income drops we use out judgement and decrease the extras (one would hope). Cities don't work that way. all they do is increase the tax base until the money fills the pockets...I mean coffers needed to deal with the budget. And that, of course, is where it all goes Tango Uniform.
To the honest people of Minneapolis, St Louis, Seattle, Portland.. hold your councils accountable, expect less until this is dealt with. It is up to you to fix your own backyard!
I feel for you, it is happening in the nearby city to me, but you have to do what you can to correct. IF you bail, if you let it fall apart all you are going to get is another Detroit.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
ARob101 6/29/2020 12:51:37 AM (No. 460384)
This is what happens when democrats run things. The democrat party is NOT inclusive. The democrat party wants to control every aspect of our lives by giving the true power to the ruling class. They are the complete opposite of what is projected. The democrat party is evil!
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The age old question: Whatcha gonna do about it ?
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/29/2020 8:23:43 AM (No. 460553)
Fraud Waste and Abuse of the Taxpayer. Time to put a stop to this madness...there HAS to be a Federal Crime in this Soup of incompetence somewhere!
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