Minneapolis to bring in outside help
to deal with surge in violence
Star Tribune [Minneapolis, MN],
by
Liz Navratil
&
Mara Klecker
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
5/24/2021 9:48:54 PM
Minneapolis police are bringing in outside help as they try to temper violence that killed four people this weekend alone, including a college senior who was out celebrating graduation. Mayor Jacob Frey said the city has asked state and federal agencies for assistance, citing the city's shortage of officers.(Snip) Nearly 200 Minneapolis police officers have left the department since Floyd's death, including dozens who filed PTSD claims after the unrest. The issue of police staffing has been contentious within City Hall. Frey unveiled a plan to eventually build the force's ranks back up close to its prior levels.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
seamusm 5/24/2021 9:54:22 PM (No. 795830)
It won't matter how well the police department is staffed. Our police are at the front lines of civil unrest AND crime none of which is their fault. If the automatic response to a necessary use of force is to string them up without support then not only will no one want a police job but those who commit crimes will boldly do whatever they damn well want.
14 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catherine 5/24/2021 9:58:02 PM (No. 795836)
Well whats wrong with using their own law enforcement? Aren't they good enough? Are you going to back the new people any better? I say use the police you have now and back them, otherwise live with the violence.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
slipstik 5/24/2021 10:01:56 PM (No. 795844)
I suggest Minneapolis gets exactly what they want. No police officers.at all. Any officer really doing his job will end up in jail eventually, so they should get out while they can. Leave the people.of Mpls to stew in the juices they've cooked up.
25 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Aud 5/24/2021 10:02:34 PM (No. 795845)
From Wikipedia: “Frey grew up in Oakton, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.”
Why in the world did the citizens of Minneapolis elect a mayor a wet-behind-the-ears blow in from the East Coast?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
IowaDad 5/24/2021 10:05:22 PM (No. 795852)
Kyle Rittenhouse is available,
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what makes the minneapolis powers that be think that outside police will come. i would resign before going to that 3rd world heck hole.
18 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
WestCoast 5/24/2021 10:23:53 PM (No. 795858)
and federal law enforcement in 3.... ....2.......1
2 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Lake Dweller 5/24/2021 10:48:57 PM (No. 795867)
Who would want to be a police officer today? Sad. Tragic.
Democrats are evil.
12 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
JimBob 5/24/2021 10:50:00 PM (No. 795868)
I have not seen any reports on it, but are the Muzzies imposing their own brand of Sharie 'law' in parts of the city?
Power abhors a vacuum, and if the elected government refuses to do the job, someone else will step in.
Just wondering.
9 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 5/24/2021 11:01:47 PM (No. 795875)
Some bongo-players, a florist with some chamomile tea and incense, a couple social workers and perhaps a nice soothing sensitivity-goat, all in a traveling Safe Space Mobile Unit.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MDConservative 5/24/2021 11:13:58 PM (No. 795881)
Minneapolis is getting what it voted for. Hope the residents get even more, adding to their happiness.
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H. L. Mencken
9 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Northcross 5/24/2021 11:14:36 PM (No. 795882)
Hopefully the "outside help" includes some adults to run the city and the broken criminal justice system.
4 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/25/2021 12:08:12 AM (No. 795905)
You wanted defund the police and now you have the results. Hope the savings was worth it.
8 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/25/2021 12:20:06 AM (No. 795911)
You can't fix stupid.
7 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Quigley 5/25/2021 12:23:50 AM (No. 795913)
Will they be bringing in pixies to sprinkle dust around.
I saw the founder of Black Guns Matter on Fox and he said most of the black lives monetization donations haven’t been actually paid and that most of the money that was paid went to the dim party: no wonder the dins love the violence.
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
NotaBene 5/25/2021 12:38:51 AM (No. 795924)
The idea behind defund the police is to federalize law enforcement do it can be reliable Marxist.
9 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
SALady 5/25/2021 12:53:12 AM (No. 795937)
After how they treated the local PD, I'm guessing they will be paying these rent-a-cops from other jurisdictions big money to come there!!!
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 5/25/2021 7:32:51 AM (No. 796045)
No police officer should go there.
The city won't back you if you do your job.
7 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/25/2021 7:48:23 AM (No. 796059)
Outside help? Heck no. Let them destroy whatever is left of the city and compete with Portland
6 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Sully 5/25/2021 7:56:53 AM (No. 796068)
If only there was some sort of "law enforcement" organization! You could empower them to "police" people who break the law. Give them authority to detain and arrest people who commit crimes and make it a violation of the law to "resist arrest" from a lawful order!!
That would be so great. If we had such a thing.
One would think.
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/25/2021 10:47:23 AM (No. 796215)
Good Luck with that...Naw, you will need more than luck and that requires intelligence, something YOU Democraps are sorely lacking in!
0 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
paral04 5/25/2021 11:17:01 AM (No. 796246)
What did they expect when they don't support their police officers who risk their lives everyday. They need to stop coddling thugs, black, white or undecided and return to a state of civilization. Idiots..
0 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
anniebc 5/25/2021 4:04:08 PM (No. 796494)
Outside as in Chinese? Or Russian? Muslim nations?
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Showboating Mayor Jacob and the city council should be ejected from office. They demonized the police, chased them off the job with promises of defunding or disbanding the department entirely, and now the state and US taxpayers nationwide will let them off the hook for the inevitable violent crime wave until the city restores police staffing back to previous levels, which won't happen given the threat of prosecution for doing the job.