Minneapolis police to curb stops for minor
traffic violators
Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
8/13/2021 1:55:24 PM
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis police will no longer stop motorists for minor traffic violations, such as expired tabs or an air freshener hanging from their rearview mirror, according to a new policy change. Police Chief Medaria Arrandondo, in an internal memo Thursday, said the move comes after examining how officers can better use time and resources. “MPD will no longer be conducting traffic stops solely for these offenses: expired tabs, an item dangling from a mirror, or not having a working license plate light,” Arradondo wrote in the memo obtained by the Star Tribune. Critics have long argued that low-level traffic
Reply 1 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 8/13/2021 2:04:01 PM (No. 877659)
Low-level traffic stops often lead to the discovery of more major crimes.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Penney 8/13/2021 2:18:13 PM (No. 877677)
Chaos reigns when dem pols set policy. Wrecks ensue and deaths will follow with this irresponsible policy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/13/2021 2:31:20 PM (No. 877685)
Why should anyone in Minneapolis ever register their motor vehicles if there is not going to be any penalty for not doing so? They will probably have to raise up everyone’s taxes in Minneapolis or all over Minnesota to compensate the State for all the lost motor vehicle registration and tax fees when people in Minneapolis stop registering their motor vehicles.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Lazyman 8/13/2021 2:34:58 PM (No. 877690)
That Giuliani broken window theory that worked to clean up NYC is out I guess.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Catherine 8/13/2021 2:41:25 PM (No. 877697)
So in California you can legally steal a little over $900 from any store and in Minneapolis you don't have to have up to date license tags or headlights or tail lights in working order. And pretty much everywhere you can stab, physically assault, burn, destroy and not even get arrested. Yes sir, Biden is the MAN!/s
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Since the MN supreme court ordered Minneapolis to hire at least 273 new officers by next June, I think they just don't have the manpower. Of course it is stupid to announce that they won't do low-level stops.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 8/13/2021 2:58:03 PM (No. 877718)
More anarchy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
usmc0302 8/13/2021 3:17:48 PM (No. 877731)
For those who want to be LEOs, stay the hell away from this cesspool as you will have a target on your back regardless what you do.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Quigley 8/13/2021 3:18:41 PM (No. 877732)
Does this mean i can drive as fast as I want?
Or is that too much revenue for the dims to overlook- and does my car make them think i can pay ....
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
griddog1 8/13/2021 3:22:22 PM (No. 877737)
I would guess the police chief must have about a third grade education. Be sure to announce to everyone what you plan to do. Otherwise it would take them years to figure it out.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
skacmar 8/13/2021 3:22:49 PM (No. 877739)
Why even bother to have traffic laws or driver's licenses? No more registering cars, no more renewing my registration. Guess if I don't register my car or have a valid driver's license I won't have to pay Joe Biden's new per mile tax on drivers. First immigration laws, now traffic / driving laws. If these laws don't matter, what other laws will Democrats ignore?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bogiebogie 8/13/2021 3:23:32 PM (No. 877740)
Part of the plan to promote chaos in America to overturn our country.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
chillijilli 8/13/2021 3:57:11 PM (No. 877752)
So if they’re gonna decide which laws to enforce, I guess WTP should be able to decide which laws we’re gonna follow?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 8/13/2021 3:57:36 PM (No. 877753)
They don’t do much with arson either! God help you if you have a MAGA hat on and are setup on by evil doers!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Birddog 8/13/2021 4:17:12 PM (No. 877771)
Geeeez...."Too many people from certain cultural cohorts have been constantly and consistently breaking Laws"
Do we educate those young people as to how NOT to be criminals?
Nope, we just decide not to enforce the Laws instead...
"Crime DOES Pay"
Now if I were in charge...2nd offense? We crush the car, recycle it, use the $$ to provide bus passes to BIPOC, sell it as "Getting gas guzzlers, polluters off the roads, sequester carbon, recycle, and encourage Climate saving Mass Transit...Infrastructure!" How could any 'Progressive person" be against THAT?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
formerNYer 8/13/2021 4:34:11 PM (No. 877778)
yeah I can't see this blowing up in the law-abiding citizen's face.... ferrel youths free to drive anything with have to register the vehicle? Nothing can go wrong with this new policy, another great idea from liberals.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 8/13/2021 5:34:34 PM (No. 877822)
Minneapolis striving to be Detroit on the Mississippi ahead of St. Louis, while Portland is working for the same on the Columbia.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
volksford 8/13/2021 5:48:33 PM (No. 877840)
An air freshener for cryin' out loud , only a bunch of nanny state libs could dream that one up.
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This will only apply to blacks, who are too stupid and violent to observe the law, and have a cultural tendency to murder those who dare to point it out to them.
Whites - you pay double for traffic infractions from now on. Consider it a form of reparations.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
john56 8/13/2021 5:56:48 PM (No. 877850)
Just how many tickets are Minneapolis cops writing for hanging an air freshener from the rear view mirror?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/13/2021 6:31:10 PM (No. 877903)
This rule keeps the Minneapolis Police from encountering all sorts of wanted felons and other criminals who are publicly riding around that city in motor vehicles. At this stage do the police even give a crap? As if they stop the wrong motor vehicle they could be instantly murdered as happened to Officer Ella French in Chicago the other day, and know that they will not be backed up by the leftist and socialist Democrat politicians who run those cities. No doubt this rule was formulated to keep police officers at a distance from Black criminals to alleviate a violent encounter happening again like the George Floyd incident between police officers and noncompliant Black suspects who almost always violently resist arrest.
One thing, Black people are great athletics, but a percentage of them are seeped in Black ghetto culture and cannot take it upon themselves to obey “White Men’s rules”, otherwise known as the laws of the City, State, and Country. Examples of that routine violent Black refusal to obey the laws is in the media headlines and stories everyday all over the country and the world.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
skacmar 8/13/2021 6:37:27 PM (No. 877911)
Is this because Blacks and minorities are too stupid to know how to get a driver's license or renew their driver's license. Is this because Blacks and minorities are too stupid to know how to register or reregister their vehicles? Maybe they will just all drive stolen cars. Who would know since people will not register their cars anymore. Will I still need to obey troublesome things like STOP signs, Yield signs, or even traffic lights if my ignoring them didn't hurt or injure anyone? Can I drive any type of vehicle now. Maybe I'll start driving a golf cart on the freeway or an ATV through residential streets to go grocery shopping. Minneapolis will really be like Mogadishu, Somalia in no time.
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Minnesota DFL politicians are now safe from embarrassing police videos.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Debrawr 8/13/2021 7:59:05 PM (No. 877980)
So they're making the laws now.
I see.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
mc squared 8/13/2021 8:50:18 PM (No. 878007)
Those offenses aren't money makers anyway. The real money is in speeding tickets which they will still stop cars for.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/13/2021 9:55:55 PM (No. 878082)
I would wager that they wish they had allowed George Floyd to get away with his twenty-dollar theft. It would have saved them a bunch of time, trouble and money.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/13/2021 10:25:02 PM (No. 878109)
Sorry, I'm not leaving home in Texas to go to the Minnapple Schifft Hole to drive fast...
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So who is going to bother keeping their car legally registered, parking properly, or maintaining broken lights, etc? This will just lead to other problems.