Posted on 10/11/2020 6:24:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The city of Minneapolis has a violence problem, and its leaders are looking for a way to control crime in the most humanized way possible.
The latest incident took place Friday night into Saturday morning, when three people were shot downtown, KARE reported.
“It hurts. I wish that I could find ways to help everybody feel more comfortable and more safe,” Councilman Steve Fletcher said.
Fletcher’s district, Downtown West, is the part of the city where the shooting happened.
Statistics from the Minneapolis Police Department show that in the past year alone, violent crimes rose by 20 percent, leaving many residents wondering how the city can put an end to these acts of violence.
The violence also comes with calls to defund or abolish the city’s police department.
“We have to be getting at the causes of crime. We have to be investing in people’s well-being and things that create conditions where people are drawn to committing crimes in the first place,” said Fletcher.
Fletcher says armed officers are necessary to address violent crime, but if the city is serious about reducing crime they need to take a more humanized approach.
“That means we have to address poverty, it means we have to address some of the relationships between people that are broken, and we’re putting resources out that are specialized in doing that,” said Fletcher.
City leaders said that they want to reach out to community members over the course of the next year to develop a “best practices” approach to prevent crimes.
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They know how to do it right. It's just not working yet. Besides, results don't matter. Their INTENTIONS are good, so you better not criticize them, you racists.
Cool beans. Good luck with that. In the meantime, anyone with a brain is crazy to stay in Minneapolis.
And yet, every decision by city leadership is guaranteed to grow poverty.
“That means we have to address poverty...”
Yep. You delineated it perfectly.
“That means we have to address poverty...”
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But of course! We must address poverty! Why didn’t anyone think of this before?
I have a great solution for them. They can share their jail/prison cell with them so they won’t be lonely.
All throughout Human History they Killed the Criminals, is that the Humanized they are looking for??
Get greta thunderborg to scold them.
Send in the social workers.
Cops cannot stop violence, only hugs and talk therapy will.
Get back to me. If any of them live to tell the story, that is.
“address poverty”
Hi, poverty, how are you?
I am reeling at the absolute stupidity of “those in charge” there. It’s truly frightening to have such libtard morons rule over you.
“”” anyone with a brain is crazy to stay in Minneapolis.””””
I’m on the western edge of Minneapolistan. I can see it from my porch.
A lot of people are bailing out.
You aren’t always dealing with humans.
I had the misfortune of crossing paths with a serial killer.
Wayne Nance.
I believe he intended to kill my high school girlfriend.
I braced him in the high school hallway and told him to stay away from my girlfriend.
His toady told me that Wayne was mad at me and that he carried a Bowie knife.
I told him to tell Wayne that if he pulled a knife on me I would take it from him and stick it up his ass.
He never said another word to my girlfriend.
Psychos can fear.
They understand fear.
They have to be afraid.
Good intentions and a generous slathering of Leftist rhetoric, backed of course by lots of public funding will work wonders. Poverty and crime will then plunge. Won’t they?
The street rioters are not living in poverty. They are mostly spoiled middle class and above white people.
It can even a be a net positive money maker by selling tickets for in-person viewing or Pay Per View. Complete with Box Seats with drinks, catered food, and tv's. Each victim's family would get one of these for free because we are humane after all...
(wink)
That looks like a weekend in San Francisco in the early ‘80s.
Middle class people will feel safe when hey get the hell out of Minneapolis. Many are feeling safer now and many more will follow.
Social workers for everybody !
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