Posted on 07/26/2020 6:02:28 AM PDT by karpov
Minneapolis residents in some areas still recovering from rioting and unrest are forming community watch and security groups, some bearing firearms, to fight a surge of crime in the wake of the George Floyd killing in May. At least one neighborhood has put up barricades to keep away outsiders.
The moves come as the city council on Friday approved its first permanent cuts to the police budget, amid calls to defund the department and generally lower tax revenue due to the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The $193 million police budget will be cut by $10 million, including making permanent some temporary spending measures—including a hiring freeze—put in place in June. Around $1 million from the police budget is being shifted to a program called Cure Violence that tries to prevent things such as retaliatory shootings through community engagement.
The council had initially backed the idea of supporting the community watch groups with money for things like T-shirts, walkie-talkies and training, but that didn’t end up in the final budget.
“We’re not trying to create an armed force to replace the police department,” said Graham Faulkner, an aide to council member Alondra Cano, who had proposed shifting funds to support the community watch groups. “We’re trying to support the groups that are out there.”
The council earlier approved a proposal that could end up on the November ballot to replace the police department with a new department of community safety and violence prevention next May. Many details of the proposed new agency remain to be worked out, such as whether it would have an armed criminal-justice component.
Police say crime has surged in the months since Mr. Floyd’s May 25 killing
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Trayvon Martin comes to mind.
Americans need to communicate with friends/family. Arm up.
Looks like the Democrats have moved us back to 1775 where the hope of America resided in the armed citizen. That’s good but we need to quit paying for government that is in total default. If all the police are going to do is tag toes and write after action reports, we shouldn’t have to pay for more than that.
Perhaps enough residents there will finally figure out they need to vote Republican but I doubt it. Once you reach a certain age you already have too much time invested in getting it wrong to change course.
Perhaps enough residents there will finally figure out they need to vote Republican but I doubt it. Once you reach a certain age you already have too much time invested in getting it wrong to change course.
Quiz of the day: Which of these American cities has witnessed the steepest decine of property values since May 20,2020? A. Seattle B.New York City C. Portland D.Chicago or E.Los Angeles
I know people will not vote Dem again. Starting to count them.
This is going to degenerate into Medieval Italian cities with warlords controlling who comes and goes in each city block. It started with rooftop Koreans.
I think part of the problem is that communist controlled citied are running out of funding and they are cutting spending in a number of areas, but the focus on cutting policing budgets are used to keep the rabble voting for them and not coming to their home.
I know of many blindly loyal to anything with a D. It makes no difference what the D does or says.
Perfect.
And you know any Leftists involved don’t get that.
“The group has since been asked to protect community events and has formed a security company offering its services. Mr. Jackson said the group has been well-received at these events and hasn’t met with any resistance because they mostly focus on community outreach.”
Theatre of the absurd. Untrained and unvetted armed community organizers. Do they shoot first , then organize or vice versa.?
The city council’s answer to replace police : SWAT: Social Workers and Therapists.
Citizens answer to replace police: neighborhood barriers, armed patrols. When law and order break down or are non-existent, vigilantism is sure to rise.
Hope my neighbors rise to the occasion if this ever happens in our area.
A mass exodus of businesses and taxpayers is inevitable. Businesses will no longer be able to get insurance as rates are set to increase 500-1,000% and some insurance companies are pouring out of areas of insurrection:
“There is already talk among the insurance industry of dramatic increases in premiums for certain ‘progressive’ cities across all categories of insurance. Business Owners Policies (which cover vandalism/theft etc of property) will almost certainly see premium increases of between 100% - 500% over the current rates for Chicago.”
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/?m=1
I saw a quote on another thread: “When there are no police, every crime carries the death penalty.” The more I digest that sentiment, the more sense it makes.
Ultimately in places like this militia groups need to form
“Minneapolis residents in some areas still recovering from rioting and unrest are forming community watch and security groups, some bearing firearms, to fight a surge of crime in the wake of the George Floyd killing in May.”
Formal militias are next.
I bet a lot of them will get attacked and get their gun stolen in the process. Some will also claim their gun got stolen when in reality, they gave it to they cuzzin.
[[[Around $1 million from the police budget is being shifted to a program called Cure Violence that tries to prevent things such as retaliatory shootings through community engagement.]]]
You can’t make this stuff up.
the MN Attorney General says that the police should not respond to rape calls if the rapist has run away. I’m sure that he will say that the cops shouldn’t be called if the murderer has left the scene, or of the car thief or burglar has left the scene.
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