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Minneapolis City Council president aims to replace police department with ‘transformative new model of public safety’
Washington Examiner ^ | 6/04/20 | Anthony Leonardi

Posted on 06/05/2020 2:49:18 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: Libloather

“Transformative” ... “Fundamentally Transform”

https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-commends-powerful-transformative-urgency-change-seen-during-protests-after-george-1508502

Barack Obama Commends ‘Powerful and Transformative’ Urgency for Change Seen During Protests After George Floyd’s Death

FLASHBACK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrefKCaV8m4

Here is what Candidate Obama wanted for our country when he was running for President of the United States of America. He said that “we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”


61 posted on 06/05/2020 6:04:16 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Libloather

Confidential to the City of St. Paul, “build a wall and a moat.”


62 posted on 06/05/2020 6:08:40 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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To: buckalfa

Everyone needs to read up on the Communist takeover of 1917 ( I won’t call it the Russian Revolution) this weekend.

Many things today have parallels to that time.


63 posted on 06/05/2020 6:11:46 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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To: sergeantdave
"Then read the history of 1774 and the establishment of “Committees of Safety.”"

Thank you for jogging the mind. I guess the old saying that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter always apply.

64 posted on 06/05/2020 6:16:14 AM PDT by buckalfa (Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head. Feed your head.)
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To: blueplum

As of the 2010 U.S. census, the racial composition was as follows:[77][78]

White: 63.8%
Black or African American: 18.6%
American Indian: 2.0%
Asian: 5.6% (1.9% Hmong, 0.9% Chinese, 0.7% Indian, 0.6% Korean, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Laotian, 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Japanese, 0.2% Other Asian)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Other: 5.6%
Multiracial: 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 10.5%[79] (7.0% Mexican, 1.3% Ecuadorian, 0.4% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran, 1.3% Other Latino)


65 posted on 06/05/2020 6:36:12 AM PDT by Pollard (whatever)
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To: Libloather

Is there enough popcorn to get us all through this transformation into insanity in Minneapolis?


66 posted on 06/05/2020 6:56:53 AM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Same thing happen with Charleston Heston during LA riots. Neighbors who attacked him for his stand on firearms were begging to “borrow” some of his firearms. Told them sorry but they have not been trained in their use and could hurt themselves or others.


67 posted on 06/05/2020 7:02:37 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Libloather

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools..


68 posted on 06/05/2020 7:08:37 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: pepsionice

If I owned property in the city, or a business...none of this would comfort me, and I’d prepare to leave. Either your taxes are rapidly increasing or the threat to you will escalate.


Sounds about right. Corporations will hire private security. Small business, especially retail, will wither and die in our big cities.


69 posted on 06/05/2020 7:11:56 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Libloather

They should do it right now, when their streets are filled with rioters. Fire the entire department.


70 posted on 06/05/2020 7:20:56 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Libloather

They should all quit and tell the city council,” BTW, we doxed all your addresses online and mentioned that all of you are big fund raisers for Trump. Have a good day!”


71 posted on 06/05/2020 8:12:32 AM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: Libloather
1. Eliminate police
2. Companies and citizens hire private security services
3. The beginning of Minarchism (The Night Watchman State)

Robert Nozick might enjoy watching this experiment work its way out.

72 posted on 06/05/2020 8:54:02 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Libloather

GOOD FOR THEM - bad for the citizens!


73 posted on 06/05/2020 8:55:23 AM PDT by ldish (2020 Election will determind if USA remains a Consitutional Republic!)
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To: cyclotic
The author Stephen Hunter wrote a novel about how a mall was taken over by terrorists. One of the shoppers was a marine sniper home on leave from Iraq. It didn’t take too long before the sniper was taking care of business while the police, led by a devotee of “progressive policing” dithered outside trying to talk with the terrorists and find out why they wanted to kill so many people. As I recall, the book was actually set in Minneapolis.

Soft Target is available in a Kindle version on Amazon. Going to read it this weekend. Thanks for the tip!
74 posted on 06/05/2020 9:05:07 AM PDT by Sweating_Bullets (You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.)
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To: Libloather

If cops are forced to abdicate their duties, neighborhoods will be protected by militias, warlords, gangs and mobsters.

I wonder how that will work out?


75 posted on 06/05/2020 9:49:45 AM PDT by 5by5 (ad)
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To: Libloather
Minneapolis City Council president aims to replace police department with ‘transformative new model of public safety’

Well this should be interesting.

76 posted on 06/05/2020 9:51:29 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

“....private security services ….”

But can these private security service actually force to protect their clientele?

If all they can do is blow a whistle & fill out a form, you’re just paying for your robbery or murder to be documented and logged into a database.


77 posted on 06/05/2020 10:00:31 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Libloather

Ah, “transformative”. This is one of those magic words - “social” is another - that makes whatever follows unquestionable. Sure, that mob is looting and torching that store, but it’s all in the spirit of transformation into a new just society. Now shut up and bleed.


78 posted on 06/05/2020 10:14:07 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
Here one feels compelled to come to the defense of what must be the most abused adjective in the English language, the word "social," used when a charlatan wants the noun to which it is applied to mean the opposite of what it does. "Social welfare," for example, wherein neither the welfare of society not its constituent individuals actually improves, but that of the administrator does; "social justice," for another, which means simply "theft."

A brilliant explanation by Billthedrill from our book. See my tagline.

79 posted on 06/05/2020 10:21:59 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Libloather

The Minneapolis PD should have a 1 week “Stand Down” where they simply leave their jobs.

In fact, I’m completely in favor of all police officers in any jurisdiction where elected or appointed “leaders” call for this sort of nonsense to take a week off. I’m sure the fire fighters could use a week off as well.

If there’s anything left of the community, they will be able to pick up where they left off. Maybe the “citizens” will tar and feather their “leaders.”

Mark


80 posted on 06/05/2020 11:07:47 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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