Reuters is befuddled about why police are retiring at their desks in Minneapolis

American Thinker ^ | 14 Sep, 2021 | Monica Showalter

[MtnClimber]

They came out with an important investigative report showing shockingly collapsed numbers of police responses to crime in Minneapolis. But they called the damning data "complicated."

In the wake of the rabid left's demonization of police, the "Ferguson effect" has come onto Minneapolis with a vengeance since the death of petty criminal George Floyd while in police custody.

That's news. But despite statistics like this:

In the year after Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, the number of people approached on the street by officers who considered them suspicious dropped by 76%, Reuters found after analyzing more than 2.2 million police dispatches in the city. Officers stopped 85% fewer cars for traffic violations. As they stopped fewer people, they found and seized fewer illegal guns.

...and this:

In May, the most recent month for which complete records were available, officers initiated about 58% fewer encounters than they did in the same month the year before.

The number of traffic stops they conducted was down 85% over the same period. Business checks — in which officers stop at a business to talk to employees and customers — were down 76%. The number of people the police stopped for acting suspiciously also dropped 76%.

Reuters is befuddled.

[sergeantdave]

“the communist government orders police to go after the capable or those who speak the truth.”

Gestapo cops learn real quick that a visit from the sheriff late at night on a deserted road is a life-changing educational experience.

[ealgeone]

No way I’d go to dystopian Australia today.

[Vaduz]

Indeed

[jmaroneps37]

Retired NYPD street cop here: There is nothing complicated about this. Screw with cops and they will go dead on you.

Any questions?

[MtnClimber]

Yes, who can blame them?