Ramsey’s obvious question to them should be, “Shouldn’t car thieves be arrested?”
“There’s no sense in confronting them in any way verbally because that’s what they’re looking for,”
Bob Fletcher, Ramsey County Sheriff. I watch his “Live on Patrol” episodes.
Awhile ago he was talking to a group of kids and how they were trying to catch the car thieves. Pre-teens, respectful, although they weren’t going to give him any names.
“Yeah - I understand you don’t want to rat on them, but when you are older and have your own car and need it to get to work - do you want it stolen?”
A 12-year old girl replied “No. But even if you catch them they only spend a day in jail anyway - that’s not going to stop them.”
Later the sheriff said “Out of the mouth of babes. Here’s this girl that gets it where the politicians don’t!”