Posted on 09/17/2020 3:08:49 AM PDT by karpov
Minneapolis City Council members, who just two months ago moved to eliminate the police department, sounded the alarm during a Wednesday meeting about a surge in crime seen by their constituents.
Council members pressed police Chief Medaria Arradondo about the uptick in crimes that included daylight carjackings, robberies, assaults, shootings and street racing.
“Residents are asking, ‘Where are the police?’” said Council Member Jamal Osman, noting that constituents’ calls to the Minneapolis Police Department have gone unanswered. “That is the only public safety option they have at the moment. MPD. They rely on MPD. And they are saying they are nowhere to be seen.
Council President Lisa Bender accused police of intentionally not enforcing laws or making arrests.
“This is not new,” Bender said. “But it is very concerning in the current context.”
Arradondo, who has served as police chief since 2017, called her comments “troubling to hear” and pledged to address the issue with departmental supervisors.
“We need to make sure that our communities know that we are going to be there, that we’re going to be responsive,” he said. “We’ve taken an oath to do that.”
The Minneapolis Police Department’s crime data shows a rise in assaults, robberies and homicides, as well as property crimes and arson, according to Minnesota Public Radio. More people have been killed in the city in the first nine months of 2020 than those slain in all of last year.
Arradondo said about 100 officers have left the department or have taken a leave of absence since the start of the year, which is more than double the typical number of officers who either step down from the department or are inactive that year, MPR reported.
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Not only are they in office they also vote.
Arradondo, who has served as police chief since 2017, called her comments “troubling to hear”
Correct answer: We are understaffed and under funded. What did you expect would happen?
You can’t fix stupid.
Person sticks hand in fire - is alarmed to discover its hot.
They say that smoking Pot gives you short term memory loss. Those people in Minneapolis must be smokin a lot cause didn’t they all want to defund the cops not long ago? I feel sorry for the normal citizens but it is on them to march downtown and litteraly yank those commie politicians out by their necks.
They don't believe in crime, therefore it does not exist.
Alarmed by it.....why we all knew it would be a natural result of defunding the police Vote every last Demoncrat out this November
I hope these POS, leftist officials are beneficiaries of this crime they knowingly brought to fruition!
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
Libs - a special kind of stupid.
Are they also alarmed by the rise in bathtub waters when they put the plug in the drain?
I mean really......
No One Explained the concept of Cause and Effect to people in Minneapolis?
Voters make stupid choices, you get stupid government, and the criminals destroy. You follow the Marxist piper playing the Racist song. Burn, loot murder.
I feel sorry for the normal citizens
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Save it. There aren’t any
Stopping crime is racist, no?
“I feel sorry for the normal citizens”
I’ll withhold my judgement on the normal citizens until I see how they vote in November.
I hope your wrong.
Wake me up when Minneapolis recalls the mayor and city council and fires that unqualified left wing affirmative action loon police chief. Otherwise, the people of the city are not serious and they should adjust to their new world and stay inside
Any normal people live east of the mountains
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