A Year After George Floyd’s Murder, It’s ‘Open Season’ in Minneapolis

WSJ ^ | 24 May 2021 | Heather MacDonald

[Rummyfan]

Al Sharpton and civil-rights attorney Benjamin Crump led a march in downtown Minneapolis Sunday in advance of the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death on May 25. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of Floyd’s murder last month.

Messrs. Sharpton and Crump didn’t visit North Memorial Health Hospital, where two recent victims of a yearlong explosion of violence in Minneapolis are on life support. On April 30 Ladavionne Garrett Jr., 10, was riding in a car with his parents when a gunman opened fire. A bullet pierced Ladavionne’s head; doctors put him in a medically induced coma and removed part of his skull to relieve swelling on the brain. On May 15, 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith was jumping on a trampoline at a friend’s house when bullets fired from a passing car struck her in the head. She is also in critical condition at North Memorial, in the room next to Ladavionne’s.

Nineteen children in Minneapolis have been shot this year, an increase of 171% over the same period in 2020. Their relatives wonder where the protesters are. “Why ain’t nobody mad about a 10-year-old, my grandson, fighting for his life?” asked Sharrie Jennings, Ladavionne’s grandmother, at a May 17 mayoral event. “Because a cop didn’t shoot him, is that why?” Ms. Jennings warned of “a deadly summer” for kids if the mayor and police chief don’t “step up.” Later that day, Aniya Allen, 6, was caught in a shootout between rival gangs while in her mother’s car. Aniya died on May 19.

[Rummyfan]

But but.... black lives matter right? Like St George Floyd?!

[Rummyfan]

Minneapolis homicides between Jan. 1 and last week were up 108% compared with the same period in 2020; shootings were up 153%, and carjackings 222%. The crime increase began after Floyd’s death and has never let up. Nor has the assault on law enforcement that began with the arson destruction of the Third Precinct building on May 28, 2020. Officers are routinely punched, kicked and hit with projectiles. There was a near-riot in downtown Minneapolis in the early hours of May 22 following a shootout among club patrons. Two people were killed in that shootout and eight wounded. Responding officers called for backup across the Twin Cities at what the department called an “exceptionally chaotic scene.” The previous weekend, officers were maced, and pelted with rocks and debris while trying to disperse disorderly crowds.

This is what the city leaders of Minneapolis wanted. If I were a law-abiding citizen living there, I'd be making plans to get out ASAP.

[Steely Tom]

Minneapolis homicides between Jan. 1 and last week were up 108% compared with the same period in 2020; shootings were up 153%, and carjackings 222%.

Last year the MSM was calling it a "spike in crime." Now it looks like an "explosion in crime" would be a somewhat more accurate description.

[LuxAerterna]

But but.... black lives matter right?

Some black lives matter more than others, it appears.

[Socon-Econ]

That kangaroo court was wrong— George Floyd wasn’t murdered. Arguably involuntary manslaughter, but in no way was it 2nd degree murder.

[Uncle Miltie]

My lovely liberal teacher wife shared this article with 5th graders after a BLM sponsored “cops kill black boys for no reason” book!

[escapefromboston]

Floyd murdered himself by ODing on drugs and resisting arrest.

[Vermont Lt]

I don’t think they have second degree murder there? Or maybe not manslaughter.

I recall the charging did not jive with what I thought it would be. But it was mainly because they name them differently than they do in my state.

Not opining on anything other than the naming.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

What was the students reaction to the article “after a BLM sponsored “cops kill black boys for no reason’ book? I read that the leader of the Minneapolis BLM has quite the group and basically denounced the BLM movement for misleading people.

Would love to have follow-up details here at FR.

[vpintheak]

Lilly-white leftists DON’T give 2 craps about black lives, if police aren’t involved. Don’t you understand that!? Quit voting Rat! Quit voting Rat! Quit voting Rat!

[Carl Vehse]

Minneapolis has demonstrated time and time again that it is a city that no longer deserves to exist, and its people no longer deserve to be called Americans.

[simpson96]

“Why ain’t nobody mad about a 10-year-old, my grandson, fighting for his life?” asked Sharrie Jennings

These folks will never get it - the Dem Party does not care about them and simply uses them to further their own desires.

That woman will still vote Democrat the rest of her life. I'd bet plenty on it.

[LouAvul]

“Why ain’t nobody mad about a 10-year-old, my grandson, fighting for his life?”

Good question. Why is it the case that 9.45 of every 10 blax murdered, are murdered by other blax. Yet no cities are burnt down because of that. But when a blak criminal gets kilt during the commission of a crime, suddenly it's "burnin' down time!"

[Zuriel]

**Floyd murdered himself by ODing on drugs and resisting arrest.**

The drugs did it.

I’ve done the knee on the neck test. Uncomfortable? Quite. Harder to breathe? A little. I’m almost 67, and have a scrawny neck. It didn’t even make me lightheaded. Floyd was 20 yrs younger than me with an obviously stronger neck (judging by photos of him). Had he been drug free, I’m convinced he would have gotten through those 9 minutes easier than me.

[Pining_4_TX]

Because there is no money in protesting about blacks killing blacks. Besides, people might have to take some responsibility for themselves, their kids, and their communities, and that’s a lot harder than using white guilt to get stuff.

[Feckless]

F ‘em. Feral Animals killing Feral Animals. Where can I donate ammo?

[Phillyred]

He wasn’t murdered.

[aquila48]

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[Trillian]

That’s a funny way of saying fentanyl overdose.