The Minneapolis effect

Washington Examiner ^ | 24 June 221 | Charles Lehman

[Rummyfan]

On top of its other tragedies, 2020 saw the biggest surge in violent crime in decades. Homicides rose a projected 25% to 30%, to over 20,000 dead. The FBI reports a precipitous increase in violent crime overall, with other sources saying shootings rose in particular.

Commentators have floated numerous explanations: COVID, lockdowns, the recession, drugs, gun sales. But they often don’t acknowledge a role for the wave of anti-police protests that swept the country last summer following the killing of George Floyd, and the agitation to “defund the police” still gripping many cities. Law professor Paul Cassell dubbed this connection the “Minneapolis effect,” paralleling the “Ferguson effect” that linked 2014’s anti-police protests with a spike in homicides. This time around, the protests and policy response were magnified a hundredfold as activists pushed and municipal leaders considered “defunding” police departments altogether.

Admitting the existence of a “Minneapolis effect” is, unsurprisingly, unpopular with supporters of the protests, including many in the media. But it is hard to explain the past year’s violence without it. If nothing else, it’s common sense: When thousands of people told police they weren’t wanted, both officers and criminals listened, and violence followed.

[Rummyfan]

It’s easy to blame protesters directly for the violent crime wave. But responsibility for the Minneapolis effect, and for stopping it, lies ultimately with public leaders and the powerful. Municipal policymakers have fanned the flames, amplifying radical criticisms of the police and sometimes acceding to activists’ demands to shrink departments. Their alternatives are untested and likely ineffective, and will make violent crime worse. If they don’t want officers to keep leaving their cities, mayors and councilors need to support unequivocally the institution of policing, even as they weigh reforms.

Minneapolis, Portland, etc... They have sown the wind and they are reaping the whirlwind.

[joshua c]

its the fast and furious model. they are using crime and stats to push gun control.

[Libloather]

But it is hard to explain the past year’s violence without it.

Everyone doesn't get a gold casket?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Follow crime in Minneapolis...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://twitter.com/CrimeWatchMpls%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&ved=2ahUKEwiww9-vmL7xAhV9l2oFHRxRB5QQ6F56BAgDEAQ&usg=AOvVaw0E4SRzzkzxkb5x6GTVK88W&cshid=1625016150088

[BenLurkin]

[Crim]

It’s open season for thugs...racial equity ya know...

[sergeantdave]

Just stop this stupid crap.

The Minneapolis weenies wouldn’t last 30 seconds in a fight.

Alinsky rule No. 1: Make your skinny, stupid ass bigger and tougher than you are and hope the dopes fall for it.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Alinsky rule No. 1: Make your skinny, stupid ass bigger and tougher than you are and hope the dopes fall for it.”

Yup. The dopes being the chicken s*** politicians running things.
The rest of us are getting fatigued.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Ouderkirk]

My standard answer to these types..... You want better police?

A: Be better human beings, and citizens. Imagine the mountain of human debris they have climbed in 20 years on the job.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The tribesmen's drums beat out bad medicine. The natives are on a rampage.

[kearnyirish2]

I couldn’t imagine a single place in this country that isn’t more segregated due to this violence.