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Minneapolis officers 'hands off' since George Floyd death, as judge weighs ballot measure to replace police
FoxNews.com ^ | 9/13/2021 | Danielle Wallace

Posted on 09/13/2021 12:45:32 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

As a Minnesota judge is hearing arguments Monday on a ballot measure to replace the Minneapolis Police Department, a new investigative report found that in the months following George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis officers "imposed abrupt changes" of their own by taking a "hands-off approach" to crime.

According to an investigative report by Reuters, Minneapolis officers almost immediately stopped conducting traffic stops, as violent demonstrations erupted across the city in response to the viral video showing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee pressed to a handcuffed Floyd’s neck.

Records show Minneapolis officers also approached fewer individuals considered suspicious. After analyzing more than 2.2 million police dispatches in the city, Reuters found the number of individuals approached by officers who considered them suspicious dropped by 76% in the year since Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. During that time, Minneapolis police stopped 85% fewer cars for traffic violations, meaning that fewer illegal guns were found and seized by law enforcement.

"It’s self-preservation," one officer who retired after Floyd’s death told Reuters, explaining how cops grew less willing to risk their encounters with the public becoming the next flashpoint.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: defund; georgefloyd; mpd
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And downtown retailers and restaurants scratch their heads, wondering why nobody is willing to come to downtown Minneapolis.
1 posted on 09/13/2021 12:45:32 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Well, duh! By all means, put it on the ballot. The weather is nicer in Florida and Texas. Like the man said, “come on down!”


2 posted on 09/13/2021 12:48:40 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I have respect for officers who quit.

I have none for any who accept a paycheck and bennies, then sit on their butts.


3 posted on 09/13/2021 12:49:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Dunno.
In their own ways they’re destroying the Leftist system by draining money out of it.


4 posted on 09/13/2021 12:51:29 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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as judge weighs ballot measure to replace police

With what? Garden gnomes with candy canes??

5 posted on 09/13/2021 12:51:36 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Lazamataz

Magical social workers that will fly in front of speeding bullets, stopping them, unharmed.


6 posted on 09/13/2021 12:53:36 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Little Ray

They’d do more harm by quitting.


7 posted on 09/13/2021 12:55:53 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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I have none for any who accept a paycheck and bennies, then sit on their butts.

Not everyone is prepared to be a martyr. Besides, what did they do wrong? They are legitimately employed and no doubt face enforcement and ethical issues every day. This one is just a lot bigger. They are merely trying to navigate the insane edicts of their political masters.

8 posted on 09/13/2021 12:56:49 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Magical social worker Garden Gnomes whose candy canes can be used to catch bullets in flight.


9 posted on 09/13/2021 12:58:04 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: mewzilla

“I have none for any who accept a paycheck and bennies, then sit on their butts.”

Well, I’ve met thousands of the LAPD Film Production security team here in Hollywood and even though they set on their asses on movie productions, they do the essential job of keeping away idiots from the set. Private security aint gonna cut it, esp. with traffic or road scenes. PLus, they ALL hate Biden like we do.


10 posted on 09/13/2021 12:59:01 PM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: Lazamataz

I think I saw some of them during Pride Week (Month?)


11 posted on 09/13/2021 12:59:28 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

And the BIG LIE continues. His knee in photos was actually
on his shoulder blade. Fake inaccurate news that was debunked at the Kangaroo court trial.

I would not want to serve in that community where the facts
are political fodder. Floyd was a drugged up POS who didn’t
want to just do what the officer asked of him.

The whole thing is a travesty of justice. Now in death Floyd manages to make his family wealthy. For me he was a
POS alive and no hero dead.


12 posted on 09/13/2021 12:59:42 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (f)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The plan is to replace the police with a BLM Stasi.


13 posted on 09/13/2021 1:00:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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"It’s self-preservation," one officer who retired after Floyd’s death told Reuters, explaining how cops grew less willing to risk their encounters with the public becoming the next flashpoint.

If you're too afraid to do your job, regardless of whether it's because you don't think your management will support you or any other reason, then quit.

14 posted on 09/13/2021 1:00:36 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Lazamataz

Replace the cops with Antifa/BLM martial law squads, just like last summer.


15 posted on 09/13/2021 1:00:45 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Oh, you mean the unicorn-riding Magical social worker Garden Gnomes whose candy canes can be used to catch bullets in flight and whose unicorns poop skittles and fart potpourri as they fly with their magical sparkle-hooves?


16 posted on 09/13/2021 1:01:02 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: PGR88

They’re not navigating anything.

That’s the whole point of staying fetal.

To collect a paycheck while not doing the job you’re being paid to do.

If they’re tired of being treated like crap, they should resign and find a locale that will value their service.

In the meantime, do the damn job.


17 posted on 09/13/2021 1:01:33 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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With what? Garden gnomes with candy canes??

Yeah... I'm here to speak with Jarmell about his drive-by shooting.

18 posted on 09/13/2021 1:02:11 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Lazamataz

Yep.

Them’s the ones.


19 posted on 09/13/2021 1:02:15 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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They’d do more harm by quitting.

For who? Their communities, the politicians trying to have social workers manage discord (turning places into Portland), or the families of the officers?

20 posted on 09/13/2021 1:02:20 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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