Minneapolis’ bloody summer puts city on pace for most violent year in a generation

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[matt04]

Etta Riley has learned to listen for a hiss when she hears pops erupt outside her Minneapolis townhouse.

The hiss brings relief. It means that bottle rockets are being fired in her neighborhood, not guns.

Riley, a 57-year-old school bus driver, remembers waiting for that reassuring sound one night in May. A group of strangers had gathered on a boulevard near her house — again — to throw dice, blast “cussing music” and drink from beer cans that would litter the street come morning. The gambling worried her. She has seen it lead to fights, which lead to guns. She called 911 and watched out the window as a police cruiser passed by and didn’t even slow down.

Soon a crackle filled the air. This time, there was no hiss.

Riley stepped outside that night and watched police cordon off the nearby convenience store with yellow tape. She found out Aniya Allen, a kindergartner, had been shot there. She wonders if it would have made a difference if police had really shown up that night.

[matt04]

Mayne if they let BLM burn another police station and cut funding another 50%, it will heal the city and crime will stop.

[matt04]

After decades of declining violent crime, Minneapolis recorded 84 murders last year, up from about 48 in 2019, and a toll not seen since a dark chapter known as the “Murderapolis” years. The 67 murders so far in 2021 are on pace to surpass that. Four of those killings took place this week in a span of 29 hours, among them one with a 12-year-old victim. At least five kids 10 years old or younger have been caught in the crossfire this year, leading to news reports featuring images of picture-day smiles over descriptions of children on life support or inside tiny coffins.

The murder count represents only a small fraction of gun crimes. Data show a record number of gunshot wounds reported since last year. In the first six months of 2021, Minneapolis surpassed shots fired citywide in all of 2019, according to ShotSpotter activations, shooting reports and other data tracked by local law enforcement agencies. This year is on track to surpass 2020s record-high 9,600 gunfire reports. The past 20 months now account for almost a quarter of the 70,000 gunshot incidents reported in Minneapolis since 2008.

Mostly peaceful murders and shootings.

[matt04]

Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/minneapolis-bloody-summer-puts-city-on-pace-for-most-violent-year-in-a-generation/

[EEGator]

All cultures and races are equal.
It’s mere happenstance that every single black neighborhood in America has rampant crime and violence.

[Huskrrrr]

Oh,you betcha!

[NonValueAdded]

I don’t understand why they can’t understand.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Sweet!

Hopefully Autumn won't dampen their spirits, and the gangstas will keep on keepin' on! Just imagine the thrill if they could take the title away from Chicago! Wow!

[cgbg]

Leftism is dangerous for children and other living things.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

New total 68 murders.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Round and round

What goes around comes around

[Mark]

These shooters should not have received their gun permits!

[Jeff Chandler]

She called 911 and watched out the window as a police cruiser passed by and didn’t even slow down.

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[Jim Robinson]

Ilhan Omar’s Little Mogadishu on the Mississippi.

[CrimsonTidegirl]

Minneapolis: The new Detroit.

[Lurkinanloomin]

After what happened to Justine Damond everyone knows better than to approach a cop car.

[Ikeon]

Me, - I'll take minneapolis for $500 ,

Alex " the answer is," Its the 5 neighborhoods with the highest murder rates."

Me, - which neighborhoods in Minneapolis have the highest percentage of minorities?

[Brian Griffin]

https://www.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/public-safety/police-public-safety/crime-maps-dashboards/shots-fired-map/

[frank ballenger]

The astonishing thing is this said it was from PBS.

[Kudsman]

Bloody lives don’t matter.

[frank ballenger]

I don’t understand why they can’t understand.

I hope you'll understand that I can't understand why you can't understand that they can't understand.

This is getting too complicated.