[MplsSteve]

I lived in Minneapolis for 32 years.

I can tell you with a completely straight face that, I a middle-class, white, clean-cut, college-educated, generally pro-law enforcement guy, the Minneapolis Police scare me!

There is a sizable enough minority of these officers who are equal opportunity thumpers. Over the years, I’ve seen them overly manhandle people with little provocation.

If I pass on of them on Nicollet Mall, I will subtly try to move away from them. I know there’s some on VFR who’d say “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you got nothing to be afraid of”.

That may be true but to a number of Minneapolis cops, that means nothing to them. You’re best if you stay as far away from them as you can.

[grey_whiskers]

Did you see that the President of the University of Minnesota has said that the Twin Cities campus will no longer use Minneapolis police for security (e.g. football games and the like)?

Gonna make things real interesting near Little Somalia and The West Bank. I mean, I mean, Stadium Village.

[Luircin]

In today’s America, the people who have done nothing wrong have a LOT to be afraid of, especially from people who say “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you got nothing to be afraid of.”