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Stay the course on combating carjacking
Star Tribune ^ | SEPTEMBER 15, 202 | Editorial Board

Posted on 09/16/2022 6:23:32 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Graphic video of young people violently stealing vehicles in Minneapolis neighborhoods and parking lots has put many communities on edge about carjackings. And though the number of such incidents is trending lower this year, they remain unacceptably common. Continued efforts are needed to apprehend the perpetrators and drive the numbers still lower.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: carjacking; crime; minneapolis
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" U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said. "A large part of our strategy is focusing our prosecutorial resources on federal carjacking violations and gun crimes."


Federal carjacking violations? DOJ and FBI are too busy arresting the My Pillow guy.

1 posted on 09/16/2022 6:23:32 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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And though the number of such incidents is trending lower this year, they remain unacceptably common.

Ok, so what IS the "acceptable" common?

2 posted on 09/16/2022 6:28:01 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: artichokegrower

Shoot the b@$t@rd$ who try to hijack you.


3 posted on 09/16/2022 6:28:05 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: artichokegrower

Shoot a few of them.

The rest will get the message.

L


4 posted on 09/16/2022 6:29:17 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Mount a Burglar Bomb (pepper spray) in the cabin to be triggered by motion unless you disarm it. Surprise!


5 posted on 09/16/2022 6:31:08 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: artichokegrower
According to the article, the Minneapolis police cleared only 12% of carjackings this year. The solution is obvious. Allow cars to be fit with flamethrowers.

And yes, that’s a real thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_%28flamethrower%29

6 posted on 09/16/2022 6:31:44 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: artichokegrower

Minneapolis votes for this. Let them choke on it.

No sympathy whatsoever.


7 posted on 09/16/2022 6:35:39 AM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: artichokegrower

Vote for Third World, Get Third World.


8 posted on 09/16/2022 6:36:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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They used to hang horse thieves. Just sayin'.

9 posted on 09/16/2022 6:38:52 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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"In 2021, police recorded more than 640 attempted or successful carjackings across the city."

Gee, I remember when carjacking was a heinous crime, but now it's just "Life in the big city. Get used to it."

Latoya the Destroya, mayor of NOLA, sat, at sentencing, with the mother of a 14 year old negro that carjacked 5 White women.

Through her interference, he got no jail time.

They only "clear" 12%, so, obviously the perps aren't afraid of getting caught.

And clear is an ambiguous word.

Perp caught, convicted and sentenced or "We know who did it. Tyrone and his crew."

Do they even bother investigating?

10 posted on 09/16/2022 6:39:09 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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Ya got that right.....

His newest discount code should be "FJB".... imho

11 posted on 09/16/2022 6:39:52 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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Maybe decent people should start shooting these fr’kn animals!


12 posted on 09/16/2022 6:40:53 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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...I remember when carjacking was a heinous crime, but now it's just "Life in the big city.

They have us playing by safari rules now.

You know, it's like when you visit a drive through safari park. They say, stay in your car, if you get out of your car, of course the baboons are going to kill you, it's just what they do. It's your fault for getting out of your car in the safari park.

Now they same the same thing about our urban centers. Of course a white woman can't go jogging in an urban area, the residents will rape and kill you, it's just what they do. It's your fault for jogging in shorts at 4:00AM. Car jacking? Why yes, that's what they do, you should know better than to drive through that neighborhood.

Victim blaming is very much in vogue with the modern left.

13 posted on 09/16/2022 6:50:42 AM PDT by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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"And though the number of such incidents is trending lower this year,"

Bull!

While CCW is essential in this effort, its important to pick your time to draw.

It is unlikely you will win a quick draw contest from a seated position, while the perp already has the gun pointed at your face.

14 posted on 09/16/2022 6:52:44 AM PDT by G Larry (Population Control means Killing Billions, not "limiting growth".)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Rampaging MAGA youths


15 posted on 09/16/2022 6:53:10 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

“If you tolerate this, your children will be next”

Time to stop tolerating.


16 posted on 09/16/2022 6:58:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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young people

Uh, yeah. Right.

17 posted on 09/16/2022 7:11:28 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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I don’t care who it is. No hesitation when I fear for my life, save for ensuring a ‘front entry’.

Funny that Texas isn’t in this list /s

https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/articles/10-places-with-the-highest-rates-of-car-theft-in-the-us


18 posted on 09/16/2022 7:13:46 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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Prediction: if this lawlessness continues and government doesn’t do anything about it, we will see a new sport. Rural yuts, driving pickup trucks, flying confederate battle flags will drive into these neighborhoods and shoot things up.


19 posted on 09/16/2022 7:21:38 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: G Larry

While CCW is essential in this effort, its important to pick your time to draw.

It is unlikely you will win a quick draw contest from a seated position, while the perp already has the gun pointed at your face.


Reality. If you don’t wait until the carjacker makes his move, you are arrested for shooting an “innocent” man. If you wait until he makes his move, you are dead.

And many times there are two carjackers, one at each window.

It would be best if we could resolve the problem away from the car well before the crime.

One good move would be to pass laws making long prison terms mandatory for those convicted, regardless of age...so long that most die in prison.

But presently we don’t even do that for murder.

Maybe offering rewards so large that it would be like winning the lottery and encouraging bounty hunters.


20 posted on 09/16/2022 7:22:44 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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