[Stu from NYC]

Hopefully the intelligent rational people in this country who have watched the pandering will take action in November to get rid of the pandering politicians

[DeanFL]

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Minneapolis Mayor Frey Asks for Help From Feds as Shootings Escalate to Chicago-Like Levels
|JUN 23, 2020

Since Memorial day, there have been 111 people shot in the city of Minneapolis. That may be only a single weekend’s total for their large neighbor to the southeast, Chicago, but the City of Lakes has less than a quarter the population and is well on its way to achieving Windy City-like levels of mayhem.

Minneapolis is becoming a shooting gallery. In one incident early Sunday morning, 1 person was killed and 11 wounded in a progressive mass shooting that wound its way through city’s uptown area. On Monday, three more shootings wounded nine more people. According to citypages.com, Minneapolis’s ShotSpotter system has recorded more than 1600 gunshots in the last month.

In a press conference yesterday, Minneapolis’s Zoolander-like Mayor Jacob Frey, described what the city’s police officers are encountering when they respond to 911 calls.

“There have been several instances in which law enforcement, and our police officers have responded to a very serious critical incident, in some cases involving loss of life, where they’ve been surrounded, pelted bottles, rocks, or even worse,” Frey said. “That is not a dynamic that will lead to success, that is not a dynamic that will lead to public safety. And it certainly does not serve the victims of shootings or any other form of violence.”

Given the ineffectiveness of the city’s police force in the current circumstances, Frey announced that he’s called for help from state and federal law enforcement agencies.

The mayor said the city will receive assistance from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department, Metro Transit Police, the State Patrol, the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to investigate the shootings.

As we’ve pointed out, defunding or otherwise neutering the effectiveness of local law enforcement inevitably has a disproportionately negative effect on…black people. But that didn’t stop the city’s far-left city council from voting to do just that. Unanimously.
The predictable impact of this on the city’s minorities has been unmistakable so far.

Joining Frey at his Monday press conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo pointed out “many” of the victims in recent shootings are Black.

“The number of gunshot wound victims, specifically to our African Amercian community, in young men — their lives are not disposable,” Arradondo said.

He added: “This cannot become our normal, as a city. This is unacceptable, and as your chief, I cannot tolerate this here. People have to be held accountable when they come in and do harm to our communities.”

Meaningless platitudes by the man who heads a department full of hobbled, demoralized, reluctant officers who can’t possibly be effective in responding to — let alone preventing — crime in the toxic atmosphere that pervades the city. The Chief’s words carry zero weight and every Minneapolitan knows it.

Will calling in the Secret Service, the FBI and the ATF make a difference? Will they be patrolling the city’s streets in such a way as to deter more gunfire and bodies? Or will it take armed National Guard troops on every corner to make a noticeable difference? Is that a step Mayor Frey is willing to consider? Or will his preferred solution be to send in an army of social services workers to heal the city’s population?
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Another major American city in the grips of terror on the streets - with virtually ZERO mainstream reporting or BLM/Minority Leaders outcrying. so sad....
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[Stu from NYC]

Sit back and watch the pandering politicians watch how blm and their city council are destroying their city.

As the businesses flee the people paying the taxes will be right behind them.

Who in their right mind would want to be a police officer in that city when they know they will get no support.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

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Minneapolis Mayor Frey Asks for Help From Feds as Shootings Escalate to Chicago-Like Levels
|JUN 23, 2020

Since Memorial day, there have been 111 people shot in the city of Minneapolis. That may be only a single weekend’s total for their large neighbor to the southeast, Chicago, but the City of Lakes has less than a quarter the population and is well on its way to achieving Windy City-like levels of mayhem.

Minneapolis is becoming a shooting gallery. In one incident early Sunday morning, 1 person was killed and 11 wounded in a progressive mass shooting that wound its way through city’s uptown area. On Monday, three more shootings wounded nine more people. According to citypages.com, Minneapolis’s ShotSpotter system has recorded more than 1600 gunshots in the last month.

In a press conference yesterday, Minneapolis’s Zoolander-like Mayor Jacob Frey, described what the city’s police officers are encountering when they respond to 911 calls.

“There have been several instances in which law enforcement, and our police officers have responded to a very serious critical incident, in some cases involving loss of life, where they’ve been surrounded, pelted bottles, rocks, or even worse,” Frey said. “That is not a dynamic that will lead to success, that is not a dynamic that will lead to public safety. And it certainly does not serve the victims of shootings or any other form of violence.”

Given the ineffectiveness of the city’s police force in the current circumstances, Frey announced that he’s called for help from state and federal law enforcement agencies.

The mayor said the city will receive assistance from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department, Metro Transit Police, the State Patrol, the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to investigate the shootings.

As we’ve pointed out, defunding or otherwise neutering the effectiveness of local law enforcement inevitably has a disproportionately negative effect on…black people. But that didn’t stop the city’s far-left city council from voting to do just that. Unanimously.
The predictable impact of this on the city’s minorities has been unmistakable so far.

Joining Frey at his Monday press conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo pointed out “many” of the victims in recent shootings are Black.

“The number of gunshot wound victims, specifically to our African Amercian community, in young men — their lives are not disposable,” Arradondo said.

He added: “This cannot become our normal, as a city. This is unacceptable, and as your chief, I cannot tolerate this here. People have to be held accountable when they come in and do harm to our communities.”

Meaningless platitudes by the man who heads a department full of hobbled, demoralized, reluctant officers who can’t possibly be effective in responding to — let alone preventing — crime in the toxic atmosphere that pervades the city. The Chief’s words carry zero weight and every Minneapolitan knows it.

Will calling in the Secret Service, the FBI and the ATF make a difference? Will they be patrolling the city’s streets in such a way as to deter more gunfire and bodies? Or will it take armed National Guard troops on every corner to make a noticeable difference? Is that a step Mayor Frey is willing to consider? Or will his preferred solution be to send in an army of social services workers to heal the city’s population?
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Another major American city in the grips of terror on the streets - with virtually ZERO mainstream reporting or BLM/Minority Leaders outcrying. so sad....
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BLM
Burn
Loot
Murder

America is getting very tired of this terrorist group.

[NJRICHARD]

BLM is a MARXIST organization. Let's stop being so PC that we will lose our LIBERTY and our country as we know it. This organization is run by TRAINED Marxists and if you go to their web site you will see exactly what their goals are. Unless we stand up to this and are NOT afraid of being called a racists we are in danger of losing this country to left wing radicals!!

[Barefoot]

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[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by bay kid

the virus is real. We are told beach goers, bars, restaurants, churches, etc. All are the problem. Not blm marches, riots and protest. They are ok?

[Taltarzac725]

Please Google Marxist organization. Black Live Matters hardly looks like one unless you are looking for a bumper sticker like approach to life. Or a fortune cookie one.

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Please Google Marxist organization. Black Live Matters hardly looks like one unless you are looking for a bumper sticker like approach to life. Or a fortune cookie one.

Google Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors

She ain't no fortune cookie.

BLM co-founder describes herself as 'trained Marxist'

[Barefoot]

I was going to "very interesting" to Goodlife's chart about SIS scores; but then I realized it was a dumb comment.
I'm just explaining why I deleted the post

[Taltarzac725]

Black Lives Matter is hardly what one of its founders makes it out to be.

It has had many different developments over the years. Black Lives Matter - Wikipedia

Originally Posted by GoodLife

Google Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors

She ain't no fortune cookie.

BLM co-founder describes herself as 'trained Marxist'

[saratogaman]

Originally Posted by TexaninVA

That's because science tells us the virus is INCREDIBLY smart. It's able to discriminate between the noble and the great unwashed. Whenever the virus detects a BLM protestor, or even rioter, it says "this is a good person ... do not infect him or her."

There are numerous studies that support this somewhat controversial finding.


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Interesting...please cite the studies. I'd like to read them.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by saratogaman

Interesting...please cite the studies. I'd like to read them.

They are to be found in the new edition of Curious George

[anothersteve]

Originally Posted by TexaninVA

That's because science tells us the virus is INCREDIBLY smart. It's able to discriminate between the noble and the great unwashed. Whenever the virus detects a BLM protestor, or even rioter, it says "this is a good person ... do not infect him or her."

There are numerous studies that support this somewhat controversial finding.
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Originally Posted by saratogaman

Interesting...please cite the studies. I'd like to read them.

Steve

[Marvic 1]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Please Google Marxist organization. Black Live Matters hardly looks like one unless you are looking for a bumper sticker like approach to life. Or a fortune cookie one.

Sorry you missed the comments of a BLM prime leader when it come to Marxist organization..