Minneapolis dismantled, Part II

Apparently, the Minneapolis City Council didn't embarrass itself enough when it voted unanimously to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Now, they're back to take another stab at embarrassing themselves with regard to enforcing the law. The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously "for the development of a new Traffic Safety Division. This was first reported by KMSP-TV, aka Fox9 News. Fox9 reported "the City Council approved for staff to design and develop recommendations for the proposed new division, which would not be a part of the Minneapolis Police Department." This City Council is both stupid and unserious. They've voted unanimously to put these law enforcement officers' lives in danger. To a thug who doesn't care about laws, it's irrelevant whether the person pulling them over is part of the Minneapolis Police Department or whether they're part of the Traffic Safety Division. This was supposedly a routine traffic stop: Disarming police making traffic stops is the law enforcement equivalent of posting 'gun-free zones' on malls. Thugs interpret gun-free zone signs as saying looters' and criminals' paradise. No guns equal no risk for criminals. Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham is setting the wrong priorities for the community:
"We urgently need traffic safety in our community," Cunningham said Friday in a Facebook post announcing the proposal. "We also need for increasing traffic safety to not come at a great cost of harm to our neighbors in the process. This issue is very complex, but it is surmountable."
What's needed is for people to obey the police. What's needed is for people to stop committing crimes, then not showing up for their court appearance. That's what Daunte Wright did. Officer Potter knew that Wright hadn't appeared for his hearing for allegedly assaulting a woman with a gun. QUESTION: Why are so few people ignoring the fact that Wright was accused of committing a gun crime? This won't help Wright's family:
Burnsville police say a carjacking suspect is dead after a shootout with officers Sunday afternoon. It happened at about 3 p.m. on Interstate 35W at County Road 13. Police say the suspect, a white man in his 20s, was being pursued by officers for driving a vehicle with stolen plates. The man crashed that car, then carjacked a woman at gunpoint. The pursuit continued, with police alleging the man fired several shots at officers. He then crashed the second stolen car, and attempted to carjack two other drivers at gunpoint before he was fired upon by several officers. No members of law enforcement were hurt, and there are no reported injuries of motorists who were travelling amidst the gunfire.
The common denominator in Wright's case and this case is that the alleged criminal used a gun and represented a threat. The other common denominator is that lawlessness is tolerated, even overlooked.

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