Is Minneapolis a public safety lost cause?
Without a significant shake-up in Minneapolis's political leadership (Mayor Frey, the City Council) and police leadership, it looks like Minneapolis will remain a lost cause in terms of public safety. Joe Gamaldi, the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police, had some harsh criticisms for Mayor Frey. For instance, Gamaldi told Liz Collin that "I think Mayor [Jacob] Frey likes to talk tough with everyone, but I think we all know he is completely spineless. Because these gangs know that even if they are arrested, they’re just gonna be let right back out over and over and over again."
Ms. Collin reported in her podcast that "This past weekend marked yet another violent Fourth of July in Minneapolis. Dozens of car windows were smashed, there was a homicide, and several people were injured by gunfire—with some of it caught on camera. Despite the danger to the public, many local leaders seem unwilling to publicly acknowledge that there is a Somali gang problem in the city." It's returning to the days when the city was called Murderapolis.
Who'd want to live in a city where the political leadership is non-existent and officer morale is worse than that? Who'd want to live in a city where criminals run free and get released from jail 10 minutes after getting arrested? Here's the Gamaldi interview:
Short of Minneapolis getting new political leadership with a SPINE, Minneapolis is a lost cause. Simply put, the DFL activists have ruined Minneapolis.
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