"To the Minneapolis City Council and their 'Pajama Boy' Mayor, I will say this - you all broke this, now fix it. Until you do, good luck on getting businesses to locate in your city."
Welcome to our new America. Land of the "smash and grab". This new environment of ours did not happen overnight. It was and is a festering wound. Take a bunch of big blue cities, mix in some socialist mayors, some socialist (almost commie) district attorneys, add in some "no bail" laws on the books, and you have the perfect feeding ground for predatory thugs. Oh - sorry. I forgot one very important ingredient. Too few cops. Striped to the bone by "defund or reimagine the police" movements. And the cops who are left of the force, are demoralized, and confused on how to uphold the law, in lawless cities, with zero support from city leaders.
The thugs, mostly young (some very young), have become very embolden. What started out as choreographed events of opportunity in the darkness during the George Floyd riots, have turned out to be a normal way to get stuff. Free stuff, and lots of it. Plus - if you are fortunate enough to live in a city which has no bail for minor crimes, you can steal up to $1,000, and get away scot free. How cool is that? Every day, getting $1,000 of free stuff, day or night, Sunday thru Saturday - no worries mate! Welcome to Obama/Biden's vision and version of America.
How long will this continue? Maybe not much longer. The citizens, who make up the majority of our population, have had it up to their gills. If our law makers, and law keepers, are not up to the task, then the citizens will need to practice basic law. In other words, to break into someone's house or business, and think you can steal with abandon, might be a fatal and final mistake. It would be sad if it came to this, but when the outlaws start ruling the streets, it is time for street justice to be promulgated by the citizenry.
How bad is it right now? In Minneapolis, there have been 492 car jackings so far this year. That is up 40% from last year, which was a very bad year. That number does not include car thefts, of which there have been 3,387. Did I mention homicides as yet? Minneapolis also has 94 homicides this year. At this rate, we might beat the record of 97 homicides set back in 1995. Home invasions are up also. So far in December, there have been at least 6. But who is counting?
"We should just hire more cops!", the cries go up from the victims. Okay, from where? Seems that as of late, fewer and fewer qualified folks want to be in law enforcement. Existing cops have quit, taken early retirement, or gone out on medial PTSD. Finding people to join the force, who will risk their lives, day in and day out, for city governments who can't stand cops, is not an easy chore. In fact, it might be impossible. What does that leave us with, if we live in the city? Smash and grab robberies, Car jackings. Murders. Mayhem.
To the Minneapolis City Council and their "Pajama Boy" Mayor, I will say this - you all broke this, now fix it. Until you do, good luck on getting businesses to locate in your city. Good luck on tourists coming to your city. Good luck on any type of commerce.
City leaders - because of the crime you have allowed to fester and grow, your city has become radioactive. Until you can figure out how to make your city clean and livable again, it is all yours. And nobody outside the metro, is going to give a wit nor shed a tear.
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