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| Minneapolis mayor introduces plan for dealing with uptick in violence |
| 2021-05-19 |
| [KSTP] Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey introduced his plan for dealing with a significant uptick in violence in the city during a news conference Monday. "We're standing here with a very clear message and that message is: the status quo cannot prevail," Frey said. The announcement came after a deadly weekend in Minneapolis. Police said one person was killed and 12 others were hurt in multiple shootings. A 9-year-old girl was among the victims hospitalized at death's door. "Enough is enough. Something has to give and we're not going to get anything done unless we do it together," said Jalilia Brown, a pastor at Shiloh Temple who also spoke during Monday's news conference. Minneapolis Police Department said there have been 27 homicides in the city so far in 2021, the highest number in more than a decade for this point in the year. Frey said his new model for community safety would focus on four priorities: a summer safety response, targeted resources and investment, an accountability and culture shift within Minneapolis Police Department, and 'safety beyond policing,' which he said would include alternative responses to violence. The plan involves bringing in federal partners to help investigate gun crimes, creating a task force to focus on |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 a summer safety response, targeted resources and investment, an accountability and culture shift... 'safety beyond policing,' ... alternative responses to violence. This is authentic urban gibberish. Being meaningless is the point, since it allows the listener to project their desires and politics onto whatever they think the message was. It's all BOMFOG. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-05-19 19:43 |
| #6 The time has come to act, and act fast! I'm leaving. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-05-19 19:31 |
| #5 Those are going to be some truely AWESOME Midnight Basketball courts! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-05-19 13:46 |
| #4 a summer safety response, targeted resources and investment, an accountability and culture shift within Minneapolis Police Department, and 'safety beyond policing,' which he said would include alternative responses to violence. What on earth does this gibberish even mean? Not that I think Jacob Frey has any idea, either, but I guess it sounds good on sound bites on uncritical TV "news" programs. |
| Posted by: Tom 2021-05-19 13:40 |
| #3 I had my $ on 'peace officers' and interpretive dance squads. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-05-19 12:55 |
| #2 Genuine frontier gibberish. |
| Posted by: Woozle Theamble4130 2021-05-19 07:16 |
| #1 putting millions of dollars into a "safety fund" for community partners. Like Pastor Jalilah Brown? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-05-19 06:53 |