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Minneapolis Mayor Asks Trump For Aid After Riots Cause At Least $55 Million In Damage

2020-06-07

[DAILYWIRE] The Minneapolis mayor is asking for federal help cleaning up and rebuilding his city after rioters caused at least $55 million worth of damage through looting, burning, and defacing public and private property.

That cost estimate is likely to increase in the coming days as government officials continue to tally the damage done in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Mayor Jacob Frey said according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state’s congressional delegation are also pushing the Trump administration and Congress for funding.

On Tuesday, city officials released an initial estimate of $55 million in damage done to at least 220 buildings. The mayor said that the number was likely a lowball estimate and that the total cost of the riots across Minneapolis and the state capital of St. Paul is likely to be "tens, if not hundreds of millions" of dollars.

"We will do everything we can as we shift to recovery mode," Frey said, according to the Star Tribune. "We’re recovering from crises sandwiched on top of each other, from COVID-19 to the police killing and then the looting which took place afterward."

City and state officials are attempting to get financial support from Congress or through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Neither option looks promising, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) said.

Posted by:Fred

#22 How about Hell's Angels. Antifa seems allergic to them.

Posted by: Spike Tojo6844 2020-06-07 21:21

#21 Been trying to imagine this "community public safety" the moonbats are talking about. Near as I can figure it'll end up being gangs of officially recognized vigilantes.. or more like the Mafia families.. This is our turf - stay out. Can't see that there's be much actual city oversight or co-ordination between "territories".

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-06-07 21:19

#20 Insurance rates ought to be interesting, as well as ADT (alarm company) stock if no cops to respond.

They'll replace 'em with some other entity, perhaps.

Posted by: Clem 2020-06-07 21:11

#19 SWEET. Everything's 100% OFF!

Posted by: Frank G 2020-06-07 21:00

#18 Minneapolis city council just disbanded the police department. Considering they technically did this when they ran out of the police station they are making it official. Lots of homes for sale in 5,4,3....

Posted by: Airandee 2020-06-07 20:04

#17

Posted by: 3dc 2020-06-07 18:55

#16 "We’re recovering from crises sandwiched on top of each other, each one of which we have bungled beyond comprehension..."

Posted by: Tom 2020-06-07 16:46

#15 That's smacks of a shakedown. Riots---> money. Reinforcing bad behavior. We are and have been paying the bills for these poorly managed leftwing money pits for a long time. The looting, violence and burning should have been stopped; such things tend to be costly. Perhaps when the citizens of Minneapolis have to pay this bill, it won't occur again. Maybe they won't elect the dingbat politicians who are simpatico with the mobs, street thugs and criminals.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-06-07 14:49

#14 Hopefully the Feds won't cave. Out here in the rural counties of MN, though we're still screwed. State gov't almost top to bottom Democrats - guess who'll end up paying for Mppls rebuild? Reminds me of a line I read in Churchill's History of the English-speaking People: "They were almost entirely democratic and much given to robbery."

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-06-07 14:36

#13 Use the cash you're de-funding the police with.

Posted by: bbrewer126 2020-06-07 14:35

#12 All that matters is, people in 49 other states had no say in your comfy union deals. Taxation without representation? We do have it now, but it's not a forever thing.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-07 13:19

#11 Ten $100,000 salaries of bureaucratic functionaries is $1,000,000. With benefits and pension promises maybe $2m? So dump 250 admins and section heads.

Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-07 10:45

#10 The classic perp who murders his parents then throws himself upon the mercy of the court because he's now an orphan.

You let it burn. You clean it up.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-06-07 08:47

#9 Too late for that Somali killer cop to move back.

Posted by: Clem 2020-06-07 08:09

#8 residents may start moving back to Mogadishu

Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-06-07 08:05

#7 I say the state governor should cough up some dough. Then, maybe some virtue-signalling CEO's (Target?) and celebrities and athletes can pitch in.

Posted by: Clem 2020-06-07 08:05

#6 Ask Soros.

Posted by: Spike Tojo6844 2020-06-07 06:26

#5 Raze the buildings and salt the earth.

Posted by: Beau 2020-06-07 02:39

#4 City employees are paid as much as $191,000. And there are thousands of city employees. The Mayor is paid about $156,000.

So what you have is a bunch of crooks running and working for the city whose only goal is to reduce services, increase pay checks and run up a huge deficit ($1.6 billion in debt) with no rainy day savings for emergencies.

Emergencies like riots. Riots that Velma Korbel, Director Civil Rights, is paid $158,531 to prevent.

Posted by: Crins Throlusing3119 2020-06-07 02:13

#3 Get the Antifa people to pay that. They caused the riots, make them pay.

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-06-07 01:02

#2 $55 million should be easy to raise. All you need is $1 mil each from rich people and the Foundations. Gates can start the ball rolling.

Posted by: Klem Kadiddlehopper 2020-06-07 00:34

#1 In the words of the mayor of Chicago, "It begins with F and ends in u".

Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2020-06-07 00:13

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