It’s been another week in Minneapolis that looks more like the wild west than a modern, midwestern city. On Sunday night, seven people were shot in multiple incidents, with one victim being killed. Another person was killed on Monday night. Meanwhile, arrests and prosecutions are lagging far behind these reported incidents.
People have been noticing and they are bringing their complaints directly to Mayor Jacob Frey when he ventures out to address the public. One pastor named Dale Hume came forward to say that the city’s efforts to defund the police haven’t worked and "you can obviously see that is not the solution." Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Mayor Frey came out this week and said that he agrees with the Pastor.
Good luck getting the genie back in the bottle."The violence needs to stop, its unacceptable. People deserve to feel safe in their neighborhood, they deserve to be able to send their kids out to the sidewalk to play and to recreate without bullets flying by. That’s unacceptable. We should be holding these perpetrators accountable," Frey said...
"It’s just the reality of the solution, you know. When you make big, overarching statements that we’re going to defund or abolish and dismantle the police department and get rid of all the officers, there’s an impact to that," Frey said. "Do we need massive change? Yes we do. We need accountability and culture shift within our department, and we need police."
Mayor Frey says he plans to release a plan later this week that includes laying out both safety and accountability.
Itjust feels like this guy can't help himself. He makes a public statement saying that there's too much violent crime and that we need the police, but he immediately couches it with comments about needing "massive change" and accountability on the part of the cops. Do you suppose you might be able to work on that project after you put some of these murderers and gang bangers in jail?