Nice City You Got Here. It’d Be A Shame If It Was To…Break Or Something
By Mitch Berg
City of Minneapolis offers to deal with the gang problem…
…by creating a protection racket, and inviting the mobsters to it.
Although, to be fair, it’s a program that tries to deal with criminals, rather than going after the law-abiding citizens. That, at least, is a step forward for Minneapolis.
November 25th, 2016 at 9:34 am
So they want to inflict trauma on a community? Are these people nazis?:
And “spearheading” is an odd word to use to use in this context. Are they smoking dope down at the Strib?
November 25th, 2016 at 9:48 am
In Richmond, Calif., officials started offering gang members checks of up to $1,000 a month not to commit another gun crime
This word; trauma. It does not mean the same thing to a reprobate leftist as it does to the rest of us Jethrene.
To a leftist Trauma = your money, and lots of it.
November 25th, 2016 at 9:48 am
Jethrene,
Obviously, yes and they have been doing so for several years.
November 25th, 2016 at 10:05 am
Wow.
November 25th, 2016 at 10:23 am
I think I’ve heard this song before. I missed out on the “not raising hogs” money but this gig sounds like it’s right up my alley.
Do I have to be a member of any particular gang to receive the “won’t commit gun crimes” money? I’m employed in the local government bureaucracy – does that qualify as a “gang?”
November 25th, 2016 at 1:08 pm
“Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been pledged to the effort, including a $250,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant” The vagueness of the total amount allocated makes me believe the grand total is around $250,001.
Sounds suspiciously like the oh-so-successful gun buyback program from a few months ago. What happens when the money runs out? What if the money is used to buy guns/drugs…?
After reading the story on the Richmond program I came away with the impression that the results were mixed at best, success depended more on outreach than anything else.
November 25th, 2016 at 4:46 pm
It’s not April 1st. I definitely ate too much turkey, or something
November 26th, 2016 at 10:19 am
I’ve listened to Mark Rosen say he’s running for mayor of Mpls.