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The Minneapolis Police have problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been the most open secret in the world for as long as I’ve lived in the Twin Cities. Minneapolis cops leaning on black and minority drivers, being more willing to take off the gloves when operating in black neighborhoods – this was news in the mid-80s. It’s like most police departments – a few bad apples among a lot of good cops – only seemingly moreso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minneapolis has problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you didn’t see it three years ago, you should have noticed it in the past two years. They had a city council president who said in as many words that expecting law and order came from a place of “privilege” (a privilege she was happy to enjoy with $1K a day in taxpayer-funded private security, of course), and a council that backed that up with policy, to the point whereJacob Freaking Frey<\/em> looks like a law and order conservative (whenever there’s not a crisis, anyway). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a city that seriously believes the answer to crime is to transfer more taxpayer money to “community” “non-profits” – the same people who’ve been profiting from the status quo, and code for “the DFL’s political farm team”. (It’s the same answer they have for education, economic development, and pretty much everything else).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minnesota DFL has a problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polling for mid-terms is abysmal – potentially catastrophic. Early signs are they could lose the House of Representatives and fall further behind in the Senate; it’s even hypothetically possible the hapless MNGOP could finally get a governor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The economy shows every sign of starting to slow down (at best<\/em>) – something the media will try to spin until after a new, GOP-controlled Congress and Legislature take over, but for now, things seem to be getting away from ’em.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But<\/em>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DFL controls the state bureaucracy.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report that was issued by the MN Department of Human Rights<\/a> – which is like one of those non-profits we mentioned above, only part of the executive branch – earlier this week could have been issued at any time in the past 35 years. It should<\/em> have been<\/em> issued at any time in the past 35 years; you don’t have to be a black community activist to notice the MPD has issues. If the DFLers who created the Human Rights department, and who have always staffed it, had needed<\/em> to issue it at any point in the past 35 years, they would have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they didn’t need to issue it then. It might be excessively cynical to say a city full of people angry about their police suited<\/em> them, per se – but it wasn’t against their interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now? As Democrats nationwide are being weighed down (justifiably!) by their performance on law and order issues – now<\/em> the MNDoHR comes out with a report on the MPD?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right around the time the DFL statewide needs to deflect the “conversation” about crime away to…anything but six decades of failed DFL rule?<\/p>\n\n\n\n