Keep Movin' Along, Nothin' To See Here
The headline in today's Star Tribune:
Block E is safe, City Hall leaders insist
Oh, I feel so much better now. I'm sure the family Alan Reitter, who was gunned down on Friday night is reassured to hear how safe it is around Block E.
And the idiocy from the Minneapolis City Council Continues:
"This certainly seemed to be a random act of unkindness," Public Safety Committee Chairman Don Samuels said.
A random act of unkindness? Excuse me. Calling someone a rude name is a random act of unkindness. This was murder. I guess Councilman Samuels has a new strategy. Since the mayor and the council have no clue how or desire to actually make the city safer, let's make it sound more pleasant. "There were four random acts of unkindness last week, a man was the victim of three random acts of unkindness to the chest, etc."
KQRS read a frustrating but fantastic letter from an anonymous police officer who was on the scene in the Block E area on Friday night. Two things stood out. One, the officer could feel that it was going to be a bad night. Training, experience, instinct, all of the above? Whatever the reason, these people know what they are doing and I'm grateful for their service. Two, the frustration you could hear in the letter. A plea to the city council and Mayor Hug-a-Tree to loosen the restraints on the officers. Stop issuing suspension after suspensioin. A scolding of the media for making the slightest accusation of police brutality front page news (whether the claims are substantiated or not). And then this bombshell...
In terms of manpower, the 2nd largest department in the Minneapolis Police Department is internal affairs. That's right. Cops investigating cops. Much more dangerous than gang members. The strategy appears to be working quite well. We certainly are getting more and more of those dangerous cops off the street.
The letter was a good one. I hope KQRS posts it on their website.
Block E is safe, City Hall leaders insist
Oh, I feel so much better now. I'm sure the family Alan Reitter, who was gunned down on Friday night is reassured to hear how safe it is around Block E.
And the idiocy from the Minneapolis City Council Continues:
"This certainly seemed to be a random act of unkindness," Public Safety Committee Chairman Don Samuels said.
A random act of unkindness? Excuse me. Calling someone a rude name is a random act of unkindness. This was murder. I guess Councilman Samuels has a new strategy. Since the mayor and the council have no clue how or desire to actually make the city safer, let's make it sound more pleasant. "There were four random acts of unkindness last week, a man was the victim of three random acts of unkindness to the chest, etc."
KQRS read a frustrating but fantastic letter from an anonymous police officer who was on the scene in the Block E area on Friday night. Two things stood out. One, the officer could feel that it was going to be a bad night. Training, experience, instinct, all of the above? Whatever the reason, these people know what they are doing and I'm grateful for their service. Two, the frustration you could hear in the letter. A plea to the city council and Mayor Hug-a-Tree to loosen the restraints on the officers. Stop issuing suspension after suspensioin. A scolding of the media for making the slightest accusation of police brutality front page news (whether the claims are substantiated or not). And then this bombshell...
In terms of manpower, the 2nd largest department in the Minneapolis Police Department is internal affairs. That's right. Cops investigating cops. Much more dangerous than gang members. The strategy appears to be working quite well. We certainly are getting more and more of those dangerous cops off the street.
The letter was a good one. I hope KQRS posts it on their website.
posted by Nordeaster | 6:52 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the heads-up. I would love to post that letter, if it can be confirmed. And you're right, Nordeaster, a house divided cannot stand.
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