Black Lives Matter and other irresponsible radicals started a braindead campaign to ‘defund the police’ across the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd. Minneapolis was hit the hardest, after its mayor took $1M from the police. Now some residents are taking matters into their own hands, as Lowry Hill raised $210K to fund extra police patrols, said The Daily Mail July 22.
Minneapolis’ Lowry Hill is home to a large number of wealthy residents, 40 percent earning six-figure salaries. The Mail reported that the area requested more police protection because crime has increased 18.5 percent per year. To keep their neighborhood safe, residents are contributing $220 per month for six months.
The Minneapolis Safety Initiative, created in the wake of BLM’s rioting, seeks to be a “temporary measure to address the current crime wave while MPD continues to rebuild to full staffing levels,” according to the article. Overtime services are provided by officers who patrol Lowry Hill at a rate of $107 per hour.
This makes perfect sense considering the facts. However, leftist policies seem to be having an ironic impact: the rich can receive police protection while the poor get the scraps of a defunct Department.
The MPD saw a massive exodus of officers: “The department had 564 active officers as of last month – still nearly 200 less than the charter-mandated 731, which was based on the city’s census data” The Mail reported. This is despite the fact that the MPD’s budget “currently operates on a $196 million budget – about $3 million more than two years ago.”
MPD says the program, “help police target crime trends and hotspots.” But others have concerns that this protection is only for the rich and leaves others in the jaws of criminals.
It seems the left’s demands are coming back to bite them. Now, there’s more criminality and danger for the rest of us, while the rich are able to protect themselves by paying up front.
This would seem like ironic justice, but real people will be hurt from the city council’s folly and pandering to liberal dogmas. The left’s desire for equality has only wrought inequality. You can see the problem.
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