{"id":115337,"date":"2021-07-10T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=115337"},"modified":"2021-07-09T19:44:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T23:44:05","slug":"minneapolis-area-chiefs-of-police-cite-cheap-firearms-as-part-of-rise-in-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=115337","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis-area Chiefs of Police cite “cheap firearms” as part of rise in crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Men jump on the hood of a police car after a family said a man was shot and killed by law enforcement on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo\/Christian Monterrosa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some Chiefs of Police in the Minneapolis-area spoke<\/a> on the dramatic rise in crime in the area, to the tune of a 24% rise county-wide in 2020 over 2019. They mention massive increases in the rates of gun crimes, including running gun battles in the suburbs. The chiefs are all part of the northwest Minneapolis suburbs, in the same area as Brooklyn Center (mostly peaceful protesting pictured above).<\/p>\n

One of the chiefs listed as a reason for the increase, “easy access to cheap firearms.” I’d like to know where she has found said cheap firearms, as the last couple of years everything has been well above market rate. Don’t get me started on ammunition. Rolling around the ‘hood popping off 9mm is the ultimate in conspicuous displays of wealth.<\/p>\n

“The issue we are facing because of that is the complete lawlessness that\u2019s going on in some of our cities,” [Crystal Police Chief Stephanie] Revering told Fox 8. “We have to figure out a way to combat that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Call me old fashioned, but isn’t “complete lawlessness” the whole reason for the police department to exist?<\/p>\n

The original article from the local Fox affiliate<\/a> includes information on some more likely sources of the problem(s);<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Park Police tracked 61 recent handgun cases and the majority of suspects got little or no jail time, and many avoided criminal charges altogether.<\/p>\n

James Klein is a convicted felon who shot at officers last March when he was caught buying ammunition at a Brooklyn Park WallMart [sic]. A month later he was out of a jail on a signature bond. Three weeks after that he was involved in a shootout with police in Utah.<\/p>\n

“A lot of these folks are getting out quickly and committing the same crime again,” said Revering of Crystal. “You talk about carjackings, they get out and commit carjackings again. And then we sit back and ask how this is happening?” she said.<\/p>\n

Revering cites one particular case involving a man who shot at police, but a Hennepin County judge was in disbelief that police were the intended target.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Expecting prosecutorial follow-through on criminals is a big ask for a state that has Keith Ellison as the Attorney General. He’s still obsessed with George Floyd<\/a> and now wants the Judge in that case to change the language of the sentencing order to “acknowledge trauma of children who witnessed Floyd’s death.”<\/p>\n

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