{"id":11145,"date":"2020-06-07T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T00:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=11145"},"modified":"2020-06-07T20:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T00:02:59","slug":"minneapolis-city-council-says-they-will-dismantle-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/07\/minneapolis-city-council-says-they-will-dismantle-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis City Council Says They Will Dismantle the Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council, a veto-proof majority, have announced<\/a> that they intend to eliminate the Minneapolis Police Department.\u00a0 The idea is to replace the police department with a \u201ccommunity-based public safety model,\u201d whatever that is.<\/p>\n

Realistically I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll do much of anything beyond handing over a ton of cash to \u201ccommunity organizers\u201d and tying the police force\u2019s hands on lethal force and hiring more minority and female cops.\u00a0 But let\u2019s just imagine what may happen if the police become so angry about all this vilification and decide to stop interfering with the underclass not only in the \u2018hood but also everywhere else.<\/p>\n

I can just see an enterprising young businessman from the mean streets who notices that Mayor Frey has a pretty nice wardrobe of Armani suits and decides to pay a visit to the mayor\u2019s house to \u201cborrow\u201d them for a while.\u00a0 I imagine that previously the mayor would have had a detail of police whose only job was to provide 24\/7 security to hizzoner.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing that security may become just a wee bit more relaxed after this.\u00a0 And what might be the situation for the nine City Council members who have announced their intention to eliminate the police.\u00a0 Well, I\u2019ve got to tell you, I wouldn\u2019t want to be them after today.\u00a0 The police really are the ones who make life in a big city possible.\u00a0 If you turn them against you, I foresee many, many bad things happening to the people threatening their livelihood.\u00a0 Remember for a minute that there are always a certain number of bad actors on the police force and they\u2019ve just lost their steady gig and they are pretty handy with a gun.\u00a0 Now add in that there isn\u2019t any police force to stop them and they know you were the one who got them fired.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t sound good.<\/p>\n

You know, come to think of it, I really think they should vote on this thing right away.\u00a0 I\u2019d be interested in seeing what happens when the police department has a ninety percent sick week in Minneapolis.\u00a0 It might actually outdo the recent riots for destructive result.\u00a0 And the timing is perfect.\u00a0 The long hot summer and the COVID-19 depression are both right there to make a bad situation into a living hell.\u00a0 When the first wave of teenagers robs its first department store and realize that no one is going to stop them they\u2019re going to get a rush of excitement that may not let up until they\u2019ve looted every store for a mile around.\u00a0 And that\u2019s not even considering how exciting it\u2019s going to get when the young thugs who currently practice the knockout game in their inner-city neighborhoods export it to the better neighborhoods like Fulton.\u00a0 Once the self-righteous citizens of Minneapolis get a real good look at what happens when you tell the underclass that there is no one there to make them stop they\u2019re gonna beg the cops to come back and they\u2019ll pay them double without a thought.\u00a0 Unless you live in a gated community with round the clock armed guards you really don\u2019t want to let the mob have its way.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s see whether it\u2019s all talk or not.\u00a0 It would make for an interesting experiment but not a pretty picture.\u00a0 Let\u2019s call it a teachable moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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