Steve said (although I think these are the words of the Strib and not
Steve's):
"We rarely report routine beatings of anyone, much less drivers, and if we
did, the newspaper would have room for little else."
The fact that "routine beating" is actually a phrase we use and then say we
don't have room for anything else because it is so prevalent just FLOORS me.
I am aghast. Isn't anybody else? Or do we just want to continue to accept
this kind of activity in our city? It is the institutional behavior of
places like the Strib and the City of Minneapolis government that accepts a
certain level of criminal activity and poor delivery of city services that
helps create this "problem city image" we have. And many of us have bought
into this low standard. And we wonder why good people move out of the city.
I have mentioned this before and this is a perfect example of why we need to
raise the bar in this city. And if the Strib is looking for story ideas,
how about a story on "monthly, routine beatings of bus drivers?"
Russ Peterson
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Standish
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