Re: [Mpls] Unintended consequences--help for Jordan

[Brandon Lacy]

What is even more 'ducky' is the absolute lack of any type of investment in 
Jordan, or any other low-income community of color in Minneapolis, that will 
address the root causes of why folks turn to the streets and crime. It isn't 
for the thrill and joy of it. It's because there is a lack of any real 
opportunity. There is lack of livable wage jobs, affordable housing, and all 
the other issues that have come up on this list. Those issues don't excuse 
crime and folks getting shot, but sending state troopers into the mix is a 
patch that doesn't fix anything.

As a matter of fact, the Governor who sent those troops in is the same 
governor that is a co-conspirator for any increase in crime that happens in 
Minneapolis because he is the governor responsible for pulling safety nets 
out from under the citizens of Minneapolis, and when one is desparate and 
trying to feed ones family or when one feels there are no real options left 
crime becomes a way to provide for oneself.

So I applaud the govenor. *clap* *clap* for increasing the feelings of 
desperation in the city and then being so kind as to send twelve state cops 
to keep the masses calm and quiet. Good for him.

-Brandon Lacy Campos
-Powderhorn Park
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