A question for the Lt, I recall hearing an interesting point regarding homicides, especially gang & narc related. That a major cause for the record number of murders in '97 was due to increased competition and battling over drug turf. And the gradual decrease in the last 7 years shows territories have been agreed upon and a reduction in internecine gang conflicts.
I recall a year or two ago there were some blow-ups between Latin gangs, some shootings at Cinco De Mayo on Lake St, etc. Then a few months ago there was some Asian gang conflicts up on the north side. I'm curious as to how organised these gangs have become. I recall back in the late '80s and early '90's Mpls seemed to have a Wild Wild West or Gold Rush feeling to it, with established gangs (Vice Lords & Disciples) battling each other and forging alliances with and/or fighting new comers (Crips, Bloods, etc). Lots of posturing, gang graffiti & colors as ways of marking territory. Eventually things settled down. Driving through Bloom & 26th St yesterday I saw several young men in uniforms - black pants & white shirts openly dealing. Not a huge amount of black gang graffiti though. Has street level dealing reached a fairly organised point? Large shipments brought up and then divided to salesmen or is it still fairly open - some guys put a few grand together and drive down south or to Chicago, make a buy and the come back and do a "start up"? Some mix of the two? Obviously I don't want a classified info or intel - just curious as to what the reality is for several of our neighborhoods most lucrative employer. We also have seen a dramatic increase in the Latin gang graffiti on the south side in the past few months - Surenos 13 & Vatos Locos - tagging and crossing each other out. But I don't recall hearing of too many murders/shoots on the south. Are these guys still meeting in the board rooms to discuss strategy or should we expect some hostile takeovers soon? Many thanks for your insight John Keewaydin PS - Great job to the 3rd Pre guys that were on scene of some car prowlers last week in our area, arrived within a couple minutes and nabbed one of the yahoos. --- Gregory Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do have the numbers and have posted them, both on > this forum and the City of Minneapolis web- site. > Serious reported crime is down. Significantly. > Minneapolis is safer than it was 10 years a go and > citizens, and in part the police department, have > realized this goal. See link > http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
