"No one is saying that no drug dealers or buyers live
in the City or even in the neighborhoods, but the
primary demand for drugs in impacted neighborhoods
comes from suburban buyers who are purchasing their
products in open air drug markets."
Jonathan Palmer
Victory
In my continuing effort to bust this outsider myth I
turned to Allan Knox, an analyst for the Minneapolis
Police Department. He ran a report for all people
arrested on narcotics charges from May 1, 2004 through
April 30, 2005
In that time there were 2,969 individuals arrested in
Minneapolis listing NARC as the charged violation. 389
did not list a residence city.
1,836, or 71%, listed Minneapolis as their home town.
745 or 28% listed a city other than Minneapolis.
Now, Allan reminded me that one statistic does not a
case make, but my point still stands: The majority of
drugs bought and sold in Minneapolis are by people who
live in Minneapolis.
A Star Tribune article this morning backs up my point
as well. 31% of boys and 17% of girls in 12th grade
in Minneapolis public school report being sold, given
or offered illegal drugs at school.
Stopping a few idiots driving around Chicago Ave
looking for drugs will not even begin to address the
real problem.
Mark Wilde
Windom Park
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