From:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/
000/000/005/826rvcvn.asp
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This year the situation in Minneapolis has continued to deteriorate
in remarkable ways. Downtown sidewalks have become daytime hangouts
for gang thugs. When Minneapolis businesses desperately sought law
enforcement assistance this past spring, they were told to hire
private security guards for their customers. In April, a group of
nine thugs--six of whom were known gang members--attacked a 15-year-
old boy who was dragged from a Metro Transit bus, pummeled, and
robbed before he escaped and sought help. (The assault was caught on
a chilling videotape, courtesy of the camera installed on the bus.)
The 15-year-old victim had boarded the bus at the intersection of 7th
Street and the Nicollet Mall--the heart of the shopping area in
downtown Minneapolis. Earlier this month the St. Paul Pioneer Press
reported that murders have increased 55 percent in Minneapolis over
the same period last year.
What happened between 2000 and 2005 to cause the sharp deterioration
in the progress made in controlling Minneapolis crime? Minneapolis is
a case study in the destructive effects of one-party liberal rule and
a stultifying political culture.
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Comments, agreements, disagreements welcome. (There's also a quote
from our own Greg Reinhardt.)
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