Doug Mann's opening statement, forum for 8th ward city council candidates McRae Park, 8 Sept 2005
A big issue in this campaign season is street crime, like drive by shootings, robbery, burglary, and open air drug dealing. Earlier this year the Star-Tribune called for a police crackdown and more cops on the street to round up more of the usual suspects. That Strib editorial also asked residents of impacted neighborhoods to accept a little more harassment and brutality from the police, [who are known to get a little rough when cracking down.] In my opinion, it is unlikely that a police crackdown will significantly reduce street crime because the root causes are not being addressed. In 1990 and 2000 the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development tested housing markets for illegal discrimination. Widespread discrimination against African Americans was detected in the Twin Cities, and elsewhere. Similar conclusions have been drawn from testing in job markets... For the full text go to Doug Mann's Blog (no pop up ads, no drive-by downloads) http://educationright.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=1216933 -Doug Mann, King Field, 8th ward Candidate for Minneapolis City Council http://educationright.com/blog (Doug Mann's weblog) - http://educationright.com (Mann for School Board) - REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
