In Minneapolis, Armed Residents Set Up Patrols Amid Calls to Defund the Police

By artappraiser on Sun, 07/26/2020 - 10:26pm |

The city council approves its first permanent cuts to the police budget; crime has surged in the past two months

This will happen in more communities if police departments are defunded and crime rises. https://t.co/YHt558Q26c
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) July 27, 2020

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-minneapolis-armed-residents-set-up-patrols-amid-calls-to-defund-the-police-11595698725

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Makes me recall the old days when it was popular to object to this neighborhood militia kind of thing

Zimmerman was the neighborhood watch coordinator in his gated community; Martin was temporarily staying there and was shot there.[18][19][20] The Twin Lakes Neighborhood Watch program was not registered with the National Neighborhood Watch Program, but was administered by the local police department.[21]

from wikipedia on George Zimmerman

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/26/2020 - 10:34pm

Portland had the highest number of homicides of any single month in three decades. The police are tied up defending a courthouse that rioters are trying to burn down for...reasonshttps://t.co/7XfBJ6Lhjn
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/02/2020 - 9:04pm

In Minneapolis, Armed Residents Set Up Patrols Amid Calls to Defund the Police

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