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Minneapolis update: Back to ‘Murderapolis’
“With the gigantic outpouring of global attention” to the George
Floyd case, Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter,
“it would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively
minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings
receive.” Violence in Minneapolis has “vastly increased since
last summer’s protests and riots,” with 2020 setting the second-
worst homicide year on record, “after only 1995, when the city
was ignobly dubbed ‘Murderapolis.’ ” The trend continues this
year, and notably, “more than 80 percent of the shooting victims
in 2020 were black.” Cops blame a political climate that “has
allowed perpetrators to wreak havoc without consequence,” and
“regular citizens (including nonwhites) often have a similar
perspective.” As one older man put it to Tracey, “I don’t know
what fool would think about defunding the police. . . . Because
once you do that, who’s gonna protect you?”
https://nypost.com/2021/05/02/minneapolis-is-becoming- murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary/
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