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The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob
Frey has failed to meet his legal duty to hire more police
officers or to demonstrate why he hasn’t done so. This decision
is a big win for a group of eight city residents who sued the
mayor and the City Council over the huge spike in crime that
followed the push to defund the police.

This ruling was issued on Monday by Chief Justice Lorie S.
Gildea.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Monday that, at the end of
May, the city had 621 officers on its payroll, “including 39 who
were on a ‘continuous leave’ lasting two weeks or longer.”

The city charter requires a ratio of 1.7 officers per 1,000
residents of Minneapolis, according to Fox News. Based on the
results of the 2020 census, that translates into a minimum of
731 officers. Since the death of George Floyd in May 2020 and
the riots that immediately followed, over 300 officers have left
the Minneapolis Police Department, Fox reported.

Although the City Council has allocated sufficient funds to
support 770 sworn officers in the city’s budget — overfunding
the force — the mayor has failed to hire enough police officers
to meet the minimum threshold, according to Fox.

Apparently, he has tried, but the “defund the police” movement,
which has demonized law enforcement officers throughout the
country, has led to a steep decline in applicants nationwide.

The suit was filed by eight Minneapolis residents, according to
Fox.

The plaintiff’s attorney, James Dickey, told KMSP-TV: “This is a
huge victory for our clients and the residents of Minneapolis.
MPD is under the required amount by at least 100 officers, and
we look forward to seeing the evidence of what the mayor and
City Council have done to change that.”

Minneapolis became ground zero for this movement when its City
Council unanimously approved a proposal to replace the MPD with
a “new Charter Department to provide for community safety and
violence prevention” in June 2020.

An initial victory for the plaintiffs in Hennepin County
District Court was later reversed by the Court of Appeals.

According to Fox, the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday sends the
case back to the district court. The mayor and city attorneys
will be given the opportunity to provide evidence that they are
actively trying to hire new police officers at a district court
hearing next week.

Because the City Council has acted to provide the funding
necessary to maintain a sufficient number of officers, the
ruling removed the council as a defendant in the case.

In a statement, according to KSMP, interim City Attorney Peter
Ginder said: “We are still reviewing the full impact of this
order and will be prepared to appear in district court. Over the
last two years, the Minneapolis Police Department has lost
almost 300 peace officers.

“This is an unprecedented loss of personnel that is not easily
corrected. Mayor Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis Police Department,
and City are working in good faith to recruit and hire more
community-oriented peace officers as quickly as reasonably
possible. From additional funding for recruit classes and
officer wellness programming to hiring bonuses, the City is
continuing to work to rebuild the police force to full
strength,” the statement said.

Far-left squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar, who represents
Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, was one of the earliest
and most enthusiastic advocates of the “defund the police”
movement.

Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper in June 2020 about her support for
dismantling the MPD, Omar said, “[Y]ou can’t really reform a
department that is rotten to the root.”

When the predictable surge in the city’s crime rate arrived, she
blamed the police for that as well.


Mike Berg
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Ilhan Omar accuses police of not fulfilling their oath of office
and blames them for the rise in violent crime in Minneapolis.

<https://twitter.com/MikeKBerg/status/1452727174423891975?ref_sr c=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E14527271744238919 75%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjour nal.com%2Fvictory-sanity-supreme-court-defeats-liberal-agenda- ilhan-omars-backyard%2F>

Omar’s evident inconsistency is appalling — and dangerous. Omar
and all the others who so eagerly embraced this insanity are
responsible for the consequences.

As the rate of violent crime in U.S. cities hits record levels —
the predictable result of the “defund the police” movement —
politicians like Omar see a ban on so-called “assault weapons”
as the answer – even if they can’t quite define what an “assault
weapon” is.

The Minnesota Supreme Court justices clearly see a different
solution — more police officers, as required by the city charter
of Minneapolis. At long last, a government body has injected
some much-needed sanity into the debate.

https://www.westernjournal.com/victory-sanity-supreme-court- defeats-liberal-agenda-ilhan-omars-backyard/

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