Minneapolis is my home. My happiest memories are here. It\u2019s where I learned to ride a bike, had my first date, received my high school diploma.<\/p>\n
But today, I\u2019m too afraid to even walk in my neighborhood by myself.<\/p>\n
The ACE Hardware down the street? The one that I used to bike to in the summer? Robbed twice in the past five days.<\/p>\n
The Walgreens next to my elementary school? Molotov cocktail thrown into it.<\/p>\n
The Lake Harriet Bandshell, where we spent countless Mother\u2019s Days? Homeless encampment popped up next door.<\/p>\n
These are the things you don\u2019t read about in the news.<\/p>\n
Ten minutes from my house, at 38th and Chicago, there is still an autonomous zone. Police are not allowed to enter. Residents have died because medical authorities couldn\u2019t get through, and carjackers (of which there are MANY) will speed into the zone to escape officer pursuit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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And how about the week of the 2020 riots?<\/p>\n
We lived under a curfew for days while looters seemingly roamed freely. Friends fled their home at 3:30 a.m. because the auto parts store behind them was on fire. And then we watched in horror as our City Council members demanded that the city defund the police \u2014 as they hired armed security for themselves.<\/p>\n
I no longer recognize Minneapolis. I no longer want to live here. We are done, and I am leaving.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve spent the past year watching this city crumble. Burning it wasn\u2019t enough, I guess. Every day, I watched another piece of sanity and stability fall to the hysterical, bloodthirsty, self-righteous mob.<\/p>\n
You distinguish between rioters and protestors? Racist. You do not want Marxist-inspired racial justice theories to be promoted in schools? Racist. You thought that maybe \u201cJustice for George Floyd\u201d should be left to the courts, and not mob rule?\u00a0 Super, super racist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I don’t doubt that criminal justice “reform” is good for criminals, as intended.\u00a0 It’s its effect on the rest of us that’s the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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