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At the end of June, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to “defund” the city’s police. Now crime is on the rise.
John Hinderaker, president of the Minnesota policy organization Center of the American Experiment, joins the show to explain what the future may hold for the Minneapolis Police Department and what his organization is doing to support local law enforcement.
We also cover these stories:
- New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, moves to shut down the National Rifle Association.
- The votes of more than 84,000 New York City residents weren’t counted during the summer’s Democratic primary.
- A Secret Service report reveals that many shootings are carried out with illegal guns.
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Exceptionally interesting episode!
I didn’t know that a police force of a certain size is mandated in the Minneapolis city charter. Now that the size has fallen below the mandated limit, eill the City Council be forced to take action to restore the police force?
Very likely, a liberal judge will wave his hands and ignore what the law says.
Also, there’s a certain amusement to be had in the spectacle of YouTube suppressing Heather MacDonald’s lecture on the real statistics of race and crime, in order to protect the false claims of Black Lives Matter.
Loving Heather MacDonald for her smarts, chutzpah, and tenacity