St. Paul faces a violent crime wave that promises to get worse before it gets better any time soon. At the same time, Capitol City residents remain dangerously vulnerable due…
Yesterday, using an excellent Special Report from CCX Media, I looked at the rise in carjackings and shootings in the Twin Cities suburbs. Why is this happening? The suburban police…
Recently, I wrote about how the rise in violent crime in the Twin Cities is spreading to the suburbs. That was inspired by a spree of carjackings in Woodbury and…
We have been pointing out for several months now that Minnesota’s revolving door courts pose a risk to the safety of the state’s residents. In a number of cases, it…
I’ve written before about a ‘War on Public Safety’ being waged by some of Minnesota’s non-profits, District Attorneys, and judges, all of which are contributing to the explosion of violent…
One aspect of the rise in violent crime in the Twin Cities has been the increase in carjackings. On November 5, Kare 11 reported that Minneapolis has seen 457 carjackings…
In praise of ‘Clean Slate’ laws In our 2019 report ‘Minnesota’s Workforce to 2050,’ I suggested that a “Clean Slate” law, such as those enacted in Pennsylvania and Utah, might…
It’s the last thing those who depend on public transportation in the Twin Cities want to hear. The number of police officers protecting passengers on Metro Transit lines has dramatically…
On Election Day 2021, the voters of Minneapolis rejected a proposed charter amendment which would have eliminated the city’s police department and replaced it with a public safety agency. Fox 9 reports:…
Minnesota police and public safety authorities might just as well have dialed 911 at a recent MN State Senate hearing focusing on the crime wave hitting not just the Twin…
Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the percentage change in a range of crimes in Minneapolis for the period Jan. 1, 2021, to Oct. 25, 2021, compared…
Legislators’ rush to revise deadly force law backfires.
In August, St. Paul wasn’t seeing a surge in homicides in 2021 over 2020’s already-high numbers comparable to that seen in Minneapolis. At the time, St. Paul had just recorded…
On Sept. 14, in an article titled ‘Violent crime up 19% in Minneapolis,’ I wrote: “There have been 67 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year.” That number is now…
The suspect in the murder of Marquisha Wiley — killed in a gunfight in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue recently — had been sentenced to a year…
Deputy who takes bullet had worse days on the job.
A gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning leaving 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley dead. So far, this…
A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its annual report on crime in the United States in 2020. What did the report say about Minnesota?…
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue which left 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley…
Yesterday I shared an article for Vox by German Lopez which sets out some of the evidence that police reduce crime and violence. Some in the ‘defund’ movement argue that there are…
University of Nebraska Omaha criminologist Justin Nix said: “The evidence that proactive policing works is pretty solid.” A new article for Vox by German Lopez sets out some of that evidence.…
The determination of northern Minnesota authorities to hold Line 3 pipeline protesters accountable for their alleged criminal actions could “stress [the] rural Minnesota legal system,” says a recent MPR news…
‘The war on cops’ is only one part of a much broader war on the safety of Minnesotans, which is being waged by people who are driven by an ideological…
A poll carried out for the Star Tribune, MPR News, KARE 11, FRONTLINE and the PBS series sheds some fascinating light on the ongoing debate on policing in Minneapolis. Some…