For several years now, the City of Minneapolis has more and more taken a “public health approach” to fighting crime, relying less on police and law enforcement and more on…
We’ve previously discussed the rap sheet of the lone person charged with the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji. In this post, we dig into the criminal histories of…
The incident discovered last month has received national attention. An 11-year-old rape victim escaped from a house in Bemidji where she says that she and two other teen girls were…
It was a team effort. As reported through yesterday (Sept. 29), the official Minneapolis Crime Dashboard indicates that, year-to-date, there have been 6,211 cars stolen in the City of Lakes.…
The city’s annual stolen car record is set to fall by the end of this weekend as many cars are resurfacing overseas. According to the city’s Crime Dashboard (updated yesterday,…
Last year saw the City of Lakes suffer through a record 6,138 auto thefts, according to city statistics. The official Minneapolis Crime Dashboard indicates that the city is only about…
Violent crime was slightly down in 2022, from the sky-high levels of 2021. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) issued its annual Uniform Crime Report today. The good news…
On average, an automobile is stolen every hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the state’s largest city. According to the Minneapolis crime dashboard, 4,125 cars have…
Nobody seems to know. But no worries, much more money will be spent on the effort. In Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis is at the forefront of the use of…
More Minneapolis residents and businesses are turning to private security. Why isn’t Minneapolis city government? Last week, Emma Freire published a piece at City Journal under the headline “Police by…
Back in June, David Zimmer and I toured the infamous block in North Minneapolis featuring Winner Gas and Merwin Liquors. The intersection of Broadway and Lyndale is much in the…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Democratic candidates are “calibrating” their crime message during this election season. The headline reads, Minnesota Democrats embrace police-friendly message amid crime concerns The article…
This afternoon, the state of Minnesota published 2021 data on crime. Sadly, it’s more of the same. Last month we reviewed the trends in violent crime in Minnesota and took…
is perhaps the most taboo subject in the state. The reality is that much of the state’s crime is committed by a handful of repeat offenders. This group is simply…
While Target's decision to reduce space is potentially rooted solely in less need for office space, it nevertheless makes downtown less appealing to other businesses– both in and outside the…
Businesses in Minneapolis are right to fear that growing lawlessness will kill their business. No individual or business thrives in an environment where they feel unsafe. If this trend continues,…
Liberals and the “Progressive” politicians to their left love to use the buzzwords of “equity, diversity, and inclusivity,” but politicians like Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Jacob Frey have erased…
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released its report on crime in Minnesota in 2015. The BCA’s findings are grim: Violent crime saw a nearly 8 percent jump in 2015…