[Mpls] sex offenders in mpls

[Dennis Plante]

Ron writes:

Where did the sex offenders come from before they committed the crimes your
upset about?
Are they minorities returning to their communities?  How many sex offenders
started out in Mayor Rybak's hood compared to the 55411 zip code?  Give me 
all
the facts, not just the ones that suit your argument.


Dennis Plante Responds:

Ahh, it matters not whether they're returning to "their communities".  What 
matters effectively, is whether or not we're doing "them" (the offenders) 
and "us" (society) a disservice by allowing it to occur.

You bring-up a good point however.  In fact, I'd be willing to bet, even 
though I don't have the facts to substantiate it, that most of the 
overabundance of the concentration in "minority/economically disadvantaged 
neighborhoods", is due in large part to the availability of housing.  In 
fact, I suspect that many of the offenders living in my zip code - 55411, do 
so because out of necessity.  Try applying for an apartment in a more 
affluent neighborhood with that type of conviction hanging over your head.  
Try talking a relative from Minnetonka, or Edina, or the Kenwood 
neighborhood into going through the process of allowing you to live with 
them, instead of moving to Jordan, or Phillips.

In 55411, if you're alive, have a job (a requirement I believe as condition 
of parole for sex-offenders),  you're in....

Sometimes, we have to look after the greater-good of all society and if that 
means inconveniencing some to to do so, so be it.  I don't have the answers 
either, but I DO KNOW that concentrating 18 convicted Level III sex 
offenders in one zip code in Minneapolis, which has an unusually high 
concentration of minors to begin with, along with a mltitude of other 
socio-economic issues to deal-with, is NOT a good thing for society.  
Somethng about "breaking cycles" comes to mind.

Two and out.

Dennis Plante
Jordan

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