[Mpls] Editorial: North Side gangs/City needs a crackdown

[Connie Beckers]

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The police also need more information from neighbors and more
intolerance -- not toward the police but toward criminals and
their drug-buying customers.
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JSK - this might be easy to say, but not practical to carry out.  The
typical result of this attitude is the conclusion by police that everyone in
the neighborhood is a criminal until proven otherwise.

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CMB - not to mention the risk to the neighbors who make those calls. My dog
was murdered after I reported a shooting a few years ago and I've been
harassed many times since then even when I *don't* call the police. I'm not
tolerating .... I'm scared.

And while I don't want to live in a police state either, I'm not sure what
else can be done at this point. I hate the helicopter -- I hate the thought
of being pulled over and searched without PC .. but I also hate that bullets
fly in front of my house and police don't respond. I hate that thugs are
taking over my once peaceful and pleasant community. I hate that my dog gets
killed because I report a crime. I hate picking up other people's trash and
condoms and bullet casings. I hate when my windows rattle when a boom car
passes by. I've about reached my limits and I'm getting close to preferring
uniformed armed protection on every street.



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Connie Beckers - Folwell