After Minneapolis became ground zero of the riots that have swept across Democrat-dominated cities this summer, its leftist City Council members became pioneers in the national movement to "Defund" police departments.
Now, as The Wall Street Journal reports, some neighborhood residents are banding together to make sure their own areas are safe, "As the city council on Friday approved its first permanent cuts to the police budget, amid calls to defund the department and generally lower tax revenue due to the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic."
In late June, according to The Journal, neighbors of an area near the Third Police Precinct, which has been abandoned by the city and torched by rioters, decided they'd had enough of lawlessness.
For many, the absurdity of the Minneapolis course of action - having the city's elected officials declare war on the police department, only to leave the job of protecting life and property to citizens - was self-evident.
This is what happens when you have liberal Mayors and City Council who want to defund and eliminate Police.
If Democrats manage to take the White House while flipping the Senate and holding onto the House of Representatives, Americans will be faced with the federal equivalent of the Minneapolis city government.
Minneapolis residents might be commended for taking responsibility for their own safety - just as many, many gun owners around the country would do if their own police departments were to suddenly vanish.
Now, as The Wall Street Journal reports, some neighborhood residents are banding together to make sure their own areas are safe, "As the city council on Friday approved its first permanent cuts to the police budget, amid calls to defund the department and generally lower tax revenue due to the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic."
In late June, according to The Journal, neighbors of an area near the Third Police Precinct, which has been abandoned by the city and torched by rioters, decided they'd had enough of lawlessness.
For many, the absurdity of the Minneapolis course of action - having the city's elected officials declare war on the police department, only to leave the job of protecting life and property to citizens - was self-evident.
This is what happens when you have liberal Mayors and City Council who want to defund and eliminate Police.
If Democrats manage to take the White House while flipping the Senate and holding onto the House of Representatives, Americans will be faced with the federal equivalent of the Minneapolis city government.
Minneapolis residents might be commended for taking responsibility for their own safety - just as many, many gun owners around the country would do if their own police departments were to suddenly vanish.
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