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Minneapolis update: Back to �Murderapolis�
�With the gigantic outpouring of global attention� to the George
Floyd case, Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter,
�it would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively
minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings
receive.� Violence in Minneapolis has �vastly increased since
last summer�s protests and riots,� with 2020 setting the second-
worst homicide year on record, �after only 1995, when the city
was ignobly dubbed �Murderapolis.� � The trend continues this
year, and notably, �more than 80 percent of the shooting victims
in 2020 were black.� Cops blame a political climate that �has
allowed perpetrators to wreak havoc without consequence,� and
�regular citizens (including nonwhites) often have a similar
perspective.� As one older man put it to Tracey, �I don�t know
what fool would think about defunding the police. . . . Because
once you do that, who�s gonna protect you?�
https://nypost.com/2021/05/02/minneapolis-is-becoming- murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary/
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