Check out these young adults in Minneapolis trying to bait cops into chasing them:
When questioned about it, the police chief had this to say:
“If a vehicle is simply stolen, there’s no force, violence or gun involved, police are not allowed to chase stolen cars. Period,” said O’Hara, “The police department’s policy does not allow for a vehicle pursuit simply because the car is stolen. The car would have to have been taken by force, some sort of violence, there would have to be a gun involved or some other serious crime. If an individual is trying to just bait the officer into a pursuit, it’s not going to get safer once this, once the cop starts chasing them… The cops did their job. They had zero discretion in that case,” he continued. “It is just not worth the risk of endangering everyone’s lives, especially if, at the end result, even if no one’s hurt, we arrest a couple juveniles, we bring them downtown, and they’re immediately released. It is completely senseless.”
In the meantime, local residents and business owners voice complaint after complaint that the police do nothing. If the cops aren’t going to even try to catch criminals, there is no reason to have cops. This is a case for an immediate 50% cut to the police budget, to correspond with a matching tax cut for the residents of the city.
In the meantime, remove the plates from your car and simply refuse to pull over for any and all traffic stops. They can’t chase you. Period.
5 Comments
Skeptic · May 9, 2025 at 7:23 am
“Teens.”
SmileyFtW · May 9, 2025 at 9:07 am
The less enforcement by those hired to do said enforcement simply reinforces the rest of the populace to realize that it is up to each and every person to be responsible for “enforcement”… not going to be a good outcome for anyone it would seem.
Stealth Spaniel · May 9, 2025 at 9:43 am
Just another ghetto forming. Good luck with that “not chasing saves lives” BS. Thanks to the Demonrats and the Spineless Republicans, this city is on its way to Chitcongo on steroids.
Tanfj · May 9, 2025 at 12:46 pm
Hrm. It would be fitting and hilarious, if someone decided to leak the make model and license plate numbers of every car owned by a police officer in the City of Minneapolis. Let their cars get stolen daily, I’ll bet you the policy would get changed with a quickness.
ACAB.
William Wallace · May 9, 2025 at 9:34 pm
It’s important to understand that Marxists seek to destroy property rights of any kind. Historically property was an extension of the owner. To attack someone’s property was to attack the person himself. It’s Natural Law. It’s also a requirement for a free economy to thrive. No property rights, then no thriving economy. Leftist will hide behind a false morality of how could you kill a human being over a car, loaf of bread, a dog or a few dollars. This is a false and misleading reasoning and in the end it is evil. It is why when property rights are ignored, crime runs rampant and life truly become cheap. Marxists want this to happen so they can offer their solutions.