{"id":240860,"date":"2021-05-03T00:31:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T21:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T00:31:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T21:31:38","slug":"minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Minneapolis is becoming &#8216;Murderapolis&#8217; again and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27f14fef504\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27f14fef504\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/#Minneapolis_update_Back_to_%E2%80%98Murderapolis\" >Minneapolis update: Back to \u2018Murderapolis\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_Joes_Plan_To_Grow_Govt\" >Libertarian: Joe\u2019s Plan To Grow Gov\u2019t<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_left_Bidens_Vax-Messaging_Misstep\" >From the left: Biden\u2019s Vax-Messaging Misstep<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/#House_vets_Winning_the_New_Space_Race\" >House vets: Winning the New Space Race<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minneapolis-is-becoming-murderapolis-again-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_Cuo_Might_Just_Get_Away_With_It\" >Conservative: Cuo Might Just Get Away With It<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Minneapolis is becoming &#8216;Murderapolis&#8217; again and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/minneapolis-police.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Minneapolis_update_Back_to_%E2%80%98Murderapolis\"><\/span>Minneapolis update: Back to \u2018Murderapolis\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWith the gigantic outpouring of global attention\u201d to the George Floyd case, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mtracey.substack.com\/p\/one-year-after-george-floyd-minneapolis\">Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter<\/a>, \u201cit would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings receive.\u201d Violence in Minneapolis has \u201cvastly increased since last summer\u2019s protests and riots,\u201d with 2020 setting the second-worst homicide year on record, \u201cafter only 1995, when the city was ignobly dubbed \u2018Murderapolis.\u2019\u200a\u201d The trend continues this year, and notably, \u201cmore than 80 percent of the shooting victims in 2020 were black.\u201d Cops blame a political climate that \u201chas allowed perpetrators to wreak havoc without consequence,\u201d and \u201cregular citizens (including nonwhites) often have a similar perspective.\u201d As one older man put it to Tracey, \u201cI don\u2019t know what fool would think about defunding the police. .\u2009.\u2009. Because once you do that, who\u2019s gonna protect you?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_Joes_Plan_To_Grow_Govt\"><\/span>Libertarian: Joe\u2019s Plan To Grow Gov\u2019t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s speech last week \u201cmade clear\u201d that he is using the pandemic as \u201can excuse\u201d to permanently ram through preexisting Democratic priorities, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/04\/29\/biden-is-using-the-pandemic-as-an-excuse-for-permanent-expansions-of-government\/\">sighs Reason\u2019s Peter Suderman<\/a>. He wants to expand Oba\u00admaCare subsidies indefinitely, for instance, and enlarge and make permanent other entitlements. Alas, \u201cbig government has already become bigger government, and under Biden it is on track\u201d to grow larger still. The president framed his speech as a \u201cresponse\u201d to a crisis. It isn\u2019t, but \u201cif he keeps this up, he may leave a new crisis in his wake.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_left_Bidens_Vax-Messaging_Misstep\"><\/span>From the left: Biden\u2019s Vax-Messaging Misstep<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As \u201c200 attendees entered the 1,600-person-capacity House chamber spaced apart and wearing masks\u201d for Wednesday\u2019s joint session of Congress, \u201cPresident Biden missed his biggest opportunity to reduce vaccine hesitancy,\u201d laments physician and former Planned Parenthood boss <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/04\/29\/with-masks-distancing-bidens-speech-sent-wrong-message-about-power-our-vaccines\/\">Leana S. Wen at The Washington Post<\/a>. There was \u201cmost likely no one who has coronavirus,\u201d given all members of Congress are vaccinated, \u00a0yet ironclad masking and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing continued. Our leaders should be willing to take (very good) \u201codds .\u2009.\u2009. to demonstrate the benefit of vaccination to the American people.\u201d At best, the over-correction \u201cmakes public-health measures seem performative, rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>-based,\u201d and \u201cat worst, it calls vaccine efficacy into question.\u201d Biden could \u201chave sent an unequivocal message that vaccines are safe, effective and the key to ending the pandemic. Instead, the American people got a different message, one that could impede the nation\u2019s vaccine progress at a time when we can least afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"House_vets_Winning_the_New_Space_Race\"><\/span>House vets: Winning the New Space Race<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Defining the year-old Space Force\u2019s culture is \u201ccritical,\u201d urge former GOP House intelligence-committee chief Mike Rogers and his Democratic colleague Glenn Nye <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/550775-we-have-to-maintain-national-security-momentum-in-space\">at The Hill<\/a>. Getting it right means \u201ca renaissance in space capabilities\u201d; getting it wrong means \u201cslow-moving \u00adbureaucracy, byzantine acquisition processes and ceding the metaphorical highest ground to China and Russia.\u201d The newest service branch should embrace both \u201cemerging <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>\u201d and its risks. Besides working with the departments of State, Commerce and Transportation, \u201cthe Space Force and the intelligence community must work more closely with the commercial space sector,\u201d not just \u201cbuying \u00adcapabilities\u201d but \u201cdeveloping critical partnerships\u201d to match \u201cthe speed of innovation with the speed of acquisition.\u201d The goal: \u201cnothing less than the establishment of an American-led multilateral order with rules for orbit and other planetary bodies.\u201d It\u2019s \u201cno longer the realm of science fiction,\u201d but \u201ca matter of diplomacy and military fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_Cuo_Might_Just_Get_Away_With_It\"><\/span>Conservative: Cuo Might Just Get Away With It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAndrew Cuomo could murder thousands of senior citizens in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose a single supporter,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectator.us\/topic\/andrew-cuomo-away-metoo-nursing-homes\/\">fumes Stephen L. Miller at Spectator USA<\/a>. Despite two major scandals \u2014 the nursing-homes debacle and an avalanche of sex-abuse allegations \u2014 \u201cCuomo is going to get away with it all,\u00a0and he knows it.\u201d And that\u2019s in large part thanks to \u201ca national media still obsessing over the last presidency while ignoring the body count of the New York governor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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