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Car Thefts Double in George Floyd’s City
Front Page Magazine ^ | April 14, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 04/15/2023 1:07:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Pro-crime policies work. They always work.

Minneapolis Police records showed there have been 2,725 auto thefts so far in 2023, compared to 1,306 last year at this time.

What could the home of famous drug overdose victim George Floyd be doing right to make that happen?

“I bet 14 or 16 years old, came up, had guns, like right into, you know, my stomach, and all I could look at was the gun,” Craig Boettcher said.

He was one of the 755 victims attacked in the Twin Cities last year. We know stories like his well.

“They said ‘Give us your keys or we’ll kill you,'” Boettcher said.

Minneapolis Police report 655 carjackings last year alone. They resulted in 91 arrests. At least one 18 year old was arrested three times. Our investigation found he was charged twice.

During one police interview, a suspect said it was only a misdemeanor. Police clarified it’s a felony. The suspect admitted, “Every time I get caught in a stolen [car] (they) drop it down to a misdemeanor.”

“Now I have to look at everybody as somebody who could threaten or kill me, instead of helping people,” Boettcher said.

He hopes there’s a solution before more innocent people are hurt.

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: automotive; crime; donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; minneapolis; theft
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1 posted on 04/15/2023 1:07:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, this is what the folks of Minneapolis voted for, so I suggest they stop whining and vote against the demonrats next time.


2 posted on 04/15/2023 1:09:02 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m shocked I tell ya!!!

More counterfeit $20 bills too?


3 posted on 04/15/2023 1:10:08 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Like Chicago and New York City, they won’t be able to figure it out and keep voting Democrat

Double-down on stupid


4 posted on 04/15/2023 1:11:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like St. Georgie is the patron saint of Grand Theft Auto.


5 posted on 04/15/2023 1:13:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to indict the Dung Beetle Party's token affirmative action chubby cheeked shyster lawyer.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hmmm. I don’t think he can be blamed for this.


6 posted on 04/15/2023 1:18:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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So the cops aren’t standing down for fear of being Derek Chauvined?


7 posted on 04/15/2023 1:20:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There is a solution. Kill or be killed.


8 posted on 04/15/2023 1:31:17 PM PDT by healy61
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Roving bands of quakers


9 posted on 04/15/2023 1:34:01 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Last year a juvenile in the Twin Cities was apprehended with a stolen car. Trying to escape he totalled one police car, severely damaged another and totalled the stolen car. A handgun was found in the stolen car. For the theft and likely $200,000 in damages, plus a felony weapons charge. The kid got 10 days of in home detention. In my opinion he should have gotten 10 years.


10 posted on 04/15/2023 1:50:06 PM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think it’s going to get worse. People are leaving crime-ridden cities. Just check the exit stats for NYC, Seattle, the Twin Cities, etc. And who is going to move into those houses that are left? Either nobody or someone who wants to be part of the crime wave. The city dies. Just ask the people in Trenton, Newark, Detroit, et al.


11 posted on 04/15/2023 1:51:59 PM PDT by econjack
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Clearly they’re not voting for Democrats enough. If they voted all the way for Democrats, everything would turn into rainbows and unicorns. They just have to vote even better.


12 posted on 04/15/2023 1:52:18 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They should demand changing the name from Minneapolis, to George Floyd City.


13 posted on 04/15/2023 1:55:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey - that’s nothing.....just call it reparations!!


14 posted on 04/15/2023 2:07:42 PM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“Now I have to look at everybody as somebody who could threaten or kill me, instead of helping people,” Boettcher said.

Now you're getting it.

15 posted on 04/15/2023 2:13:32 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was this great TV program called Bait Car.

“”Viewers get to ride shotgun as car thieves are caught in the act. Lured by authorities to high-tech bait cars that are outfitted with hidden cameras and sophisticated tracking devices, the thieves get in and drive away, but their joy ride eventually ends with a trip to jail.””

If I had some real disposable $$, I would love to use almost-dead Teslas as the bait. There are microphones and video inside the bait car. The police place the cars in areas already known for hijack and car theft. Sometimes there are two crooks stealing the car. The conversations inside the bait car as they drive away are funny. The excuses they give the police are hilarious. I remember one idiot “I didn’t have bus fair to get to my mom’s house.” The police have a remote kill-switch in the bait car. They let the crooks drive very little, and kill the engine. In today’s EVs, there probably is already such a kill-switch. Heck, you could even use the ridiculous EV charging stations to place the bait car, just don’t charge the battery much.


16 posted on 04/15/2023 2:27:08 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Between achmed blares 5 times a day and the known common thug seems like Minneapolis is not the place to live. Leave it so the peaceful religious transplants can deal with the riff raff.


17 posted on 04/15/2023 3:18:21 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Positive outlook)
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Just more of the PARTITIONING of the US - Two societies, one feral in the cities, the other slightly less feral, out of the cities.


18 posted on 04/15/2023 3:53:30 PM PDT by BobL
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To: The Great RJ
For the theft and likely $200,000 in damages, plus a felony weapons charge. The kid got 10 days of in home detention.

If they start charging these criminals in Minneapolis appropriately, they'll leave the city / open air prison / urban reservation / homeless shelter and victimize productive citizens in other areas.

Lessen the charges so they stay in the urban reservation and avoid civilization.

19 posted on 04/15/2023 4:18:18 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not car theft...it’s ride sharing.


20 posted on 04/15/2023 4:27:14 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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