Carjackings sweep through Twin Cities communities
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/2/2022 1:49:38 PM
The armed carjackings spreading fear across the Twin Cities are frequent, brazen and often violent. Assailants are ambushing victims in grocery store parking lots, bustling intersections and, in some cases, even as motorists park in the garage of their home. Just last week in the Crocus Hill neighborhood of St. Paul, a mother had to rush to pull her child from the backseat as three armed teenagers stole her car. The attacks are occurring almost daily in Minneapolis and St. Paul, at all hours and in many different neighborhoods. Minneapolis police have reported more than 600 attempted or successful carjackings this year, a crime they didn't even track until
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The Red Star waves it all off as a fad caused by youthful boredom, noting that carjackings were exceedingly rare before the Red Star and their fellow travelers turned George Floyd into the patron saint of minority empowerment through unpunished mayhem. Wall the place off and make the people live with their decisions.