He’s finally arrested.

Minneapolis police are now facing heavy criticism for not arresting Sawchak before the shooting even though he had multiple complaints.

Members of the Minneapolis City Council, including Mayor Jacob Frey, pointed blame at the Minneapolis police department for not acting on any of the prior complaints against Sawchak and failing to arrest him immediately after the shooting. https://newsone.com/5658819/white-man-shoots-black-neighbor-minneapolis/

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    MPD told the HCAO they do not intend to execute the warrant ‘for reasons of officer safety,'” the Minneapolis City Council said in a letter.

    This… this boggles. This is almost Uvalde-level cowardice. What’s the point of gifting military armored vehicles, gear, weapons, and training to police departments if they won’t use them to <checks article> execute an arrest warrant for attempted murder?

    The command structure responsible needs to be regifted to other agencies that are bad at Google searches.

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      Oh, didn’t you know? The police are under NO requirement to protect at the individual level.

      The Supreme Court of the United States explained that it is a “fundamental principle of American law that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen.”

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      yes, they need all their tactical gear, cars, salaries and guns taken away if they refuse to do their jobs. Issue them some etch a sketches and chromebooks.