MEANWHILE, in the Minneapolis, St. Paul shithole: Twin Cities chef closing restaurant slams soft-on-crime leaders: ‘This is madness’.

"When did loving your city and wanting it to be safe become something people roll their eyes at?” said restaurant owner Brian Ingram.

“As our DA and as our city attorneys and judges decided that we were no longer going to prosecute criminals, that we were just going to let them back out, it just keeps exploding,” he said. He described calling 911 twice in the past month, only to be told no officer could respond. “Of course crime is down when you can’t file a police report,” he noted.

Ingram, the owner of Purpose Restaurants, announced last week that he will be closing Apostle Supper Club in St. Paul on June 1. In a Facebook post that has since been made private, Ingram reportedly said “downtown Saint Paul is simply not a viable place for small, independent restaurants to thrive.”

Ingram’s frustration boiled over in an April 22 Facebook post detailing incidents at his restaurants. At The Gnome in St. Paul, he said someone intentionally set fire to the deck. “We have them on camera–lighting it,” Ingram wrote. “And yet? I was told I couldn’t file a police report.”

At Apostle Supper Club, a smashed front door met a similar response: “I was told to just go online and fill out a form. I asked to speak to an officer. Dispatch said no.”

Moar here: https://alphanews.org/twin-cities-chef-closing-restaurant-slams-soft-on-crime-leaders-this-is-madness/

Minneapolis City Council votes unanimously to ban language based on height, weight, housing status and “justice-impacted status” to the list of categories that receive civil rights protections.

With their unanimous vote on Thursday, the 13 City Council members have sent the ordinance to the desk of Mayor Jacob Frey for his signature. While Frey could veto the proposal, the City Council can easily override any veto with just nine votes. As such, the ordinance appears set to be added to the city’s law books regardless of what the mayor does.

Under the newly passed ordinance, discrimination based on “justice-impacted status” would be banned in educational institutions, professional organizations, employment matters, public accommodations, and property rights issues.

The amendment defines “justice-impacted status” as “the state of having a criminal record or history, including any arrest, charge, conviction, period of incarceration, or past or current probationary status.”

In short, many different organizations and individuals will be forced to ignore a person’s criminal record when dealing with that person.

Moar here: https://alphanews.org/minneapolis-city-council-votes-unanimously-to-add-civil-rights-protections-for-criminals/