Minneapolis Gothic and gaslighting

[mellowtigger]

There's a great thread ("MINNEAPOLIS GOTHIC") on Twitter, sort of a poetry thread about life in Minneapolis, and people are creating new additions.

My favorite stanza is this one about our mayor's gaslighting in this city:

It is November, and Jacob Frey has just banned no-knock warrants.
It is February, and Jacob Frey has just banned no-knock warrants.
It is April, and Jacob Frey has just banned no-knock warrants.

That's as good as the repeated lie that Minneapolis defunded its police.  Sure, we wanted to reduce the police force and even made small city-wide reductions in funding across many departments due to the new pandemic, but we didn't #DefundThePolice.  In fact, the city council was exonerated from any wrongdoing by the state Supreme Court:

The ruling sends the case back down to lower court, citing that "because the City Council is meeting its clear legal duty to fund at least 731 sworn officers, we reverse the district court's alternative write of mandamus as it applies to the City Council."

Instead, who let the city fall below its mandated police staffing levels?  It was the pro-police Mayor who did nothing while 20% of the police force applied for disability (PTSD due to being held accountable for abuse by police), leaving Minneapolis taxpayers to cover their expensive bills.  The lies are political drama meant to heighten anxieties and get or keep certain people in office.