One of our local providers had her Iphone snatched tonight in Minneapolis by a black male.  Every day there are carjackings, shootings, muggings and assaults.  It is just going to get worse during the summer.
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Stay safe, my friends.  Avoid these crime areas.

I’m surprised this thread wasn’t canceled.

Why? Because someone actually told truth in a thread?
I for one, am sick of whole thing and yeah, you just wait and see.
It will get worse this summer but gawd forbid we call like it is.

I grew up in North Minneapolis and went to Mpls North high School. I got bullied,beat up,picked on alot.I learned how to fight,became involved in Martial Arts. The Summer Crime Wave is nothing new ,the same thing happens every year in every major U.S. city. This has been going on since 1967-'68. In 1968 , 500 hundred National Guard were called up for rioting on Plymouth Avenue, ( NOT Civil Unrest, BS Term) because Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April, and then Robert Kennedy in June. If you think 2020 was the worst year ever, 1968 IS the worst year in U.S. History. Mpls Police Chief Tony Bouza (1980-1988) said that there is no gang problem in Murderapolis. You can throw all the money on gangs,violence,etc. Lying LBJ did that with his Great Society program,it doesn't work. Create jobs, bring back the Armed Forces Draft,get people off their asses and put them to work. The Mayors of Mpls and St. Paul are afraid (with the Governor) of their own shadows,quit trying to appease every one.  The Business Owners on Lake Street, University Avenue and West Broadway are still waiting for relief. While you're at it,open the intersection at 38th and Chicago,so business and the neighborhood can get on with their lives.

When the Governor, Mayor Manchild and the city council of both Mpls and St Paul coddle these fuckers, making it easier and easier to get involved in criminal activity, Just seems to be endless these days, When will one of these guy's grow some ball's and tell it the way it is,  
Both in Mpls. and St Paul if a stolen car is spotted and they attempt pull it over and it take's off they can't pursue it. i get it dangerous. but what message does that send.

There are already lots of risks in the hobby. Pre-Covid I had a few lame excuses if I got in an accident or got robbed downtown. Now that crime has gone up and traffic has gone down, I have really no legit reason to be there.

Are you happily or unhappily surprised that the thread wasn't canceled?

I don’t believe in cancel culture.  That should answer your question.

I'm willing to bet that if you get all unhinged and embarrass yourself again, this thread will eventually get canceled like the last MN thread you stuck your nose into.  

hahahaha... good one. Mr. Mommy issue Miggs will come back with the typical, you guys are the same person using different alias comment and report it to the admins till they delete the thread. I sometimes think they just delete threads so he can stop crying about it.

I was referring to Gambler but Jmiggs is truly a whining bitch 100% of the time.

went on their website yesterday 57 cars stolen in 7 days. went on website a month ago 220 stolen for year not to mention other crimes. their crime map you cannot read if you include all events. yesterday 6 yr old girl died, 3rd kid shot in one week. now a half dozen older black people saying this has to stopped. 200 less police, their hands tied by blm. possible vote on no police force this fall. how come no riots when black kills black or is that acceptable to blm. where's keith ellison, he show up at brooklyn center to protect the rioters. its difficult to hobby right now.

Good to know you also listen to J&D

The numbers are bad but I work downtown and hobby in the city and it's not as bad as people make it out to be.

Many of you  "  old timers"   will remember Shinders,  a newspaper store at 6th and Hennepin
many years ago.   I often stopped in to Shinders at 10-11 at night to buy papers. I never had a concern or
fear of being a victim of violence.  Today, downtown Mpls is off limits for me.  Two years ago, I took the  
light rail to a Twins game. I parked in a lot  that was not close to downtown.  Returning to my car after the game at about 11:30 pm was a very  uncomfortable experience.  From my perspective,  it is only going to  
get worse.

I'm a white guy originally from a city larger than Minneapolis and grew up in a diverse area and I'm not automatically afraid of people who don't look like me. How you all view "crime" and define a "bad area" is on a different standard to where I'm from. This city is quite safe in comparison.

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Crime is way down in the last 40 years. We had a small uptick last year that might extend into this year but no need to panic. Also, we are all technically criminals.

Our technically being criminals doesn't protect us from the other kinds of crooks.

I live and work in the Calhoun-Isles neighborhood and I no longer feel safe.  I have never felt this before.  I now have to communicate with my neighbors over the NextDoor app due to houses, garages, and cars getting robbed and rummaged over night after night.  

Yes there was a spike in the last year. Still way down in the last 40 years.

Minneapolis has 20 times the violent crime rate as my suburb.

neighbors considering where you live and I feel safe in our neighborhood. Then again, I came from a bigger city with more crime. And communicating with your neighbors? I thought this was Minnesota and "Minnesota Nice". Aren't we supposed to be friendly with our neighbors?

There are definitely some bad cops such as Chauvin and others but it’s fair to say an overwhelming majority are good and do their job respectfully.  The city of Minneapolis just needs to hire and train more good police officers.  My neighbors(husband, wife, and teenager were biking last week in Minneapolis in a traditionally “safe area” and were assaulted while riding their bikes.  They were thrown off their bicycles, mugged, and robbed of their cell phones and bikes to three grown men who overpowered them.

It's that spike though and the continued higher crime rate that is of great concern.

Yeah, but it is not as bad as Mogadishu, so they should stop crying ... or something like that.

Where my incall is, it's SAFE. Stop reading those FB crime pages with their skewed statistics, it's no where near how it was in the 70's up to the 90's smh  
I haven't had any issues coming and going from my house to work at any time of day or night & I do go downtown ...at night too lol so scary NOT

In addition to needing a vast amount of resources to combat the violence on the Northside, there are four other problem areas in the city that needs to be dealt with.  
-18th and Nicollet, which is a drug market  and gang haven
-38th and Chicago (enough said)
-Downtown
-Uptown

I’m from out of town so I’m not familiar with the various areas. I would greatly appreciate advice from guys who are.
I’m considering a visit just west of Lyndal on Lake. Will an afternoon visit in that area be safe

Uptown is over.  I walked through the heart of Uptown today. There is nothing going on at Hennepin and Lake Street.  So many closed restaurants, salons, clothing stores, movie theaters, etc, and so many open retail spaces that will probably never be filled.  

Providers should be able to negotiate lower rents in all the vacated spaces or have more choices of where to set up shop. Keep hoping more of the top massage providers  go independent and keep more of the donation as the one taking most of the risk and doing the work.

I remember when MPLS was a beautiful city (The City of Lakes). Uptown was considered an inner city Edina,very upscale. Not anymore. When you have the "Activist's" shut down I-94, 38th & Chicago & now Hennepin and Girard Ave.S. because they are not happy with what is going on with the police. The Mpls Mayor and City Council (and MN Governor) need to shoulder responsibility for the destruction and crime,arson and looting. I am all for peaceful protest and the First Amendment. But, these assholes are not peaceful. When you destroy a Police Station,two Post Office Buildings, and Businesses, that is NOT peaceful. Let's call it what is is: They are Anarchists. MPLS is being destroyed before our eyes,and it will become another Chicago or Detroit,real shitholes! IT is so sad and distressing!

I think their profits would go up significantly if they master the logistical side of the business.

Who wants to go into a crime-fest.  They should move out to the burbs.

My first read through, I was inclined to agree. I took a walk through Uptown this morning (like I do every morning), including Lake and Hennepin, and it's far from over. Have there been major changes in the last year? Totally! But let's call a spade a spade and recognize this post is neglecting other variables that impacted small businesses and big businesses: the pandemic and/or corporate finances/crisis.  

Any time of night huh, I almost dare you to wander around downtown MPLS along the bus stop routes after midnight by yourself and see how that goes. I could almost add 38th Chicago to that (by the way all the bullet holes in houses in that area are a sight to see.) Anywhere there is a sign that basically says (no whites allowed) is definitely a place I want to be at.

A semi well known lady (who still gets reviews) lived around 18th and nicollet like 5-6 years ago. She moved to Bloomington probably 4 years ago, I always wonder if all this happened when the Lake Lyndale ladies were pretty much the only game in town - how would there business be doing. Anyone saying the uptown is just fine and nothing bad is going on just tells me they are one of the protesters (who have absolutely no lives) out there nightly fighting for Minneapolis's new heroes.
  A drug dealer, a gang member who's family is about to pay up because he shot another gang member and paralyzed him, and a guy with a rap sheet 20 pages long who had a shootout with cops. Kids these days have some very interesting heroes.

Uptown (west of Lyndale on Lake) during the day is super safe. There's a lot of traffic in the area so you'll be fine.

"Anyone saying the uptown is just fine and nothing bad is going on just tells me they are one of the protesters (who have absolutely no lives) out there nightly fighting for Minneapolis's new heroes."
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Amen!

Calhoun Square is boarded up big time and used to host multiple restaurants and retail stores is the only “mall” in Minnesota that is claiming they are closed due to the pandemic(which is bullshit).  Approximately 70% of their spaces are empty and the ones open have to resort to curbside delivery of their products.  It’s quite sad that the reason they are closed is because they don’t want a bunch of animals looting the hell out of the place due to what happened last year.  The Apple Store, Victoria Secrets, GAP, and others right across the street closed permanently for this reason because it isn’t a safe place to work or operate a profitable business.

I love Ms. D.  I was so hoping she would respond to the OP.  She's so delusional.  She spouts off statements with no supporting information.  I have this vision of Ms. D. riding her bike so carefree and oblivious while all around her overturned cars are on fire and there is mass chaos.  It also reminds me of the idiotic CNN reporter who said the protests in Kenosha, WI were "mostly peaceful" and then in the background fires raged.  Please keep posting Ms. D.  We need the comic relief.    

Been around Mpls many years, in July 67 much of Plymouth ave was torched when riots broke out. Many residents moved out to the suburbs and never looked back. I imagine its happening on the south now. But guess what people came back and new nieghborhoods were built. Crime in Mpls has pockets in every section, some areas worse than others. Prostitution,robbery ,drug busts all seam to run hand in hand yet continuously moves around. My advice is to be aware of your surrounding, pay attention to start with where you park.It might pay for you recon the area, to see whats hanging around.I feel in Mpls you dont stick out like John as much as in small towns and some suburbs, and Mpls cops have better things to do other than setting up stings. Anyway its gonna be a hot dangerous summer all over the US.

I duno maybe stopping the police from murdering its black community members, in front of might I add, might be the response here.  

It’s called fighting back.  Fuckwit.  Wear their skin color for a week and see how you feel after being oppressed and threatened by cops

what is the "right" kind of protest. Protesting is imbedded in the fabric of America. It's literally in our country's DNA. Did we forget the Boston Tea Party?  

I never said that Black Lives don't matter,in fact NO ONE said that. I believe that ALL LIVES MATTER! Black,Brown, White,Red,Yellow. Please don't tell that I don't know what the fuck is going on. I am tired of all the Generalizing BULLSHIT! Like I said before, I grew up in North Minneapolis,MN 1/2 Block from Plymouth Ave. N. I also served in the US Navy, Air National Guard and the MN National Guard. I retired after serving  Honorably for 20 years,so,yes I DO know what the fuck is going on! Before you judge me,walk a mile in my shoes! I remember when 500 National Guard were called up in 1967-'68 on Plymouth Ave. There were also riots in Newark,Detroit,Watts and many other U.S. Cities then.I also did not say that all protestor's are bad, just like not all Police Officers are bad,and not all white people are racists. Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr preached and practiced non-violence. MLK had to get a permit to protest peacefully, and he was arrested several times. Violence begets violence. When people burn,rob,loot,destroy,torch Businesses, Stores,Restaurants, Liquor Stores, Tire stores,Federal Buildings,a Police Station,etc,etc. I guess it's not a big deal to destroy people's lives,savings, dreams and hope,because they are fucking angry! Change the System then,instead of burning it down.  Arson,robberies,looting are felonies and arson alone in some states is punishable by up to 20 years.  Not in MN though,you might serve 36 months. It is a sad day when Anarchist's are hiding behind peaceful protestors.We can't or won't prosecute these pricks though,because we might hurt their feelings. Fuck that!  We need Police and Law Enforcement. Without that, there will anarchy and lawlessness. Yes, what happened to George Floyd ,Dante Wright, Philando Castile and many,many other young Black Men is tragic and disturbing. So is the Destruction and Decimation of the Native American race, and the hundreds of tribes that were destroyed, their sacred land taken away and then put them on Reservations. WHERE the fuck is the anger there? We need to re-train our Police Officers. Or let's defund and dismantle the MPLS Police Department and do whatever the fuck we want to.

You ranting about serving in the military for 20 years is relevant to the topic how? You need to sit the fuck down, SHUT THE FUCK UP and LISTEN. People that spout the all lives matter bullshit do not get the point. White lives already matter, they are not being targeted by the gang in blue that’s supposedly there to help them. Guess which group is continuously are being murdered by the militarized gang?  

Well we know kneeling during the national anthem is not the correct way./s

Hey Joe, get some therapy!

I’d rather spend the money on pussy.

First of all, I didn't say Walk in My Privileged shoes. You know nothing about me,my life and ancestors,nor do you give a fuck. Secondly, I will not SHUT THE FUCK UP . I guess only your valued opinion matters,huh? I have the same First Amendment Right of Free speech as you do. You are right, I did get off topic at times. You are right no one cares about my Military Service. I guess that Millions of Veterans (OF ALL COLORS) who sacrificed, were wounded or killed to protect your Liberty and Free Speech, that US Union Soldiers (White and Black) fought together in the Civil War fought to end slavery. Can you tell me what war were Blacks used as Landmine Scapegoats? BS! I  do empathize (and so stated) with the anger and frustration about the situation concerning the Black Community and the Police. I did fucking ACKNOWLEDGE it. I also did not call the MPLS Mayor Manchild,wasn't me, sorry. No, I do not know what the slaves went through. Just like you didn't know what the Native Americans went through. You are NOT a PSYCHIATRIST,so DON'T tell me what I think, feel or grasp. You are right,two wrongs don't make a right. The Business owners and stores who had nothing to do with this should not be targeted.  I guess with your fucked up logic, it doesn't matter.

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You are correct, businesses aren't closed due to china flu.

I’ve been observing Uptown since the ‘80s. The national chains have been departing Uptown for years, well before the pandemic or the street troubles of the last year. At the time the theme was essentially that trying to turn Uptown into Edina North was a failed effort, and that was true long ago. I do think Apple’s departure was more related to the street  troubles than anything else. But the rest were largely doomed well before 2020. And new things will move in. Anne Kim’s new restaurant (taking over the very much missed Lucia space) is a sign of the coming rebirth of a neighborhood that has always made new things to replace the old many times over.

I had to Google Anne Kim.  I have been to her pizza restaurant Lola and the now empty Lucia space.  Lola and Lucia’s are tiny little restaurants with only 10 tables.  A tiny little restaurant off the main streets with only 1,500sq feet of seating isn’t going to save uptown.  If she moved into the large Chino Latino space, that would be a different story but still wouldn’t fill all of the other empty spaces on Hennepin and Lake Street.

I’d actually discourage Big Fixes - That was how Uptown got into trouble in the first place.  The neighborhood does better with lots of little fixes (which always has a lot of churn, like small businesses always do, but no one closed business is all that important to the whole). The small restaurant was only offered as an example of that, not as the final solution by itself.

Everyone here is  a criminal

A 10 table foodie restaurant that only caters to 30+ year old whites from Minneapolis and Edina with disposable income isn’t the answer.  

if it's truly an increase in crime or are people now just hyper-aware and more likely to call? Frankly, I feel very safe around here during the day and at night.  

2019 vs 2020
homicides up 70%
gunshot victims up 105%
carjackings up 300%

please don't take offense but just throwing out statistics without context is part of the reason why so many people are so ill-informed.  

The chart above is murders in Minneapolis from Jan to June for the years up including 2021 which is well above the rest so far.

I dont think any stats or charts will sway my feelings.  No downtown or uptown or north side for me.  No more minneapolis for the time being.  Sad about that because missing the sports and shows and restaurants but just not worth the risk to me.  Maybe next year.  

If I recall, 2019 there were 48 homicides for the entire year in Minneapolis.  2020 had 84.  

non violent

Greek festival in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis has been canceled because of recent unrest in the district, sponsors said Friday.

Have been in Uptown but only in morning early afternoon hours and felt safe.  
Think that the Minneapolis City Council can fix the safety problem easily by sending in their new staff of “social workers” to fix the issues . These criminals just need to be understood. 🤮m

If anything to properly reform the police will require increased funding to do it right.

Read on the NextDoor app that the Uptown community is looking to work with the media. It seems that the crime is happening around Uptown but not in Uptown proper. Recently biked through the area and did a nighttime run and I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Rather quiet and quaint.

I do every weekend and have for over 10 years, if you can't handle an unhoused person needing a cigarette or some change then don't go there 🤷‍♀️  
 I live near third precinct also so, I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about seeing as I live here and have for decades off n on, uptown was worse in the 90's TBH
 ( lived in the now gentrified warehouse district in a dilapidated warehouse space, I've lived in worse cities than Minneapolis that's for sure!

One of our local providers was assaulted a month or two ago and had her iphone stolen.