As was predicted, Minneapolis police officers are quitting the department in droves. At least seven officers have already resigned and at least seven more are in the process of doing so. This comes after the city council decided to disband the department. Precisely what will take its place if anything is not known at this point.
A police spokesman tried to downplay the departures by saying that people leave the department all the time. While people leaving employment for a new and different job is not unusual, the question is who will replace them? Who would want to become an officer in the MPD at this point in time? There is no future here with the department being disbanded.
How long will it be before lawlessness takes over? How long will it be before a mass exodus of officers takes place?
Minneapolis is a city in crisis. Public safety is being compromised because of political cowardice. The uncertainty being created by the city council with the very structure of civilization there, will cause more businesses to relocate their operations elsewhere. This will decrease property values as jobs dry up and people are forced to move elsewhere.
What happens when truckers refuse to deliver goods to the city because of the dangerous conditions created by the city council’s actions?
By failing to take decisive action to limit the damage being caused by rioters and looters, by giving them “space to destroy,” the mayor and the governor have condemned the city to its inevitable decline as a decent place to live.