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Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
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Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#42I was in Minneapolis a few months ago and grabbed a Lyft. I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. They are organized and setup drop off points to box the cars in. The 'passanger' then holds them at gun point and another person gets in the driver seat. Stolen phones and credit cards a…
> I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. This sounds like a typical made-up crime panic narrative, honestly. The linked story being about a car left running with an infant in it being stolen doesn't help. Terrible, but not at all some boxed-in high octane car theft. Sibling posts ch…
I agree with you. Facts should govern our responses, but what I said wasn't "made-up crime panic." Unless my Lyft driver was doing so. The driver was genuine and I believe nothing he said was based in creating panic or a false narrative. You can believe me or not, but I have nothing to gain. As this was an experience in the words of another person I meet going from MSP to a friends house. He seemed sincerely fearful and despondent talking about it.
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#43> Minneapolis still encourages residents to register their cameras, but Merchant said that doesn't give police "blanket access. ... There has to be consent from the owner." I'm glad a warrant-like system is the plan. Technology opens the door to many dystopias I hope we avoid.
A warrant-like system? No, it looks like the cops just have to ask your paranoid gun-nut neighbor before they can get the videos. That's a far cry from a judge and the judicial scrutiny, legal protections, etc. that a warrant entails.
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#44I was in Minneapolis a few months ago and grabbed a Lyft. I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. They are organized and setup drop off points to box the cars in. The 'passanger' then holds them at gun point and another person gets in the driver seat. Stolen phones and credit cards a…
I have been in Minneapolis for 6 months and that linked article was the only Amber alert we have gotten in 6 months.
So I am curious about the source of multiple Amber alerts
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#45So I am actually from Edina, I don’t currently live there but my parents do. The context of this is a string of robberies and crimes not normally seen in this suburb. Edina is generally seen as a safe suburb, and all of the recent crime came on very sudden. I don’t agree with the program, but since I have some context around it, I thought I’d add to the conversation. [0]: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/12/11/edi…
My family had a friend who was eating a restaurant with his wife at lunchtime. In broad daylight someone swiped their catalytic converter while they were eating.
The suburbs are not nearly as safe as they were. My county has reported an explosion in carjackings and is considering boosting the police budget, and has referred to it as crime spillover.
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. This sounds like a typical made-up crime panic narrative, honestly. The linked story being about a car left running with an infant in it being stolen doesn't help. Terrible, but not at all some boxed-in high octane car theft. Sibling posts ch…
I live in Minneapolis proper and my car was stolen last month. Not a carjacking, I was one of the idiots that left it running to warm up. The car jacking numbers are mostly legit, I do not know if it’s “organized” though. Catalytic converters getting stolen is a much bigger deal out here right now.
My family has a friend who had his catalytic converter stolen while eating at a restaurant with his wife in the afternoon. Brazen?
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#47I was in Minneapolis a few months ago and grabbed a Lyft. I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. They are organized and setup drop off points to box the cars in. The 'passanger' then holds them at gun point and another person gets in the driver seat. Stolen phones and credit cards a…
> I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. This sounds like a typical made-up crime panic narrative, honestly. The linked story being about a car left running with an infant in it being stolen doesn't help. Terrible, but not at all some boxed-in high octane car theft. Sibling posts ch…
> for people to stop leaving their cars heating up with the keys in them
Yes. Letting your car warm up or idling unattended with the keys inside even if you lock the doors is specifically illegal in Minneapolis. It was made illegal specifically to curb car theft opportunities.
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#48I was in Minneapolis a few months ago and grabbed a Lyft. I started talking with the driver about crime surges, mainly the dramatic car jackings increase. He said 22 people he personally knew have been victims of car jacking in 2021. They are organized and setup drop off points to box the cars in. The 'passanger' then holds them at gun point and another person gets in the driver seat. Stolen phones and credit cards a…
I have been in Minneapolis for 6 months and that linked article was the only Amber alert we have gotten in 6 months. So I am curious about the source of multiple Amber alerts
They were probably referring to the three alerts that came out for the single event last weekend. The first two were garbage, telling us to google it? Only the last had information people could actually use.
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
#49The criminals are using social media and tech to organize. It's now an arms race where the police and non-criminal citizens need to figure out ways to out-coordinate the criminals.
Re: Edina Minnesota latest suburb to roll out homeowner surveillance camera program
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As a heads up, all of the "Crime Watch" for Minnesota and Minneapolis are run by a verifiable racist. Please ensure you review that source with awareness of the bias that is implicitly in every update from them.
Source: https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/01/25/data-show-racial-bi...