UPDATE: Mayor of Sioux Falls Paul TenHaken blows off a one year 700% increase in murders
l3wis UPDATE: I was speaking with someone who works in law enforcement recently (they are NOT employed by the city) and asked them for an anededote about all the shootings. I first wondered if it had anything to do with the scanners being shut off. They felt that would have little impact but they did remind me that in July of 2019 the OPEN CARRY law went into effect in South Dakota and since then crimes with guns have gone up. As they put it to me, ‘Everyone is carrying these days.’ That wasn’t really reassuring. I have been surprised for a long time that we have not witnessed a shoot out in a grocery store in Sioux Falls. I guess we don’t have to worry about people being frustrated at the grocery store anymore, Donald Trump will be president soon 🙁 I encourage who is left in the SF MSM do a little digging around on this, and see if gun related crimes and accidents have gone up since the law went into effect.
This is pretty typical of Poops, and the social challenges he ignores; climate change, covid, the homeless, panhandlers, dead monkeys, and many, many, many more. This is a guy who recently said, “I’m over it.” He just doesn’t f’ing get it? Does he? At a presser today he said this about our 700% increase in murders;
“Last year, we had a near-record low number of homicides. We had two. So, crime ebbs and flows,” said TenHaken.
Typical of a challenge with Poops. If it is too difficult to solve; ignore, deny, coverup and kick that can down the road.
The first thing I would do boy genius is have chief Thum research how each crime occurred and break it down into categories. Some may be preventable, some may not. This is Criminal Sociology 101. Why do I feel like this town is being ran by a class of 5th graders?! Ironically, they would probably make better choices. Stop worrying if you are going to get your big fat commission on the new convention center and start acting like the chief administrator of our city, of course after your jumping jacks with the kiddos. weird
Angry Guy 