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ICYMI, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced this afternoon the nomination of the city's first Commissioner of Community Safety, Cedric Alexander @Calex_law.

Salary range: $295,000 to $350,000

Position oversees: Police, 911, Fire, Emergency Mgmt, Public Information ++.
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Recall, citizens voted against this move last fall. The council and mayor disregarded the people's voice and have now created another massive layer of bureaucracy in the city of Minneapolis.
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Of note in his comments at the press conference, Cedric Alexander not so subtly directed comments urging media to "help me."

Um, while you can count on mainstream #MNmedia to toe your line, media's job, theoretically, is to hold you accountable.

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Cedric Alexander drilled down further on the assumption that media should "help" him by stating we all have a responsibility, "even the way public safety get[s] reported."

Mr. Alexander, we already HAVE a public safety reporting problem that lacks robustness & whole truth.
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As always, for 12 years now, you will be able to count on @CrimeWatchMpls to be your source for reporting truth and holding public officials accountable on crime and public safety - no matter who they are.

We do not and will not sugarcoat or pull punches.
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Prediction:

Minneapolis encryption and information throttling will be rapidly incoming.

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Scoop - We're told that Mayor Jacob Frey plans to nominate current Commissioner of the MN Dept of Public Safety John Harrington to the new Public Safety Commissioner of Minneapolis.
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Remember, Minneapolis voted last fall against creating a Dept of Public Safety, but Mayor Frey and the Council disregarded that.

Now they'll hire a commissioner at up to $350,000 (twice what Harrington makes in his state role).
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And Minneapolis didn't even require a master's degree for the position.
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One was 15-year-old M shot in the right lower abdomen.

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Here's the video of the shots fired captured on video in #MplsDowntown overnight. You can see a gun pulled and shots fired while the sound of fireworks exploded in the background.
(We posted earlier, but the original video was removed).
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