> In my continuing effort to bust this outsider myth I > turned to Allan Knox, an analyst for the Minneapolis > Police Department. He ran a report for all people > arrested on narcotics charges from May 1, 2004 through > April 30, 2005 > > In that time there were 2,969 individuals arrested in > Minneapolis listing NARC as the charged violation. 389 > did not list a residence city. > > 1,836, or 71%, listed Minneapolis as their home town. > 745 or 28% listed a city other than Minneapolis. > > Now, Allan reminded me that one statistic does not a > case make, but my point still stands: The majority of > drugs bought and sold in Minneapolis are by people who > live in Minneapolis.
You conclusion is fallacious. The data only shows that the majority of people ARRESTED for narcotics live in Minneapolis. It shows nothing about buying or selling. I conclude from this data that the police are letting suburban drug users get away. (And that conclusion is equally unsupported by the statistics.) > > A Star Tribune article this morning backs up my point > as well. 31% of boys and 17% of girls in 12th grade > in Minneapolis public school report being sold, given > or offered illegal drugs at school. And the statistics for suburban, exurban and rural schools IN COMPARISON are...? Robert Schmid Central REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
