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I have been a homeowner in north Minneapolis for four and a half years. I always hoped that my Jordan neighborhood would improve with time but no longer believe that it will.
So she plants herself in north Minneapolis and waits for the neighborhood to take off around her...in less than 5 years, during a faltering economy and a pandemic? I'm curious what exactly she did to help her neighborhood "improve" besides wait.
A group of drug dealers and various people (approximately five to 10 people and two to four cars) sit on my block all day and night.
Various people? Oh no!!
They do not live here but have chosen to make the area across the street from my home their "hang-out" place. They bring chairs, sun umbrellas and coolers every day.
Honestly, it sounds kinda lit.
They stop cars on the street to sell drugs and stolen merchandise. They drink alcohol, smoke pot, play loud music and litter.
Ma'am, you jocularly used the word "hood" to describe your neighborhood on Facebook. I get that a lot of people do so; the word has certainly entered a wider lexicon. However, it looks a little like you expected things to get better simply because you were there. I ask again, what did you *do* to make things better?
I contacted 911 when I saw crack changing hands and cars with no license plates,
How did she know it was crack?
and when threatened by one of the women.
I've seen a lot of Black women talking to white women, and white women saying they feel "threatened" because the discussion gets heated. Someone telling you to mind your business is not necessarily a threat.
The police came a few times but said unless they see a crime being committed, they cannot take action. My final call to 911 came when a police officer phoned me to say, "Sorry, we're not coming. We don't have enough officers to answer anything except emergency calls." I have written Council Member Jeremiah Ellison and Mayor Jacob Frey without response.
Truly, hell hath no fury like an older white women ignored by the police.
Look, I get it -- it's no fun when you speculate on an investment and it doesn't pay off. But if you're going to move into a neighborhood and "hope" it gets better without doing anything about it -- like getting to know your neighbors, joining the Jordan Area Community Council, and organizing -- and then complain when no one does anything, my sympathy is pretty thin. Particularly if that same person posts photos on FB taken through her curtains of a man unloading boxes of toilet paper from the trunk of his car in front of her house on May 29, 2020, calling him a "looter filling his trunk" and saying she won't leave her home because "i need to watch and protect my home...and stand for what is RIGHT and JUST" while a friend comments "I do notice this gentleman has a tan." Stay klassy, Karen!
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