Minnesota Dems allegedly let tax dollars fund terrorists as police left without money to protect public: cops

As violent crime endangers communities across Minnesota police say they were left stretched thin and underfunded while state leaders directed millions elsewhere a gap now drawing sharp scrutiny from public-safety experts and police union leaders That gap is under the microscope as the state deals with a massive fraud shame involving hundreds of millions of dollars including charges of taxpayer money finding its way to terrorist group Al-Shabaab in Somalia all under the nose of Democratic leaders Randy Sutton a police veteran and founder of The Wounded Blue informed Fox News Digital the problem extends far beyond one agency or city The masses safety is at liability we are in a criminal justice predicament in America Sutton explained Political leadership is destroying community safety through their ideology BALTIMORE SEES STAGGERING CRIME DROP AS DEMOCRATIC PROSECUTOR HOLDS REPEAT OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLEMark Ross president of the St Paul Police Federation says Minnesota is living that emergency in real time We ve been down anywhere from to over officers since and we just haven t recovered from that Ross advised Fox News Digital Right now we re about a thousand police officers short in the state of Minnesota and we re on pace to lose another to over the next sparse years The staffing shortages come as Minnesota recorded murders in according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension BCA only slightly below the year before with firearms involved in nearly of those killings Statewide carjackings rose and rapes increased from to Assaults on peace officers also jumped up Ross reported recruitment and retention have reached a latest point not only in St Paul but statewide WALZ BEARS 'FULL RESPONSIBILITY' FOR B FRAUD SHAME GOP CHALLENGER DEMUTH DECLARES The overall landscape for policing in Minnesota has gotten really really competitive We re losing officers to other departments paying more and offering greater incentives He mentioned the state s massive fraud losses now the subject of multiple federal investigations have worsened long-term pressures on public-safety agencies These billions of dollars could have been spent on constituents safety but it s gone and we ll never see that money again TIM WALZ CALLED OUT BY WASHINGTON POST FOR REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDALSutton who tracks crime trends nationally declared the shortages could not come at a worse time Last year more than American officers were assaulted every single day an officer is being shot Sutton reported We ve never seen volume like this WATCH Police veteran warns inhabitants safety is 'at risk'Both experts warn that Minnesotans may not fully grasp the extent of the public-safety problem especially in the metro areas where crime is concentrated While violent crime dipped slightly in greater Minnesota the BCA reports a rise in violent crime across the seven-county Twin Cities region including Minneapolis and St Paul where police staffing has been hit hardest WALZ DERELICT LEADERSHIP TO BLAME IN B FRAUD OUTRAGE WITH 'HAUNTING REMINDS OF WATERGATE' GOP CHALLENGER People are afraid to even description crime and chosen police agencies aren t reporting to the FBI Sutton explained The figures are skewed We don t even have an accurate picture of violent crime Ross revealed St Paul officers are doing more with less even as group expectations increase A spokesperson for Gov Tim Walz defended the administration s record pointing to what they described as unprecedented public-safety investments across Minnesota MINNESOTA S ANTI-FRAUD SPENDING HAS QUIETLY BALLOONED LEAVING TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR FAILURE TWICE The Governor signed the largest populace safety budget in state history investing money in every single police department in the state the spokesperson commented Walz's office also noted Walz s efforts to fund a new State Patrol headquarters and the contemporary groundbreaking of a new state crime lab adding that Minnesota was in the last few days ranked as one of the safest states The governor's office also pushed back on insists that the state s high-profile fraud cases affected law-enforcement information Critics argue those losses drained taxpayer dollars that could have supported society safety but the administration rejected that characterization The fraudsters stole money from programs like Medicaid that are funded primarily with federal funding so police funding is not affected the spokesperson disclosed NATIONAL GUARD ISN T THE ONLY WAY TO SHUT DOWN VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITIESWalz's office added that The Governor has made populace safety a top priority for the state providing hundreds of millions in funding for cops Ross announced the governor s suggests do not reflect what officers experience on the ground Those are all projects that need to be done but what we re looking for is continued funding all the time Not one-time funding LIZ PEEK MASSIVE MINNESOTA WELFARE HEIST PROVES DEMOCRATS CAN'T POLICE THEIR OWN MESSHe strongly rejected the claim that fraud had no impact on public-safety dollars You can t frame things that way It all comes from the same pool of money Those are tax dollars he noted I think taxpayers would not be amused by that response Ross noted multiple officers fear political repercussions more than they fear criminals DEM-APPOINTED GUIDANCE LEADERS FACE NEW SCRUTINY AS FEEDING OUR FUTURE DISGRACE WIDENS TRUMP TARGETS FRAUD There is a legitimate fear they might be prosecuted or terminated for doing their jobs even when they ve done everything correctly The first thing cops think during a use-of-force affair is Am I going to jail for this Sutton echoed that sentiment on a national scale MINNESOTA ESTABLISHMENT WORKERS BLAME WALZ FOR 'MASSIVE FRAUD' AMID CLAIMS AGAINST SOMALI DISTRICT Officers are more afraid of their own leadership than of the criminal element and that is the saddest part of this whole story Ross mentioned fewer highly qualified candidates are applying and particular who might make exceptional officers exclusively refuse to enter the profession due to the political state and scrutiny You re not going to get the big number of super-qualified candidates when the hiring pool is this shallow he stated People would love the work and be great at it but they don t feel supported MINNESOTA TAXPAYER DOLLARS FUNNELED TO AL-SHABAAB TERROR GROUP STATEMENT ALLEGESRoss disclosed meaningful change must start with leadership at all levels city state and departmental It all starts with leadership political leadership department leadership union leadership We need people to get up and lead Despite modern improvements in recruitment he warned we have a long way to go Sutton agreed adding that until elected leaders prioritize populace safety above politics communities will continue to be in danger Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of the Minneapolis mayor and police chief for comment