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La delincuencia se extiende a decenas de suburbios de Minneapolis, desatando el miedo entre los residentes
Por Emma Colton
Publicado el 16 de junio de 2022
La delincuencia se está extendiendo a algunos suburbios de Minneapolis y provoca ansiedad entre los residentes, según un reciente análisis de datos.
"A large number of crimes can be a one-person crime wave, particularly in a suburban area with a relatively small population," Chris Uggen, professor and criminologist at the University of Minnesota told the Star Tribune. "The numbers then go up, and the fear goes up, but it can still be a relatively small number of people who are actually doing the activities."
Violent crimes have surged in Minneapolis and St. Paul, with a combined record 135 homicides last year, the outlet reported. While violent crimes in the suburbs of the Twin Cities have not reached the same levels, data compiled by the Star Tribune examining 50 of the largest suburbs over the last five years finds homicides have increased in some suburbs.
A combined 51 homicides were recorded in 2021 across suburban areas - with the majority occurring in northern metro suburbs - compared to 22 in 2019. The majority of suburbs did not see an increase in violent crimes, but nearly all suburbs saw increases in property crimes, such as car and catalytic converter thefts, the report found.
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Los activistas de Minneapolis están haciendo un segundo intento de deshacerse del departamento de policía de la ciudad, más de un año después de la muerte de George Floyd a manos de los agentes. Departamento de Policía de Minneapolis/Facebook (Departamento de Policía de Minneapolis/Facebook)
"There was a general notion going around that there was an increase in some suburbs in terms of violent crime," Star Tribune data journalist Jeff Hargarten told KARE 11 of the data. "We really wanted to quantify that."
He said the crime began increasing in 2020, pointing to the riots and protests of that summer, the coronavirus and various high-profile deaths during police interactions.
"You have the unrest, you have the pandemic, you have the deaths of George Floyd, the next year you have the death of Daunte Wright," said Hargarten. Minneapolis was at the center of the protests and riots of 2020 following the death of George Floyd during an interaction with city police.
Flames from a nearby fire illuminate protesters standing on a barricade in front of the Third Police Precinct on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a protest over the death of George Floyd. (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Though violent crimes in the suburbs have not hit the same levels as the Twin Cities and have even remained steady in some residential towns, some locals are fearful.
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Crime is "really out of control," Sharon McWhite told the outlet. "I don't know if it's going to get worse this summer."
McWhite was the target of a purse snatching crime last year in a suburban grocery store parking lot and has seen three of her family members experience thieves stealing their cars from their driveways over the last year.
To her, crime is not "flat" in the suburbs.
"The way people think about things and view it is their reality," she told the Tribune. "If it happened to you, it's not flat. And it's not flat to people who know you."
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Esta misma semana, dos adolescentes del suburbio de Golden Valley, en Minneapolis, fueron secuestradas en el coche por dos chicos armados cuando intentaban echar gasolina. La policía de la localidad ha estado investigando cinco robos de coches en los que los sospechosos casi siempre llevaban pasamontañas y estaban armados con pistolas, informó KARE 11.
Crime across the country spiked in 2020 as the nation saw protests and riots in nearly every major city and dealt with ongoing lockdowns and the pandemic. The U.S. experienced a nearly 30% jump in murders in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to FBI data, marking the largest single-year increase in killings since the agency began tracking the crimes.
En 2021, los homicidios siguieron aumentando en las principales ciudades estadounidenses de todo el país, y el Consejo de Justicia Penal publicó datos en enero que mostraban un aumento del 5% de los homicidios en comparación con el año salvajemente sangriento de 2020.
This year, police departments across the country are bracing for crime surges with President Biden calling on law enforcement to beef up departments before the summer months, when crime typically spikes.
El presidente Joe Biden habla sobre el programa de vacunación COVID-19 durante un acto en el auditorio South Court del campus de la Casa Blanca, el martes 6 de julio de 2021, en Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
"I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. To every governor, every mayor, every county official, the need is clear, my message is clear: Spend this money now that you have," Biden said last month.
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"Use these funds we made available to you to prioritize public safety," he continued. "Do it quickly, before the summer, when crime rates typically surge.
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