{"id":926158,"date":"2021-10-26T21:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=926158"},"modified":"2021-10-26T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:13:58","slug":"geraldo-torches-rep-omar-maybe-the-cops-cannot-do-their-job-because-they-burned-down-the-precinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/geraldo-torches-rep-omar-maybe-the-cops-cannot-do-their-job-because-they-burned-down-the-precinct\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldo Torches Rep. Omar: \u2018Maybe The Cops Cannot Do Their Job Because They Burned Down The Precinct\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeraldo-torches-rep-omar-maybe-the-cops-cannot-do-their-job-because-they-burned-down-the-precinct%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=926158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Geraldo Rivera slammed Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Tuesday after a video surfaced of her blaming the police for the rising crime rate in Minneapolis during a town hall meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we must also recognize is that the reduction in policing currently in our city and the lawlessness that is happening is due to two things,\u201d Omar said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ilhan-omar-blames-police-for-rise-in-violent-crime-in-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>. &nbsp;\u201cOne,\u201d she said, \u201cis that the police have chosen not to fulfill their oath of office&nbsp;and to provide the public safety they are owed to the citizens they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, she argued that this failure was \u201cdocumented\u201d and went on to say that \u201cthe Minneapolis Police Department is the most dysfunctional in our state and probably in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These comments, Geraldo Rivera contended, were an \u201coutrageous spin\u201d as Minneapolis has seen&nbsp;a dramatic increase in violent crime since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the cops can\u2019t do their job,\u201d Geraldo suggested to his co-anchors on Fox News\u2019 \u2018The Five\u2019, \u201cbecause they burned down the precinct.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/28\/minneapolis-third-police-precinct-fire-officers-abandon-building-george-floyd-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Minneapolis 3rd Precinct On Fire After Officers Evacuate Building Amid George Floyd Riots)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Co-anchor Dagen McDowell observed that Omar \u201cclearly has a real hatred of the people that she represents because she made their homes and communities less safe through her demonization of the cops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg Gutfeld echoed this sentiment later stating, \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Democratic Party to terminate their love affair with radical politics\u201d citing \u201cburned out cities, record homicide rates, and \u2026 looting as recreational behavior. &nbsp;Minneapolis,\u201d he said, \u201cis dead and they killed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The number of murders in the United States jumped by nearly 30% in 2020 compared with the previous year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/27\/1040904770\/fbi-data-murder-increase-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a> reported. &nbsp;According to FBI statistics released last month, this was the largest single-year increase ever recorded in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/defund-the-police-george-floyd-minneapolis-police-department-washington-square-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Rising Crime Forces Liberals To Reckon With Their Stance On Police)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ilhan Omar\u2019s comments come as Minneapolis voters are poised to decide whether to adopt an amendment to the city\u2019s charter that would limit the size, scope and influence of its police department. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Pushes To \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 While Spending Thousands On Private&nbsp;Security To Protect Themselves)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">This amendment, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/22\/minneapolis-reckoning-defund-the-police-513568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>, &nbsp;would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety, eliminating the city\u2019s required minimum number of officers per capita and replacing some with social workers, mental health experts and crisis managers \u2014 effectively defunding the local police by reallocating funds to other city services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geraldo Rivera slammed Democratic Rep. 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