Minnesota has been much in the news of late due to ever-growing revelations of rampant fraud largely committed by members of the “Somali community.” Legacy media coverage has been reluctant at best, but even they can’t avoid a story of this magnitude. What hasn’t been so well covered has been the constant and growing crime rate in Minnesota’s urban centers, particularly Minneapolis and to a lesser degree, St. Paul.
This should come as no surprise. It was in Minneapolis that George Floyd committed drug-induced suicide by cop, sparking the 2020 “Summer of Love” and its nationwide, "mostly peaceful but fiery," protests. Governor Tim Walz’s wife bragged she left the windows open, the better to enjoy the aroma of burning tires and revolution, and Tim played along by letting Minneapolis and the rest of the state burn.
Minneapolis burned that summer. The damages were enormous and the city, particularly the downtown business district and the businesses that served and supported it, have never recovered. That’s largely because the City Council and Mayor jumped fully on the “Defund the Police” bandwagon and injected themselves and the city with the “embrace every criminal and every kind of civil disorder” pathogen.
Graphic: Twitter Post
Every cop that could, fled, and the rest, absolutely certain that if they did their jobs, particularly where criminals of favored minority groups were involved, they’d be far more likely than the criminals to see the inside of a jail cell, did as little as possible. Proactive policing quickly vanished and criminals recognized the change and took full advantage of it. The effects were as disheartening as they were predictable and darkly comical.
It got so bad even Minnesota leftists couldn’t ignore the destruction they’d wrought, but it was largely irreversible. By 2024, the Minneapolis PD had lost 40% of its officers and the word was out. They couldn’t recruit quality candidates, or even sub-par candidates despite dramatically lowering hiring standards.
In the meantime, Tim Walz was busy putting tampons in boy’s school bathrooms and locker rooms, and ignoring and/or hiding the spiking crime rates, including the ever-growing fraud.
"I would say the number one culprit in the fraud going on here in Minnesota is our executive," state Sen. Julia Coleman, who represents Carver County in southwest Minneapolis, told Fox News Digital.
"Governor Tim Walz is in charge of making sure that the taxpayers' dollars are protected."
When he was chosen as Kamala Harris’ running mate, his claims that there was essentially no crime in Minnesota and that he was on top of the tiny crime that did exist were set in concrete.
Many businesses in downtown Minneapolis have remained boarded up since that 2020 summer, and business occupancy rates remain down, but through it all, McDonald’s has remained open—until recently:
Graphic: X Post
Things—crime, homelessness, drug use, urine and feces bombs, all the wonders of the contemporary blue state urban landscape—have deteriorated to the point that an “uptown” McDonald’s is now locking its doors during business hours. The notification doesn’t say whether it will be McDonald’s employees, or private security—I hope it’s the latter—that will screen patrons at the door.
When McDonald’s takes that step, it’s beyond bad regardless of what Tampon Knucklehead Tim Walz has to say.
December 11, 2025 was much like any other night in Minneapolis. There were two homicides earlier in the evening and an MPD officer fired two shots at a man who was using a gun to threaten a woman. He missed both shots and apparently didn’t hit anyone else.
This should be no surprise. According to City-Data.com:
The 2024 crime rate in Minneapolis, MN is 645 (City-Data.com crime index), which is 2.7 times greater than the U.S. average. It was higher than in 98.7% U.S. cities. The 2024 Minneapolis crime rate fell by 0% compared to 2023. The number of homicides stood at 77 - an increase of 5 compared to 2023. In the last 5 years Minneapolis has seen decreasing violent crime and rise of property crime.
Minnesota’s Democrat rulers are more than willing to force citizens to put up with the destruction they’ve caused. What remains to be seen is how long McDonald’s will put up with it. When McDonald’s flees, civilization flees with it.
Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, life-long athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is Stately McDaniel Manor.
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