benjamin melançon<p>And more so than in other cities, i think, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>police</span></a> and others recruited to be the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>displacement</span></a> machine are doing so not because of a <a href="https://social.coop/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>culture</span></a> of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/harassing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>harassing</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/houseless" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>houseless</span></a> people (although <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MayorFrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MayorFrey</span></a> is doing his best to inculcate that attitude), but due to top-down directives and initiatives.</p><p>It's way past time to cut the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Parks</span></a> department out of this <a href="https://social.coop/tags/cycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cycle</span></a> of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>violence</span></a> </p><p>That <a href="https://social.coop/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>public</span></a> July 5 board meeting is at 5pm at <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> Park & Recreation Board Headquarters, 2117 West River Road N</p>