18 Charged in Minneapolis Robberies

The video from some of these attacks is horrific, and it occurs in the downtown area well known to workers, light-rail users, and downtown sports fans.  An attack earlier in the summer, outside of Target Field, in the middle of the night/early morning hours was captured on video:  the distracted young white men (the targets/prey of the almost 50 robberies) are caught looking down at their phones, surrounded and jumped.

The Target Field attack showed why a victim must stay on his feet, and fight back.  Like nature videos, once down, the victim was done for.  He got jumped on, kicked, stripped of his shoes and pants, stomped on, and he lay there passively -- but not unconscious -- until the bike got ridden over him.  Then instinctively I suspect, he got to his feet...

I'm glad these young men were arrested and charged.  I can't believe America can raise amorals like this whose crimes go well beyond robbery into performing assaults for pleasure.

#LockThemUpAlready