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   From: democrats@vote.stupid   
      
   The little bastards were repeat offenders and were NOT being held accountable   
   for their misbehavior.   
      
   MINNEAPOLIS — In a fiery press conference Monday night, Minneapolis Police   
   Chief Brian O'Hara accused Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty of being   
   untruthful in a press release her office sent out in response to the four   
   children ages 11 to 14 who    
   were shot while driving a stolen car.   
      
   "In fact, two of the kids involved in this incident are in the County   
   Attorney's office's YGVI program. So for her to say anything else is simply   
   not true," O'Hara said.   
      
   Moriarty's press release stated that "None of the children aged 11 to 13 who   
   were shot while riding in a stolen car over the weekend had been referred to   
   our office by law enforcement for youth auto theft early intervention."   
      
   The press release goes on to tout the effectiveness of that intervention   
   program. But it doesn't mention — as pointed out by O'Hara — that two of   
   those kids were already in one of the county attorney's other diversion   
   programs — "Youth Group    
   Violence Intervention" or YGVI.   
      
   In addition, according to Minneapolis Police, earlier this month they referred   
   two of those kids — ages 11 and 12 — to Moriarty's office for charges in a   
   prior felony case.   
      
   "The County Attorney's office could have taken at least two of these kids off   
   the street 10 days ago prior to this happening," O'Hara said. "But for   
   whatever reason, they didn't."   
      
   "I think it's really important that we focus on the young people," said Deputy   
   County Attorney Sarah Davis.   
      
   Davis gave an interview in response to O'Hara, but said, by law, she can't   
   answer specific questions about cases involving juveniles.   
      
   When asked directly about O'Hara's allegations, Davis responded:   
      
   "And I think we really need to move beyond sort of, um, any sort of finger   
   pointing or blame."   
      
   Davis said in most cases, the office no longer charges kids under 13 because   
   judges usually deem them incompetent to stand trial. In August 2026, the state   
   is raising the minimum age for juvenile court from 10 to 13.   
      
   "And so what ends up really needing to happen is you have to intervene with a   
   social service intervention, which makes a lot more sense because that's more   
   family-centered and provides the whole family context in that intervention   
   with the young person,"    
   Davis said.   
      
   Davis said if the Hennepin County Attorney's office receives a case for a   
   child they don't want to change, they can initiate the diversion programs.   
      
   Regarding the kids who were shot in the stolen car, Chief O'Hara says their   
   parents begged police to arrest them because they can't control the kids and   
   they're afraid they will be killed.   
      
   "The kids weren't charged, they weren't diverted and despite pleas from their   
   parents begging for help, begging for them to be detained, they were let back   
   out into the street into the same environment to commit more crimes which they   
   did over the    
   weekend," O'Hara said.   
      
   But Davis said putting children that young through the court system ultimately   
   delays getting them services to help them.   
      
   "So everything that we're doing is we're trying to hold ourselves and our   
   partners accountable to doing more effective quicker interventions that we   
   know that the evidence shows will improve outcomes and it is working," Davis   
   said.   
      
   https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/mpd-chief-ohara-hennep   
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