Our national racial obsession leaves Minneapolis behind

The ideas of social justice, Black Lives Matter, and “racial equity” have gripped our politics and culture since last summer. But, while celebrities, athletes, and politicians continue to spout their cookie-cutter slogans to push their political agenda, the place where it all started continues to reckon with the fallout.

Minneapolis has announced that it will be spending $6.4 million to hire more police officers, a plan that was unanimously approved by the same Minneapolis City Council that had promised last year to abolish the city’s police department. The city will be hiring some 60 new officers at a time when the police department says it has approximately 200 fewer officers than normal.