Mugged By Reality

Shivanthi Sathanandan, the second vice chairwoman of the far-left Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, who was brutally assaulted and carjacked Tuesday, leaving her face bloodied. You can see a pic of what she looked like in the aftermath of this vicious crime here.

She describes at the link the assault, which must've been horrific. She writes:

Yesterday my children and I were violently car jacked in the driveway of our home in Minneapolis. Four very young men, all carrying guns, beat me violently down to the ground in front of our kids. The young men held our neighbors up at gunpoint when they ran over and tried to help me. All in broad daylight.

Look at my face in the picture. This is the face of a mother who just had the sh$t beaten out of her. A mother whose only thought was, "let me run far enough and fight hard enough so that my kids have a chance to get away."

This is the face of a mother who just listened to her four year old daughter screaming non-stop, her 7 year old son wailing for someone to come help because bad guys are murdering his Mama in the back yard, her neighbors screaming in outrage... all while being beaten with guns and kicks and fists.

I have a broken leg, deep lacerations on my head, bruising and cuts all over my body.

And I have rage.

These men knew what they were doing. I have NO DOUBT they have done this before. Yet they are still on OUR STREETS. Killing mothers. Giving babies psychological trauma that a lifetime of therapy cannot erase. With no hesitation and no remorse.

I'm now part of the statistics. I wasn't silent when I fought these men to save my life and my babies, and I won't be silent now. We need to get illegal guns off of our streets, catch these young people who are running wild creating chaos across our city and HOLD THEM IN CUSTODY AND PROSECUTE THEM.

PERIOD.

Look at my face. REMEMBER ME when you are thinking about supporting letting juveniles and young people out of custody to roam our streets instead of HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

You could have been reading the obituary for me and my children today. But instead I'm here. To write this.

Look at my face. These criminals will not win. We need to take back our city. And this will not be the last you hear from me about this.

Thank you to the incredible Minneapolis 4th Precinct Officers, Mayor Frey, Chief O'Hara, Paramedics, neighbors, friends and DFL family, who all came to our aide during this terrifying experience. I'm so grateful for this community that wraps us in love.

Her anger at these thugs is palpable, as well it should be, and she and her children deserve our sympathy. But maybe we could be forgiven for mingling just a tiny bit of schadenfreude in with our sympathy for in June of 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd killing, she expressed very much different sentiments concerning the police.

Back then, like a lot of progressives who live in neighborhoods in which a strong police presence is not often necessary, she rejoiced that Minneapolis was going to defund and disband the police department. She wrote:

We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Say it with me.

DISMANTLE 👏🏿 The 👏🏿 Minneapolis 👏🏿 Police 👏🏿 Department 👏🏿

As allies, what can we do right now? LISTEN and LEARN from our Black siblings. And then AMPLIFY this message right now, in this moment. MPD has systematically failed the Black Community, they have failed ALL OF US. It's time to build a new infrastructure that works for ALL communities. If you are still disagreeing with that BASIC FACT, I'm not sure what to say to you.

I'm proud of the radical leadership and organizing of Jeremiah Bey Ellison and Phillipe Cunningham. We need to support them and all the City Council Members and electeds who are working alongside them. Today the Minneapolis City Council has an emergency hearing to approve a court order outlining immediate changes for MPD and a framework for systematic change.

If you live in Minneapolis, call and email your City Council Member to voice your support. If you don't live in Minneapolis, be LOUD. Spread this message. Show your support. NOW is the moment for change.

Now that she's experienced what a lot of people in high crime areas experience she doesn't seem to be in such a hurry to replace the police with social workers or whatever.

There's an old saying that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. Sadly, it took a literal mugging for Ms. Sathanandan to realize that the opinion she gave vent to in 2020 was, in fact, very unwise. Hopefully, she and others of her circle will learn from her recent trauma.