Corruption Coverup Completed: FBI Closes Book On Metro Gang Strike Force

One of the most corrupt criminal syndicates in Minnesota history, the Metro Gang Strike Force proved today that crime does in fact pay when the FBI closed its investigation citing a lack of evidence. Following the cowardly lead set by Hennepin County Faux Attorney Mike Freeman, the FBI followed suit refusing to conduct even the most minimal investigation into outrageous illegal, felony conduct that costs the citizens of Minnesota over $3 Million Dollars in Settlements and counting. I know the FBI is hamstrung like the rest of government these days by a lack of personnel and resources but look what one Star Tribune reporter, Randy Furst, was able to accomplish on his own:

• Sheriff tried to dissuade Gang Strike Force audit

  Bob Fletcher says he changed his mind after cash and vehicles could not be found.

• April 5: Several officials criticize Gang Strike Force's publicly funded Hawaii trip

  The new strike force leader called the tab "ridiculous," but his predecessor labeled critics "nitwits."

• Metro Gang Strike Force had illegal meeting: Experts

  Board members e-mailed each other to get agreement on a statement to preempt an editorial on Hawaii trip.

• Suit: Gang Strike Force seized money without cause

  A young Honduran says Gang Strike Force officers took $4,500 from him last year at an impound lot with...

• Gang Strike Force cops shredded documents

  A written account by the Strike Force's commander said a dumpster behind the Strike Force's offices in New Brighton...

• Document shredding puts Strike Force in doubt

  The integrity of the team of 34 officers and supervisors from 13 local law enforcement agencies, who focus on...

• Gang Strike Force seizures criticized

  The state's Legislative Auditor raised new questions about how the Metro Gang Strike Force disposed of vehicles that it...

• Minneapolis, Metro Transit police pull out of Gang Strike Force

  Minneapolis police said the decision is financial, but it is more bad news for the anti-gang unit.

• Gang Strike Force shut down after audit finds $18,000, 13 cars missing

  The decision to immediately close the offices was made after some Strike Force investigators turned up at the agency's...

• Strike Force was rife with misconduct, panel charges in new report

  Report details breadth of misconduct, saying officers took home property that had no proven connection to crime.

• Two top strike force leaders part of inquiry

  The Star Tribune has learned the identities of 16 officers reportedly under investigation.

• Crime fighters gone rogue

  The Gang Strike Force racked up many victories; then stardom turned to ashes.

• Seized money: One man fought back

  Wilbur Haisley had $3,319 - until a Metro Gang Strike Force officer took it.

Lack of evidence my ass!

Just another example of the Boys in Blue protecting their own and that old corrollary "The Rules Don't Apply to Me".

The bottom line is who do Minnesotans have to blame for this travesty of justice? All of this could have been avoided as funding for this criminal organization had been cut-off way back in 2004.

As I reminded readers way back in August of 2009, it was then Governor Pawlenty who we have to blame for saving Minnesota's version of "Inglorious Basterds", the Metro Gang Strike Force. In announcing his saving Minnesota's answer to the SS from the budget chopping block, Governor Pawlenty stated:

"...Because partisanship has drawn things to a halt in the State Capitol, I've taken extraordinary executive actions to move ahead without legislative action. The budget deficit the Legislature ignored was wiped away with a stroke of my pen. A critical crime-fighting agency, the Gang Strike Force, was slated to disband because the Legislature didn't pass funding. Our administration found the money to keep the group working for Minnesota."

"A critical crime-fighting agency"? "Working for Minnesota"?

Take a bow Pawlenty, Freeman and the FBI because you all played significant roles in the biggest law enforcement corruption scandal in state history at a cost of millions of dollars to the taxpayers. You all are at the least guilty of professional malfeasance if not obstruction of justice. Strong words but well deserved! If you think the FBI's feeble excuse for an investigation into the Metro Gang Strike Force is just an isolated fluke, see POLICE CORRUPTION: FBI INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOT THE ANSWER.