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GOP lawmakers seek to pressure cities to reduce crime

Police tape blocks the view, with a police car in front of an apartment.
Police tape marks the scene where St. Paul police found a man shot to death and woman with a leg wound in an SUV in front of an apartment building on Friday. Republican state lawmakers don’t like the crime they’ve been hearing about recently in the Twin Cities, and they’re looking for ways to pressure cities to put more police on the streets.
Tim Nelson | MPR News file