"Minneapolis City Council Calls for Defunding the Police.
How it’s going: Catalytic converters are at the center of a Twin Cities crime wave.
“Law enforcement officials say catalytic converters have become a hot commodity...The value of those metals is skyrocketing: Platinum was going for more than $1,200 an ounce Thursday, according to several online trading sites. Thieves can sell the converters to scrap yards that pay up to a few hundred dollars apiece, or fetch a pretty penny by hawking them on Facebook marketplace and other websites featuring used car parts.”
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