It was a case of “policies have consequences” for a Minnesota DFL Party official after she was violently beaten and carjacked in her home.
The Second Vice Chairwoman for the DFL, Shivanthi Sathanandan, was one of the most vocal voices who called for defunding the police during the George Floyd riot of 2020. The Minnesota Democratic party official suffered the consequence of that call when a group of men attacked her at home in front of kids.
One of the defund and dismantle the police democrats, Shivanthi Sathanandan @Shivanthi, who was brutally attacked in a carjacking changes her tune, but she had zero sympathy for victims during her dismantle the police mission in 2020. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/MNn5VNyg3h
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) September 8, 2023
The attackers made away with her car after beating her and leaving her with a bloodied face. Sathanandan shared images of her bloodied face on social media and details of the event, adding that she had a broken leg, deep lacerations on her head, and bruising and cuts all over her body.
A core feature of a luxury belief is that the believer is comfortably insulated from the consequences of his or her belief. Once that insulation dissipates, so does the luxury belief. Meanwhile, thousands of poor people suffer. https://t.co/zlDkg4RymD
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) September 10, 2023
“Yesterday, my children and I were violently carjacked in the driveway of our home in Minneapolis,” Sathanandan wrote on Facebook. “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. 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.”
A Minneapolis law enforcement source tells me officers in the 4th precinct are being encouraged to patrol Sathanandan’s neighborhood when not responding to calls.
“Now she wants extra police presence? She can eat the largest bag of dicks,” the source added. https://t.co/JEEiUhItTV
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) September 9, 2023
Despite her previous calls to defund the police, Sathanandan thanked law enforcement for their prompt response, specifically mentioning the Minneapolis Police Department, which assisted during the terrifying experience.
.@Shivanthi Sathanandan, the vice chair for the Democrat Party @MinnesotaDFL in Minnesota, virulently advocated for the dismantling of the Minneapolis Police Department even as neighborhoods in the city were burned to the ground by #BLM–#Antifa rioters.
Now, she has come… pic.twitter.com/Plc4m2SSJO
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 7, 2023
Sathanandan has posted several anti-police sentiments in the past. The DFL official applauded the Minneapolis School Board’s decision to terminate its contract with the city’s police department. Sathanandan lauded the decision, noting that “MPD should have no place in our children’s schools.”
Further interesting context shared from followers shows Sathanandan supported the radical Dismantle the Police movement which was started here in Minnesota in 2020 and heavily pushed by Democrats in the state and further nationwide. pic.twitter.com/s7ZxZggr4P
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) September 7, 2023
“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,” Sathanandan wrote in a Facebook post a few days after George Floyd’s death. “If you are still disagreeing with that BASIC FACT, I’m not sure what to say to you.”
