I wonder if they've also got an enabling, plead-'em-down DA up there helping matters.

Duluth has always had a host of problems all its own, and these have never been solved; they've barely ever even been addressed. Add in a bunch of newcomers used to much, much worse environments creating even more trouble and a weak mayor, weak police force, and soft, weak judges - the result is inevitable.
It's starting to become clear that our public policing systems are not getting the job done. Law enforcement, corrections
and the judiciary are everywhere failing in their roles. There are too many holes in the boat, and something has to change, or there is sooner or later going to be chaos. When the good guys run out of places where they can go to try and run away from crime, they will have to stop running, turn around and take a stand. And that's where the chaos is going to come in.