http://twitchy.com/aaronwalker/2023/09/07/shivanthi-sathanandan-discovers-consequences-of-dismantling-the-police-n2386950

Shivanthi Sathanandan describes herself on Twitter as ‘2nd Vice Chair, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’—which is what the Democratic Party calls itself in Minnesota. And we learned today that she was pretty viciously attacked:

Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) ~ Minneapolis, MN:

Carjackings continue to afflict the city; this week DFL 2nd Vice Chairwoman Shivanthi Sathanandan was violently attacked and carjacked in front of her children in the driveway of her MPLS home in broad daylight.

She says she suffered a broken leg, deep lacerations on her head and cuts and bruises all over her body.

The rest of the post says "She says she suffered a broken leg, deep lacerations on her head and cuts and bruises all over her body."

This normally wouldn’t be a Twitchy-worthy story—it would simply be a local crime story where we are glad she survived and wish for a speedy recovery. But it also turns out that Ms. Sathanandan is also a bit of an anti-police activist:

Shivanthi Sathanandan is with Jeremiah Bey Ellison and Phillipe Cunningham - June 5, 2020:

We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Say it with me.

DISMANTLE �� The �� Minneapolis �� Police �� Department ��

As allies, what can we do right now? LISTEN and LEARN from our Black siblings. And then AMPLIFY this message right now, in this moment. 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. If you are still disagreeing with that BASIC FACT, I'm not sure what to say to you.

I'm proud of the radical leadership and organizing of Jeremiah Bey Ellison and Phillipe Cunningham. We need to support them and all the City Council Members and electeds who are working alongside them. Today the Minneapolis City Council has an emergency hearing to approve a court order outlining immediate changes for MPD and a framework for systematic change.

You can watch the hearing LIVE at 12:30 PM at this link: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/tv/citycounciltv

If you live in Minneapolis, call and email your City Council Member to voice your support. If you don't live in Minneapolis, be LOUD. Spread this message. Show your support. NOW is the moment for change.

Shivanthi Sathanandan - June 2, 2020:
Thank you, Minneapolis School Board Members, for getting this done! Exactly as it should be - MPD should have no place in our children's schools.

http://www.startribune.com/mpls-school-board-ends-contract-with-police-for-school-resource-officers/570967942/

This was noted by several conservative commentators, with some sense of schadenfreude:

End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) ~ Life comes at you fast ...

Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) ~ Sowing, sowing, sowing —> reaping.

Rosas in particular got some pushback and he responded:

Matthew Daley (@MattDaleyOH) ~ {Replying to@Julio_Rosas11} This is a new, perverse direction for the “she dressed provocatively so she was asking to be raped� logic.

Gotta hand it to conservatives, they never deviate from their brand, sickening and depraved as it may be.

Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) ~ {Replying to @MattDaleyOH} Nope, it's showing that liberals and progressives have brought these terrible crimes on themselves for wanting to "reimagine policing," or dismantle MPD. Same with the border crisis, they complain once it starts affecting them while others have suffered.

As for Ms. Sathanandan, she seems to be reasonably angry about the attack:

Yesterday my children and I were violently car jacked in the driveway of our home in Minneapolis. 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.

Look at my face in the picture. This is the face of a mother who just had the sh$t beaten out of her. A mother whose only thought was, "let me run far enough and fight hard enough so that my kids have a chance to get away." This is the face of a mother who just listened to her four year old daughter screaming non-stop, her 7 year old son wailing for someone to come help because bad guys are murdering his Mama in the back yard, her neighbors screaming in outrage ... all while being beaten with guns and kicks and fists.

I have a broken leg, deep lacerations on my head, bruising and cuts all over my body.

And I have rage.

These men knew what they were doing. I have NO DOUBT they have done this before. Yet they are still on OUR STREETS. Killing mothers. Giving babies psychological trauma that a lifetime of therapy cannot erase. With no hesitation and no remorse.

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.

Look at my face. REMEMBER ME when you are thinking about supporting letting juveniles and young people out of custody to roam our streets instead of HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

You could have been reading the obituary for me and my children today. But instead I'm here. To write this.
Look at my face. These criminals will not win. We need to take back our city. And this will not be the last you hear from me about this.

Thank you to the incredible Minneapolis 4th Precinct Officers, Mayor Frey, Chief O'Hara, Paramedics, neighbors, friends and DFL family, who all came to our aide during this terrifying experience. I'm so grateful for this community that wraps us in love.

We aren’t going to laugh at her, or pick on her too much for her anti-police rhetoric in the past. The ugly truth is that sometimes the best education you can receive is from life experience. That’s the hidden meaning behind the old cliché that ‘a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.’ Previously, she wanted to get rid of the police. Judging by this Facebook post, she is seeing the value of the police right now. Seriously, she literally thanks the police toward the end.

So rather than making fun, besides being glad she is alive and hoping for recovery, we also hope this leads her to understand that we need law enforcement in our society. So rather than accusing her of being a hypocrite, like some people, we are going to strongly consider the possibility that this will be an experience that helps her grow as a person and realize that we do, in fact, need the police.

Hey, if we are real lucky, she might even decide she likes the Second Amendment, now! She seems to have been shaky on that in the past ...

Shivanthi Sathanandan (@Shivanthi) ~ Candidates debating about the best ways to ensure gun safety. A welcome change from the GOP Presidential Debate! #WeAreDemocrats #DemDebate
8:23 PM · Oct 13, 2015

... and in her Facebook post, she talks about getting illegal guns off the streets, but maybe it will dawn on her that she needs a gun, too. And maybe it will even dawn on those neighbors who bravely tried to help her.

That being said, we don’t think it is fair to say that Rosas was saying, metaphorically, that her dress was too short. One of the defining traits of humans is we learn from mistakes and if you can learn from the mistakes of others, rather than your own mistakes, that’s even better. It was a mistake to ever suggest we can get rid of the police. There’s a good chance Ms. Sathanandan is starting to understand that, today, and there’s nothing wrong with Mr. Rosas suggesting we learn from her bad experience.

A few other reactions are worth noting:

Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) ~ Are the car manufacturers going to be held accountable, or are we all going to act like someone else is to blame?

brit (@pashedmotatos) ~ Guess it’s not all fun and games now it found her doorstep. Maybe now there will be some empathy for those that have always suffered under these disastrous, pie in the sky policies.

Harsh, but we think that is fair.

Unite It Together (@UniteItTogether) ~ Welcome to our lovely state, where they defund the police and limit our 2A rights.

Latino Nation (@latinonation2) ~ It is really hard to feel sympathetic for Democrats when they run into the results of their policy.

Still, I hope she recovers soon.

Still, we think that sympathy can lead to growth, so we think that is the best way to handle this.

CFairbanks (@CFairbanks_1960) ~ Maybe she needs to get her conceal carry certificate & buy a gun to protect her and her family! Just saying!

Solid advice. ...