I'll explain it this way...
We have a county prosecutor that refuses to uphold the law. The number of violent offenders released without charges is staggering. They detain/arrest an offenders, and they're immediately kicked back out. I train jits with quite a few MPD cops. To say this has crippled morale is an understatement. With the sole exception of the US prosecutor in Minneapolis, no one has their back - politically or otherwise.
In addition, the city of Minneapolis continues to disregard a years old court order mandating PD staffing levels. MPD is still only staffed at ~2/3 it's court mandated levels. Apparently, there's no actual repercussions of not adhering to the court order, aside from lack of resources to deter and respond to crime in the city. This, of course, was the reason the lawsuit was filed in the first place.
Further to the point of lack of officers and their inability to respond, (I wasn't going to share this, but here we are) I live ~10 min from Annunciation and was working at home yesterday morning. While I didn't know the details of what was occurring at the time, I heard the response. Many of the first units to arrive were actually from surrounding communities. That's pretty pathetic.
The Minneapolis PD has been largely marginalized to the point they're unable to effectively respond. This has emboldened young gangs, particularly Somali, as they recognize many of their actions are virtually consequence free.