We've noted a bit of a pattern in blue cities - in this case, Minneapolis, which may be well on the way toward replacing San Francisco as the poster child for blue city urban dysfunction; there are two different justice systems: one for normies, and one for those in the favor of the political class.
Various Hot Air staffers, especially David and I, have written just a little bit about Dylan Adams, the Department of Human Services employee who was arrested for doing $20K in damage to Teslas around Minneaolis, only to get shunted into a diversion program. To be fair, he did agree to a restitution plan of some kind or another, so while the diversion was a little outside of guidelines, it wasn't a complete mockery. And hey, it wasn't like he spun a donut on an LGBTQIA+ street painting, like Dylan Brewer of Florida, who beat a much stiffer sentence by pleading guilty:
The multicolored mural, located at the intersection of Northeast 1st Street and Northeast 2nd Avenue, had been previously defaced during Pride Month in June 2021 by another man in a truck who was participating in a “President Trump Birthday Rally.”
That man, Alexander Jerich of Lantana, initially faced a third-degree felony. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, two years of probation and was ordered to undergo mental health treatment. He was also ordered to write a 25-page essay on the Pulse nightclub massacre.
A Palm Beach County Judge later canceled Jerich’s probation.
That LBGTQ street painting was lucky enough to get vandalized in a "red" state, I guess.
Anyway - the blue city fun continues. During the showdown over the winter between ICE and urban activists with Main Character Syndrome, a man was arrested for vandalizing...
...not ICE vehicles.
Not ICE buildings.
Not ICE members.
No, Francis David Steinhauer was arrested for vandalizing businesses along Lake Street during the protests.
Remember Lake Street? It's my old neighborhood from my early '20s - a downmarket South Minneapolis street populated mostly by small businesses owned by immigrants; "underrepresened communities" pretty close to overrepresented on East Lake. It's where a bunch of people like Francis Davie Steinhauer burned down dozens of businesses owned by those immmigrants and marginalized underrepresented communities, not to mention the Third Precinct.
And when justice came a-knocking, Hennepin County Attorney "Bloody" Mary Moriarty left a "sorry we missed you" card:
Source: Moriarty’s office declines to charge alleged anti-ICE vandal
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) March 16, 2026
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) has reportedly declined to charge a man arrested in January for allegedly vandalizing several businesses in Minneapolis along Lake Street during an anti-ICE protest.… pic.twitter.com/5MhD8hJEaM
Not a guilty plea and a diversion program. Not a slap on the wrist.
Francis David Steinhauer, 24, of Minneapolis was arrested on Jan. 10 after police said he was responsible for vandalizing several businesses with anti-ICE graffiti.
This would not be the first time Mary Moriarty’s office has declined to charge a vandal who aligns with left-wing causes in Hennepin County. She infamously declined to charge Minnesota Department of Human Services employee Dylan Adams after he was captured on surveillance videos damaging multiple Tesla vehicles.
And it's not like it was just a little vandalism, or even just vandalism:
According to police, the suspected vandal, later identified as Francis Steinhauer, 24, was seen by officers spray-painting on a Metro Transit bus that had been stopped in traffic along Lake Street around 7 p.m. Friday.
Police said as the march continued down Lake Street, Steinhauer was seen spray-painting on multiple businesses, including a theater, a church, a Minneapolis school building, a Hennepin County healthcare building and a Target.
When officers went to arrest Steinhauer, he reportedly ran from the area, but was taken into custody a short time later.
He vandalized private property, church property, government property, and trying to evade arrest.
Now, if he'd tagged a George Floyd mural...
