If anyone is still confused about why Minnesota became ground zero for one of the largest fraud sprees in American history, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara just handed us a pretty good clue.
After billions of taxpayer dollars were discovered missing through fake childcare and adult care assistance schemes, Chief O’Hara did not come out swinging against criminals. He did not demand accountability. He did not reassure taxpayers that law enforcement would aggressively pursue those responsible. Instead, he apologized to the Somali community.
Let that sink in.
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Just one month ago Minneapolis Police Chief O’Hara apologized to Somalis after their billion dollar fraud scheme was exposed. pic.twitter.com/fDabjqz7s2
— Spitfire (@RealSpitfire) December 29, 2025
Standing before cameras, O’Hara praised the Somali community for being “welcoming” and “showing love” toward him. He spoke about working together and then pivoted to apologizing in case anything he said had been taken out of context or caused harm. Harm to whom, exactly? The people stealing, or the taxpayers footing the bill?
This was not a minor accounting error. Estimates suggest up to $8 billion may have been siphoned off through fraudulent claims. That is historic. That is not misunderstanding paperwork. That is organized looting. Yet the apology went one direction only.
Then things got even stranger.
Later in December, O’Hara took to a church pulpit and invoked the Nativity story to criticize immigration enforcement under President Trump. Drawing on his self described Catholic upbringing, O’Hara compared modern day illegal immigrants to Mary and Joseph, claiming outsiders have always been mistreated and implying current enforcement actions are morally wrong.
That comparison might play well at a progressive sermon, but it falls apart under scrutiny. Mary and Joseph were not running shell nonprofits. They were not billing the government for services never rendered. They were not vacuuming up billions in public funds while state officials looked the other way.
And yet, O’Hara found time to moralize about immigration raids while remaining silent on the largest fraud scheme his city has ever seen.
This is the message being sent. If you are a law abiding taxpayer, you get lectures. If you are part of a politically protected group caught stealing on an industrial scale, you get apologies and theological defenses.
The result should surprise no one. When leadership signals that accountability is optional and criticism will be met with groveling apologies, bad actors take notes. They push harder. They steal more. They assume consequences are for other people.
Chief O’Hara has yet to issue an apology to the taxpayers of Minneapolis. He has not stood at a podium and said he is sorry that billions were stolen on his watch. He has not explained how such a massive fraud operation flourished without intervention. He has not expressed outrage proportional to the damage done.
This is not about race or religion. It is about leadership. Law enforcement exists to protect the public, not manage optics or placate activist pressure. When police chiefs apologize to communities instead of confronting criminals, they create exactly the environment Minnesota is now drowning in.
People are angry for a reason. They worked for that money. They paid those taxes. Watching it disappear while officials issue apologies to the wrong people is not compassion. It is surrender.