Hennen: Time to get serious about ending ‘catch and release’ for violent thugs

Hennen: Time to get serious about ending ‘catch and release’ for violent thugs

There comes a point when common sense demands action. That point is now. If you’re a taxpayer in North Dakota, you have every right to be outraged over what just happened in Fargo — and the deeper pattern it represents. Joseph Manitowabi, a three-time repeat violent offender, was supposed to be serving a two-year prison sentence. Instead, he was out on the streets, smoking meth in a downtown parking ramp and viciously assaulting three Fargo poli…