Posted on 06/01/2020 10:53:22 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Rep. Ilhan Omar (Dumbass., Minn.) said Sunday that Minneapolis protesters who defied the governor's curfew orders Friday and Saturday night were "terrorized" by the National Guard and police enforcing the governor's orders.
"There really was also many people who chose to demonstrate and not abide by the curfew, who felt like they also were terrorized by the presence of tanks, by the presence of the National Guard and a militarized police," Omar said on ABC's This Week.
The Minneapolis protests, which started last week in response to the death of a black man held in police custody, took a violent turn Wednesday night when protesters burned and looted cars and businesses. On Thursday night, rioters set the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct on fire.
On Friday, Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D.) ordered an 8 p.m. curfew and pleaded with protesters to abide by it, hoping to separate those who wished to incite violence from peaceful protesters. By Saturday morning, after repeated nights of violent clashes between police and protesters, Walz said in a press conference that the protests were pursuing destruction rather than justice.
"Let's be very clear, the situation in Minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of George Floyd. It is about attacking civil society, instilling fear, and disrupting our great cities," the governor said.
Many did not obey the governor's curfew Friday or Saturday, but increased National Guard presence Saturday night prevented the damage from being as severe as the previous two nights.
The killing of George Floyd, an African-American man and Minneapolis resident, by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, sparked a national outcry and protests in cities nationwide against police brutality this week.
End her crime spree and DEPORT her!
National Guard Humvee = M1A2 Abrams.
She’s still here? No deportation?
They should have been shot by them.
Give the basturds a clear warning and enough time to disperse. Then shoot. Let the media have their screaming headline story. (It will probably work just fine to just use BB”s...they sting and they communicate the message.... but if real ammo is needed to end the insurrection, rioting, arsons, physical assaults on innocent citizens... so be it. Its long past time that this kind of SorozNazi street thuggery, looting, and mayhem is stopped.)
Minneapolis Rioters Were ‘Terrorized’ by National Guard and Police
that is the whole idea behind calling out the national guard.
Scare them back into their holes.
Well, almost, Robert. First you ventilate them with that 357, then put them into their holes.
There - fixed it.
Surprised that with all the snow removal equipment there,
they didn't bring out the truck plows for all the "Snow flakes", and remove them to the right-of-way.
“There really was also many people who chose to demonstrate and not abide by the curfew, who felt like they also were terrorized by the presence of tanks, by the presence of the National Guard and a militarized police,” Omar said on ABC’s This Week.
I think you do not get to choose whether to abide by a curfew.
You need to be scared.
It is supposed to be intimidating. If the law enforcement and NG forces deployed look weak or marginal it would only encourage some rioters to try them. By showing overwhelming force it is actually safer for everyone. It is less likely anyone would try them,except for the true whack jobs, and they need to be eliminated anyway.
She’s full of crap as usual.
Yeah, and what about those bombers and ICBMs? These mild-mannered peaceful demonstrators all holding hands and singing "Imagine" were met with the full weight of American military might
Yeah, and what about those bombers and ICBMs? These mild-mannered peaceful demonstrators all holding hands and singing "Imagine" were met with the full weight of American military might
I do not recall them looking very terrified as they exited the stores with armloads of loot.
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