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Minneapolis Seeks to Ensure the City Will Burn by Crippling the Police Response
PJ Media ^ | Apr 19, 2021 | STACEY LENNOX

Posted on 04/19/2021 2:00:04 PM PDT by upchuck

The Minneapolis City Council, in an unbelievable move, given the powder keg on their doorstep, voted 11-1 to oppose the use of tear gas and other non-lethal munitions in response to civil disorder. It would be fair to wonder if someone dropped these 11 elected leaders on their heads as children. In the last 48 hours, we have had a sitting member of Congress, Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), inciting violence if former officer Derek Chauvin is convicted of murder, and two National Guardsman injured in a drive-by shooting. The Chauvin trial is in closing arguments, and the jury is expected to begin deliberating with the threat of mob justice over their heads.

Luckily, this vote is, to some extent, worthless virtue signaling. Mayor Jacob Frey controls the Minneapolis Police Department, which he completely demoralized and ruined during last summer’s riots. Hopefully, he will ignore the insane members of the city council. Governor Tim Walz has activated 3,000 members of Minnesota’s National Guard in advance of the verdict, which is a significant improvement over his lag in doing so last year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: chauvintrial; closingarguments; jurydeliberation
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1 posted on 04/19/2021 2:00:04 PM PDT by upchuck
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To: upchuck

The City of Cucks.


2 posted on 04/19/2021 2:01:41 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: upchuck

We don’t need no water...


3 posted on 04/19/2021 2:02:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: upchuck
MINNEAPOLIS

HANDICAPPEDPOLICE

4 posted on 04/19/2021 2:02:20 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: upchuck

The whole force, every officer, should resign.


5 posted on 04/19/2021 2:03:05 PM PDT by Fai Mao (It is time, past time and almost too late.)
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To: upchuck

Nelson killed it today with facts and the law

State playing on all emotion

July selection favors state because no older white males and half POC
Despite juror pool being 75 percent white

In other words Biden voters


6 posted on 04/19/2021 2:03:48 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: upchuck

Then it deserves to burn.

I’m sorry, but it does.


7 posted on 04/19/2021 2:04:34 PM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: upchuck

Minneapolis getting just what they voted for.


8 posted on 04/19/2021 2:04:50 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

Good and Hard.


9 posted on 04/19/2021 2:05:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: upchuck
Minneapolis Seeks to Ensure the City Will Burn by Crippling the Police Response

Hopefully, the entire Minneapolis Police force, and those of surrounding suburbs will walk out the moment the Verdict is announced.

10 posted on 04/19/2021 2:06:08 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: upchuck

Blue Flu.


11 posted on 04/19/2021 2:06:34 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: upchuck

so if tear gas and other non-lethal measures are prohibited the MPD, they will have no choice but to shoot first

a stupider city council is hard to imagine!


12 posted on 04/19/2021 2:07:39 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they are excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: upchuck

Guilty/Not Guilty/Hung Jury = Burn baby, burn. No way the city will NOT burn.


13 posted on 04/19/2021 2:07:54 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: upchuck

One needs to wonder what is in the water in those 1000 lakes?


14 posted on 04/19/2021 2:08:42 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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To: cld51860

What is that old song, burn baby burn, disco inferno?


15 posted on 04/19/2021 2:09:01 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: Fai Mao

My guess is many are looking elsewhere for policing positions.. At this point arresting anyone or stopping a crime in process means the cop will be put on trial


16 posted on 04/19/2021 2:10:30 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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To: upchuck

Perhaps they’re restraining the police in the hope that private citizens will engage in self-defense. You know, insurrection.


17 posted on 04/19/2021 2:10:47 PM PDT by dsc (Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.)
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To: upchuck

The police need to walk off the job then move to a Police friendly state. I would not live in a Democratic State or City.


18 posted on 04/19/2021 2:11:56 PM PDT by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: janetjanet998

Black citizens ... honest, lawful black citizens depend on the police to keep them safe... there could be a mini war in that Jury room


19 posted on 04/19/2021 2:12:22 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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To: Fai Mao

should call in sick or call a union meeting and demand the removal of the entire city council...


20 posted on 04/19/2021 2:14:40 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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