Posted on 05/25/2021 10:44:58 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Bystanders at the Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd died ducked for cover Tuesday as gunshots rang out nearby, taking shelter briefly. No immediate injuries were reported.
An Associated Press journalist shooting video at 38th and Chicago reported hearing as many as 30 gunshots about a block east of the intersection, and said a storefront window appeared to have been broken by a gunshot.
“Very quickly things got back to normal,” Philip Crowther, the AP journalist, said. “People here who spend a significant amount of time, the organizers, were running around asking, ‘Does anyone need a medic?’ It seems like there are no injuries.”
A police spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a message.
The intersection has been a memorial to Floyd since his death on Memorial Day one year ago. A street festival was planned later Tuesday to mark the anniversary.
Here’s the moment when shots were fired near George Floyd Square earlier this morning. Video below:
A reporter just had her phone smashed because she took photos of a storefront hit by a bullet.
Police said they responded to a reports of gunfire at about 10:10 a.m. at the 3800 block of Elliot Ave. South. Callers told police that a vehicle was seen speeding away from the area.
Soon after, someone went to nearby Abbott Northwestern Hospital with a gunshot wound.
Like other major cities, Minneapolis has been struggling with rising gun violence, a problem made worse by many officers leaving the embattled force since Floyd’s death. A 6-year-old girl was fatally shot and two other children wounded in recent weeks. Mayor Jacob Frey last week unveiled a sweeping set of public safety proposals aimed at fixing the problem. Other groups are pursuing a more radical remaking of the police department.
The intersection of 38th and Chicago has been barricaded since soon after Floyd’s death and quickly turned into a memorial — and also a challenging spot for the city, with police officers not always welcome.
Oh...my...sides
Nice of them to prove what everybody thinks but doesn’t say.
And right at the exact moment he was discussing the need for police reform.
Damn racist white po po!
I’m traumatized, call a social worker
I’m traumatized, call a social worker
Aspiring rapper?
Is that good?
Imagine that!! A shooting at a George Floyde shrine.......
“Saint Floyd, may dogsqueezins be upon his name...”
Well they are just outside of a war zone, what do they expect? Oh wait, was this Minneapolis?
celebratory gunfire...
By golly, there should be shooting on George Floyd Day in honor of him.
Sigh. Another dispute over the application of Avagadro’s number to determine the best way to cut a kilo of coke. Naturally, violence was the only resort.
“Saint Floyd, may piss be upon him”
21 Glock salute?
“Very quickly things got back to normal,” Philip Crowther
Normal — random single shots now and then, or maybe in twos and threes.
Evidently, this is a police problem, not a BLM problem.
May p*ss be upon them, also.
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