IOW...authorities were taking security *far* more seriously than they had in earlier years (I've lived here for years).
If security is taken as seriously in the Twin Cities one would think that authorities wouldn't tolerate *any* tomfoolery by *anyone*.
Hopefully, the Feds will be running the show during the marathon. The violent crime/murder rate in MPLS. has taken off, recently. The spineless lesbian Police Chief has her hands full and really can’t afford to be distracted, right now.
What is somewhat encouraging, right now, is the fact that no one in authority is saying ANYTHING about how they are going to handle BLM. Instead of blurting out their plan, maybe they actually have a good one and aren’t going to make the mistake of announcing it to the world ahead of time.