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Armed patrol group tries to keep the peace in Minneapolis as protests intesify
Baltimore Sun ^ | April 17, 2021 | STEPHEN GROVES and JOHN MINCHILLO

Posted on 04/17/2021 5:34:11 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

As protests intensified in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, a group of Black men joined the crowd intent on keeping the peace and preventing protests from escalating into violence.

Hundreds of people have gathered outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center police station every night since Sunday, when former Officer Kim Potter, who is white, shot the 20-year-old Black motorist during a traffic stop. Despite the mayor’s calls for law enforcement and protesters to scale back their tactics, the nights have often ended in objects hurled, tear gas and arrests.

The Black men at the edge of the crowd wear yellow patches on protective vests that identify them as members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, a group formed to provide security in Minneapolis’ north side neighborhoods during unrest following the death of George Floyd last year. They are not shy about casting a forceful image — the group’s Facebook page features members posing with assault-style weapons and describes itself as an “elite security unit” — but on Friday the Freedom Fighters didn’t appear to be armed and said they intended only to encourage peaceful protesting.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


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The group’s Facebook page features members posing with assault-style weapons, but the shills come to impending Riots UNARMED (Firearms).

1 posted on 04/17/2021 5:34:11 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Don’t need an armed group for ‘protesters’.


2 posted on 04/17/2021 5:38:32 PM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: Navy Patriot

Anyone else see the story that a George Floyd’s girlfriend was one of Daunte’s high school teachers? Small world.


3 posted on 04/17/2021 5:43:08 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Navy Patriot

Are they there to protect lives and property, or are they there tonsupport BLM?


4 posted on 04/17/2021 5:49:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Navy Patriot

The article uppercases black and lowercases White, proving that it was written by a worthless racist.


5 posted on 04/17/2021 5:49:59 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: NWFree

These morons will fire on the police and all hell will open up.


6 posted on 04/17/2021 5:51:37 PM PDT by DownInFlames (G)
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To: Navy Patriot; All

Are they still blaming Trump for what happens on Biden’s watch?


7 posted on 04/17/2021 5:53:58 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Navy Patriot; All
"Black motorist"? I thought he was a felony suspect with a warrant for his arrest?
8 posted on 04/17/2021 5:56:38 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: Navy Patriot

My guess is weapons are close by.


9 posted on 04/17/2021 5:58:11 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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To: DownInFlames

Sounds like they’re trying to keep the peace and keep people from burning things down to me. I would argue that’s a good thing


10 posted on 04/17/2021 5:59:03 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: BenLurkin; All

They are shills supporting BLM, get good press and falsely purport there are sanctioned armed patrols at “protests”.


11 posted on 04/17/2021 5:59:31 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: I want the USA back

Agreed.


12 posted on 04/17/2021 5:59:54 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

Well, they are black so they won’t be vilified for being far right domestic terrorists.


13 posted on 04/17/2021 6:00:32 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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To: Fido969
Don't know.

Do know violence with firearms present will be False Flagged blaming Conservative Whites.

14 posted on 04/17/2021 6:02:13 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

“...Officer Kim Potter, who is white, shot the 20-year-old Black motorist...”


I’m waiting to find out the logical reason that ‘Black’ is capitalized and ‘white’ is not.


15 posted on 04/17/2021 6:07:10 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Navy Patriot

IMO opinion. that first night when the local police, state police and national guard were present in goodly numbers they missed the boat by just taking defensive tactics.

What if they had divided their forces and brought one group up behind the rioters and surrounded them? Then arresting them, booking, and locking them up, publicizing their mug shots the next day.

You never win a battle staying on defense, you have to take the battle to them on your terms. IMO


16 posted on 04/17/2021 6:40:24 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: Navy Patriot

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17 posted on 04/17/2021 7:08:41 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: hanamizu

This may be why.

https://apnews.com/article/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f

“NEW YORK (AP) — After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word “Black” when used in the context of race and culture, The Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for “white.”

The AP said white people in general have much less shared history and culture, and don’t have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color.”


18 posted on 04/17/2021 7:48:41 PM PDT by Az Joe (I CONDEMN WOKE SUPREMACY! )
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To: gundog

You would think that a school teacher could do much better than that.


19 posted on 04/17/2021 8:01:44 PM PDT by cradle of freedom ( TRUMP TURNED ON THE LIGHT SWITCH AND THE ROACHES RAN IN ALL DIRECTIONS)
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To: Az Joe

The AP said white people in general have much less shared history and culture, and don’t have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color.”


Well, white people in general do have a shared history of history, literacy, religion, and the Indo-European language family group, but I guess being discriminated against rates a capital letter? (This is to the idiots at AP, not to you.)

I for one am getting tired of this B.S. I want black Americans to be successful and happy in the most wonderful nation on earth, but I’m not going to defer to them.


20 posted on 04/17/2021 8:16:44 PM PDT by hanamizu
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