Walz Dithered While Minneapolis Burned

Wall Street Journal ^ | August 13, 2024 | Heather Mac Donald

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If Kamala Harris wanted to dispel the idea that Democrats are soft on crime, Tim Walz was an odd choice of running mate. Mr. Walz’s tenure as Minnesota’s governor will be defined by the George Floyd race riots in Minneapolis and his response to them. Americans everywhere still live with the consequences.

On Memorial Day 2020, May 25, Floyd passed a counterfeit $20 bill at a Minneapolis convenience store. The clerk called the police; Floyd, high on fentanyl, resisted arrest and said that he couldn’t breathe. After a long struggle, the responding officers managed to cuff Floyd and place him prone on the ground; Officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck and back for nine minutes. Floyd died of cardiac arrest.

The violence in Minneapolis began soon after a cellphone video of the incident went viral on May 26. By May 27, the looting, arson and assaults had become an ecstatic frenzy of destruction. Rioters tore open plywood barricades that business owners had hurriedly nailed over storefronts and tossed Molotov cocktails inside the premises. Cash, merchandise and safes were stolen, businesses burned to the ground.

Firefighters were attacked, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said they were delayed in responding to calls because of “insufficient law enforcement presence to ensure firefighters’ safety prior.” The Third Precinct—where the officers who responded to the Floyd call worked—came under attack in the early hours of May 28. Rioters fired high-powered BB guns at officers outside the precinct; the front door was shot out at 4 a.m. All around the station house, businesses were burning down.

On May 27, Gov. Walz used his midday Covid press briefing to racialize what he called Floyd’s wrongful death and to commend the Minneapolis mayor’s immediate firing of the four officers

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[Dan in Wichita]

Walz Dithered While Minneapolis Burned

And yet, Walz was easily re-elected in 2022.

I don't think this is an issue that is going to move the needle in Trump's favor. It should, but it won't. Better to hammer the Harris/Walz ticket on the disasters of the last 3.5 years.

[brownsfan]

And MN voters approved.

[Spok]

People are elected to public office who are dedicated to the destruction of our nation. That’s a problem with voters-low information and low IQ. Dunning/Kruger effect is real.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Disagree. most Americans are a lot smarter than the majority of voting Minnesotans and understand that a guy who lets a riot happen and his wife smells the sweet aroma of a riot are not just wrongheaded, but mentally unstable and evil

[nonliberal]

But lockdowns were vigorously enforced by jack booted Minneapolis thug cops.

[Dan in Wichita]

Disagree. most Americans are a lot smarter than the majority of voting Minnesotans and understand that a guy who lets a riot happen and his wife smells the sweet aroma of a riot are not just wrongheaded, but mentally unstable and evil.

I hope you're right.

[DownInFlames]

This is what happens when you gut the militia. It’s there this specific reason should the government fail to do its duty. 3 days of militia involvement would have flattened the riots and no paintballs would have been abused. The men in this country need to grow a pair and prepare for the coming disaster should Trump be imprisoned and lose.