Posted on 05/29/2020 6:24:59 PM PDT by karpov
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The recorded footage of the arrest showed Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with his knee placed squarely on Floyd’s neck, while Floyd begged for mercy. Floyd, who didn’t resist arrest, died soon after. Chauvin, who was subsequently fired, had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the police department’s internal-affairs division. In a bizarre twist, it appears that Chauvin and Floyd were also once coworkers: they worked security at the same nightclub, and possibly knew each other.
The protests that followed were, initially, peaceful. Thousands packed the streets on Wednesday with signs and calls for Chauvin’s arrest. By that night, however, things turned ugly. “The most shocking thing to me when I was on the ground is realizing just how quickly the emphasis of justice for George Floyd was lost,” observed a reporter for The Daily Caller. “As the evening wore on into the early morning hours, the original crowd of people that was there holding protest signs, doing chants, quickly deteriorated.”
Cars sped around wildly, knowing the police wouldn’t respond. People drank alcohol and smoked marijuana in the streets.
Then the rioters began looting and burning buildings, starting in south Minneapolis but quickly moving to the more-upscale Uptown neighborhood. Rows of businesses and shops on Uptown’s Lake Street were looted and torched. Emergency call logs recorded dozens of “fire events,” and responders were attacked with rocks and other projectiles. A $30 million affordable-housing project was burnt, as was a Cub Foods grocery store. A man looting a pawn shop was shot by the store owner, who was quickly arrested.
Thursday night was even worse. The looting continued in Uptown, where thugs broke into the Apple Store. In a plea to be left alone, store owners posted signs saying that the store was minority-owned.
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The Minneapolis mayor seems to be missing from all the press briefings. I’m sure he’s out filling potholes in the streets or something.
Democrat run police, protected by Democrat-friendly unions, commit a flagrant act of brutality. The Dem-dominated media runs with it, paid agitators inflame the bored crowds, and the media ... blames Trump? For inflaming violence?
Or eating cheese fondue.
Evidently, the Minnesota authorities like General Kutuzov’s anti-Napoleon strategy. They may as well start the fires themselves.
Angela Stanton King 🇺🇸 @theangiestanton · 3h
The Black community in MN is calling out white Antifa members for starting the riots and destroying their communities. I keep telling y’all these white liberals are not our friends. #Democrats #GeorgeFloyd #minneapolis
the libtard politicians love this
they are loving it, are happy about it
I wonder what the average number of complaints is for an officer working the same area?
The Antifa symbol was on the wall of the police station as it burned. Another burning building also had it.
There is video of a white guy all dressed in black and carrying an umbrella (typical experienced protestor to ward off pepper spray) that walked along and smashed every window at an auto parts store. I believe it burned down later that night.
Same tactics that the SDS used back in the 60’ and 70’s to instigate unrest.
Hey, but they promise universal basic income!
Idiots voting with their tastebuds
Tinfoil hat on - I think this is about loading Biden’s ticket up with a progressive since it is fairly likely that he will not complete a term and this is the ONLY chance of inflicting a progressive president on a country that will assuredly not vote for one.
Far too many black men die every day. They pass without comment in communities that are raw with the losses. Progressive “leadership” is often in charge of jurisdictions where this sad fact is a commonplace nonevent. Don’t tell me now “they care” because they care only for power over the rest of us. Progressives had 9 years of undisputed control over this place. The longer they stay the worse it gets. Look at Chicago.
I read on the Donald.win that Minneapolis airport is seeing many “protesters” i.e. paid crisis actors, flown into town all yesterday, and today.... not staged or anything like that.
A police department is only as good as the worst murdering sadist that they hire.
Bkmk
I liked Minneapolis better when it was more Mary Tyler Moore, Fran Tarkenton, Grumpy old men, even Prince in the mid 80s.
This new revolutionary socialist Somali outpost sucks.
I think he is handing out masks.
The protests that followed were, initially, peaceful. Thousands packed the streets”
Yep. And then the Outsiders got there from far and wide to wreak their havoc...
Depends. A cop who works the schools handing out teddy bears gets very few. Likewise one in a quiet UMC suburb. One who works the worst part of town, and works hard often gets a lot. And the same is true for a low quality cop.
18 complaints means he might be a hard working great cop who is always involved in anything happening out there. Or it could mean he is poor quality slub and poorly supervised.
Numbers tell you very little.
Are social-distancing restrictions officially rescinded now, because I’m not seeing much enforcement on TV tonight.
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