Posted on 07/01/2020 9:09:15 AM PDT by karpov
MINNEAPOLIS—Police were preparing another round of tear gas to use against a rock-throwing crowd when they got word from Mayor Jacob Frey on the night of Thursday, May 28, to abandon the city’s Third Precinct, the station where the four officers charged in the killing of George Floyd had worked.
“Everyone from P3, load up and go,” a lieutenant is heard saying just after 10:09 p.m. local time, according to police radio traffic recorded by two websites, Broadcastify and OpenMHz.
“The precinct is on fire,” someone relayed about two minutes later.
Mr. Frey has publicly characterized the evacuation of the Third Precinct as a last-ditch decision, made in the heat of the moment, to avoid bloodshed as the city raged over the killing of Mr. Floyd, a Black man, while in police custody three days earlier.
But city leaders, after struggling to marshal sufficient manpower to quell growing unrest, had discussed and planned for abandoning the precinct in advance, as shown by another police-radio transmission from that same moment and interviews with current and former city officials and police officers.
“OK, buses are good to go,” an officer said at 10:09 p.m., referring to buses that, as part of the plan, were to be used to transport police away from the riot zone. “Let’s round these buses and bounce.”
The extraordinary move created searing images of a police building in flames. It touched off a debate over whether the building’s abandonment helped save lives in Minneapolis or inspired more violence and destruction in the Twin Cities and elsewhere across the country during this summer’s protests against police brutality.
While many of the protests in Minnesota and around the county were peaceful, violence accompanied others. In Minneapolis, anger quickly focused on the Third Precinct
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Minnesotans have lost their minds. I wonder if Canada would give us some fresh walleye for Minnesota?
It was a peaceful fire.
Mostly.
Brave Sir Robin ran away.
(”No!”)
Bravely ran away away.
(”I didn’t!”)
When danger reared it’s ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
(”I never!”)
Protest are not mostly peaceful when buildings are burned and stores are looted.
That’s called a riot.
If Obama and Holder destroy every city then Chicago won’t look so bad.
The politicians make decisions in matters where they are not qualified. Let the police do their job.
It was just a marshmallow roast!
It’s time for live rounds.
the spineless LE in charge should have refused a unlawful order and mounted a counter assault against the rioters and called in back up.
The image is that the police retreated. The leftists literally made the police abandon their post and left citizens unprotected.
America is lost. Trump will lose the Senate because he just does not realized that most of the Republicans in that body are weak cowards and they are closely associated to communist Democrats.
Disgraceful.
This was required by their officers and politicians. The children of those who wasted our blood in Vietnam. Democrats got us in. Democrats turned their backs. And Republicans got bad press. The a.c nswer my friend is Repent. Honor the founding documents of this Republic. Repent and pray for this country or lose it.
Protesters do not destroy property, trespass and yell threats and scream at people (St. Louis).
Gee, it’s almost like they wanted the mob to take over the place.
I guess the mayor was hungry for some barbecued pork and cooked bacon.
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