Posted on 08/27/2020 5:12:46 AM PDT by karpov
A murder suspect in Minneapolis committed suicide as police were about to capture him Wednesday — sparking looting and unrest in a city still reeling from the death of George Floyd.
The man, who is black, shot himself in front of several bystanders outside of a building on Nicollet Mall in the city’s downtown area, the Star Tribune reported.
About 90 minutes after the 6 p.m. suicide, police released city surveillance footage of the incident to demonstrate that it was not a police-involved shooting.
But protesters still made their way downtown. The demonstrations began peacefully. One protester even used a megaphone to tell the crowd “the man killed himself,” the report said.
Once night fell, however, the protests turned violent, with looting and vandalism, according to reports.
A local Fox affiliate reporter, Courtney Godfrey, captured some of the lootings and posted the video to Twitter.
In one clip, looters can be seen entering and exiting a Saks Fifth Avenue on Nicollet Mall through a broken window.
Looters also hit a nearby liquor store and a medical arts building, Godfrey wrote.
The unrest prompted the city’s mayor, Jacob Frey, to call in the Minnesota National Guard and issue a curfew, according to the Star Tribune.
“This is a tragic incident for all involved,” the mayor said. “What the city needs now is healing, not more property destruction.”
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Dog poops, Dems riot...
If the police won’t shoot us, we’ll shoot ourselves!
LOL. The Democrats can’t control the monster they created.
Now that these fascist revolutionaries have been emboldened, this is the new norm in cities.
Riots, violence, and don’t you DARE defend your life.
They don't want to.
Democrats are evil scum.
Laz - could you add me to your THE DAILY WIN Ping List?
Thanks.
One death, one riot.
My apologies for twisting that night or saying about the Texas Rangers
Typo correction: My apologies for twisting that old saying about the Texas Rangers
Sun goes down, tribes go looting.
“....sparking looting and unrest ...”
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As is becoming more and more apparent to those who want to see, and was apparent to those of us who know the radical left, nothing is sparking anything. There is no need for any legitimate grassroots .... whatever. It’s all about anarchist marxist groups meeting in secret places planning for their next destructive murderous rampage and waiting for the next excuse to occur, afterwhich they spring into action.
Sparks!
heh
I’m sure this mostly-peaceful riot makes complete sense to these Democrats
We need to create a fake Rock Ridge for Democrats to destroy
You mean Blazing Saddles is now a documentary?
It’s too late now, but I think the appropriate response to this incident would have been for Minneapolis business owners to smash their own windows, steal their own goods and set their own buildings on fire.
“””You mean Blazing Saddles is now a documentary?”””
Yes. So is Idiocracy.
My old Daily Win ping list is obsolete. I think you are on the Laz List.
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