[kaila]

Per the mother ( she was called by the son while this was happening) they were stopped because he hung air freshener on his rear view mirror. This was a stupid police stop, and the police better come up with a better reason why this car was stopped.
I am not anti police. I am anti over the explosion of laws that make us targets all the time.
Most people hang knickknacks on their rear view mirror.
These cops better hope this kid had a gun in the car, or they are going to get the George Floyd treatment if it is definitively found out this was all about air freshener as the reason for this stop.

[ridesthemiles]

Outstanding warrant???

[rktman]

Well, this post wasn’t about the crime or NOT crime the deceased was stopped for. It was the govs comment. At least a reasonable person would have paused to get SOME facts of the event. Gov didn’t. I haven’t seen the details of the stop and reason for it other than what you posted.

[Fred Hayek]

I am not anti-police, however, I have a number of issues regarding the professionalism of Minnesota law enforcement.
Yes, I’m a white guy, and I have had problems with them.
One time I found someone lying at the side of a bike path in Minneapolis. It’s winter. I called it in. VA Hospital Police were first to arrive, got the guy up. MPD arrives, makes the assumption that I’m a suspect before event speaking with the person or the VA cop. The VA cop had to explain to MPD veerrry sloooowly what was going on. The person I found was a PTSD patient who wandered off, the hospital was looking for him, and he otherwise would have froze to death. This among other incidents contributed to my opinion of Twin Cities area law enforcement and Minnesota in general.

Let it burn. I’m in Texas.