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Unrest erupts after man dies in Minneapolis arrest attempt
The Associated Press ^ | June 4, 2021 | By AMY FORLITI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM

Posted on 06/04/2021 6:33:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

MINNEAPOLIS - Crowds vandalized buildings and stole from businesses in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood after officials said a man wanted for illegally possessing a gun was fatally shot by authorities who were part of a task force trying to arrest him that included U.S. Marshals.

Following the Thursday afternoon shooting, a small crowd gathered in the neighborhood where the man was shot, shouting expletives at police.

Later in the night, people vandalized “numerous” buildings and looted some, Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder said in a email to reporters early Friday. A dumpster was burned and windows were smashed. Arrest totals weren’t expected to be available until later Friday.

Little is known about Thursday’s shooting. The U.S. Marshals Service said a task force was trying to arrest the man on a state warrant for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: banglist; blm; johnelder; marxists; minneapolis; minnesota; riots
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To: 1Old Pro

I suspect the reason little is known about this is, Trump is no longer president and the press and local democrat politicians don’t want Biden to be blamed like Trump was. It’s almost funny if not sad the way the press has lied to and used propaganda on the American people to influence then to do things. They make the 3rd Reich look like a junior high newspaper.


21 posted on 06/04/2021 6:46:14 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Arrest totals weren’t expected to be available until later Friday.


Release numbers to coincide


22 posted on 06/04/2021 6:48:01 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

, where have we heard this before?...

“didn’t follow commands from the U.S. Marshal Service taskforce – made up of local law enforcement – and pulled out a gun during the attempted arrest”


23 posted on 06/04/2021 6:48:26 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: eyeamok
"And if they declared open season on Looters and Rioters and implement a policy of SHOOT ON SIGHT, this would NEVER happen again."

I respectfully disagree. That sort of escalation would only lead to more dead police officers and more dead innocents. Once one side starts mowing people down, the other side will be obliged to do the same.
24 posted on 06/04/2021 6:49:07 AM PDT by The Louiswu ((.....................insert tagline here.......................))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Animals will be animals


25 posted on 06/04/2021 6:49:36 AM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: Little Ray

rioters would break out their own weapons and declare open season on cops and law abiding citizens.


They already have. So let’s just shoot on sight like the old days.


26 posted on 06/04/2021 6:49:47 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All of this is okay, though, because only vaccinated people are allowed to riot.


27 posted on 06/04/2021 6:50:01 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Headed north ?

Take 35 E...


28 posted on 06/04/2021 6:50:46 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

LEOs need to stop arresting black people in blue areas.

If we could build a wall around blue areas, I would be in favor of sending them more guns. Let them shoot each other.


29 posted on 06/04/2021 6:50:47 AM PDT by boycott
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To: cld51860
where have we heard this before?...

99% of these stories are the same, Black guy runs from police, some with weapons, some high on deadly drugs, many with raps sheets, who never seem to understand that they need to comply.

30 posted on 06/04/2021 6:50:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Actually, rioters and looters should be shot by those ordinary citizens whose lives, persons or property they actively threaten.

The government will not rescue you. The politicians are too afraid of losing votes to even try to do so. Even if they wanted to charge to the rescue they will be minutes away while someone with a Molotov cocktail or rock to throw, club, or a gun is right there being aggressive.

Only when We The People show this level of intolerance for rioters and looters engaged in their crimes will rioting and looting stop.


31 posted on 06/04/2021 6:53:23 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: The Louiswu

That sort of escalation would only lead to more dead police officers and more dead innocents


Since they already are killing both, let’s just sit back and watch while dining on popcorn? You are making an assumption which is not necessarily true.

Ferals can be wiped out en mass, if anyone wanted to.


32 posted on 06/04/2021 6:54:15 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Rurudyne
rioters and looters should be shot by those ordinary citizens whose lives, persons or property they actively threaten.

True, but look what happens when you legally protect persons and property, YOU are prosecuted, not the lawbreakers. This country is in deep trouble.

33 posted on 06/04/2021 6:55:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

O’Bummer’s fingerprints...


34 posted on 06/04/2021 6:55:38 AM PDT by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well here comes Summer of Riots 2.0


35 posted on 06/04/2021 6:57:59 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: 1Old Pro
But, but, but, I thought we wanted confiscated guns?


36 posted on 06/04/2021 6:59:27 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: eyeamok

Not NEVER, but it would be a good long time.


37 posted on 06/04/2021 7:00:59 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Easy to read bar chart, too difficult for the media to comprehend.


38 posted on 06/04/2021 7:01:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: unixfox
"Obviously they need to put the police in prison and defund them even more. It's the only way."

There might be a sarcasm tag, but that is the way the Left thinks. Anarchy is what they want, let the urban core become a free fire zone.

39 posted on 06/04/2021 7:03:45 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: 1Old Pro

Better to kill the rioters anyway.


40 posted on 06/04/2021 7:04:21 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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