This city has become the center of a nation’s anger and frustration as the National Guard rumbles through its streets, protesters threaten more upheaval and many across Minnesota blame officials here for a bungled response to George Floyd’s death that over the last week has left the skyline in flames.
That momentum spread across the country, drawing in President Trump, who derisively tweeted that Minneapolis had to get tougher against demonstrators and anarchists, and from civil rights activists who complained that violence and vandalism were threatening to overshadow the wider intent of most protesters to advocate for civil rights and non-racist policing.
“Everything that we believe in, they are trying to destroy,” Walz said at a Saturday briefing with local leaders, insisting that most of the marauders were from out of town.“Just by virtue of being part of a crowd that people looking to destroy our communities can hide in, that is aiding these people,” Carter said.
A middle-aged black man in a T-shirt that said “You’re gonna stop killing us” approached the young man in the V mask and three of his friends, castigating them for fomenting chaos that gets blamed on African Americans.Advertisement Shortly after, at 8:35 p.m., a line of Minnesota State Patrol officers marched toward protesters and journalists gathered near the Fifth Precinct. Officers told the crowd, “You’re in violation ... please disperse.” The journalists, including a Times reporter and photographer, identified themselves as press. Police then advanced and fired tear gas and projectiles at point-blank range into the crowd, hitting a Times reporter in the leg.Another journalist was seen with a bloody face.
She said officials need to join protesters, visit sites like the memorial and confer with community leaders.Her sister, Jeanelle Austin, 35, blamed the governor and other officials for telling protesters to stay home so that they could round up rowdy elements infiltrating their ranks, including white supremacists. She said they need to find a way to protect protesters’ rights without inciting fear or leaving them to fend for themselves.
Yeah, how dare civilization protect itself.
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Yeah right - for 2 days they looted, burned, destroyed property, even ransacked a police station - then finally police are allowed to stop this madness - NOW the looting and destruction over last 2 days is because of the stricter enforcement happening tonight 🤪
Minneapolis is center stage for a nationwide exercise in political theater.
military operation against unarmed protesters is state crime. country in which people have no right for protest is dictatorship regime. remember operarion in Libya. Hadhafi just did the same. who now must provide operation against USA for that?
MidwestRacism is a completely different oppression from the South. It’s more covert. America needs scholarship to address the systemic problems of the people in rust-belt Midwest cities. The oppression is encompassing, evasive, and problematic anyone that lives in this region.
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