It's crazy. At most you would expect several stationed cars and maybe several officers outside. But no, the clip makes it look as if DOZENS of officers are just standing there. The message couldn't be any more clear.
Minneapolis protests over murder of George Floyd. Police response more severe than when white supremacists stormed capitol. (See Threadmarks to help)
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We could just go to city hall with pictures of George and some signs. Sat theres no rain. The one time i regret not having any social media.. I have no powers of assembly. Could just go and see who else shows up.
City hall is a bit... away from the public though. Maybe Piedmont?
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Im looking on twitter for GA related protests. will update with findings. I mean, we are OPEN afterall...
I hate police unions giving other unions a bad name. I’ve seen tons of people lumping teacher’s unions in with them and saying they have too much power, which is laughable. Teacher‘s unions rarely (granted sometimes) protect truly shitty and awful teachers, whereas police unions protect murderers.
Unions are a good thing. Police unions, like most other aspects of the police, have been corrupted.
sure, but thats true everywhere in the country. Minneapolis is one of the worst on it
Yah this is a huge blow to people who don't have cars and are poor. They can't easily travel somewhere else to get these supplies, especially in a pandemic.
Saw this before but seriously how fucked are your priorities that you get a rifle to shoot/intimidate citizens with
This explains why they choose to abandon their duties and and instead stand shoulder to shoulder to protect a murderer.sure, but thats true everywhere in the country. Minneapolis is one of the worst on it
They don't care that Minneapolis is on fire only about 6% live there.
Hopefully they're mad at police for failing to do their job in a competent manner and instead abandon their posts and fail to de-escalate the situation.
The military doesn't have unions, but the police do.
Why is that?
Unions generally are good for facilitating/maintaining the strength and balance of interests for laborers...but that isn't true of the police.
Why is that?
Unions generally are good for facilitating/maintaining the strength and balance of interests for laborers...but that isn't true of the police.
Heres the masked guy just breaking shit before he walked off and being confronted.
I think that played into it. They can also be angry at the looters too.
You actually don't need a college degree to become a police officer, though they'll often require you to have some college credit hours. No, what's most hilarious is the courts have ruled that you can be rejected from the police force for being "over qualified." That's right, if you're too smart and good for the job they can legally reject you.
Peaceful protest clearly don’t work. All this fake ass concern over a fucking target is pissing me off.
It wasn't just a Target. I think people are more concerned about the small businesses and low-income families being affected.
A list of the buildings damaged, looted in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The list will be updated as more reports come in.
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Windows can be replaced. People cannot. The entire city could burn and it wouldn't detract from the actual damage done to the community.It wasn't just a Target.
A list of the buildings damaged, looted in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The list will be updated as more reports come in.
They should be using their platform to primarily ensure that this doesn't happen again by helping the black community. and not just white liberal "I can't breathe" posts.
A small local restaurant owned by minorities was robbed of $15,000. That was keeping them afloat. I live in the city too. I don't want it to burn down (but I do want change). Do you live here?
I'm whatever the opposite of impressed is, but at least it was volunteered rather than wheedled out of them - although it may be an attempt to gfet out ahead of protests.
Seriously, if Trump is re-elected, it may very well be the end of the United States. the country just cannot sustain this status quo.
So, there's a line to be drawn here. No one should be mourning for Target Corporation or AutoZone Inc.
But there were clearly some bad faith actors last night who just wanted to spread chaos and destruction and minority-owned businesses and people were hurt as a result.
"Burn it all down" is never the fucking answer, minority communities that have already been burning for decades would just never ever recover. Fire spreads faster than anyone holding the torch wants to admit.
These people don’t care about our city. I’m so sad every time I read burn it down on this site. Hopefully there is an arrest soon.
Attention towards something bigger. Here are some MLK views on rioting and looting I found just from a quick search. A short but to the point read.
By the end of his life, Martin Luther King realized the validity of violence
The riots of 1967 changed how the great man saw the struggle
timeline.com
I saw some folks chat about it on FB. Did find an article, though:
City Pages
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Donations won't really help if this starts happening to all small businesses in the area. Not enough good will to go around in these times.
Sounds like the prototypical Joe Rogan fan lol. Come across too many of those in my life and yeah, not worth entertaining that type of sheltered existence and ignorant world view.
Agreed. If people wanna "burn it down" so badly. Then why don't they start by burning their own things? Their own property? Their own business? If they believe that is the road to change. I don't. So I'm not gunna wish for that.
People are more concerned about the greater injustice here.
I work but I deliver pizza and hate my job. No qualms about calling out for a protest.
People see it as a redistribution of wealth and that stores are insured so any damage or lost of goods doesn't hurt them. And that people looting don't care anymore, don't think they will be caught when everyone doing it and that if they do get arrested they get arrested and face trial.
They don't care anymore because the systems that were supposed to be protecting them has, time and time again targeted and killed Black people; acquitting the officers from responsibility then rehiring them elsewhere.
You can't stop them and you can't dictate how those people should release their years of pent up anger and resentment.
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One of my Facebook friends was like "I don't support the police but Target..."
Fuck the looting narrative.
Fuck the looting narrative.
I get that, but as citizens we can also be concerned of the destruction too. I don’t give a shit if a Target gets looted but the little guys are already having it tough with covid shutting things down, getting robbed and vandalized on top of that ain’t necessary.
To be fair, burning down a target is probably one of the most direct attacks to white culture you can do. That's a direct attack on Karens everywhere.
Again not mourning Target but sounds like looting has spread to St Paul about 10miles away (midway target, A huge super target with the most diverse target shopper demographics in the area and the Walmart next door closed recently so it is always extremely busy). Hope all citizens are able stay safe in the whole twin cities.
someone should attach it to a gif from TLOU, then maybe people will pay attention to it
