Posted on 12/03/2015 6:00:54 PM PST by Libloather
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Officers on Thursday cleared away a protest encampment that sprang up in front of a Minneapolis precinct following the fatal police shooting of a black man last month, arresting eight demonstrators and erecting a fence to dissuade others from trying to return.
Police ordered around 50 chanting demonstrators to disperse at about 4 a.m. and soon began removing tents and equipment while firefighters extinguished campfires. Dump trucks carried away tents and supplies while crews removed makeshift barricades that had been blocking the street in front of the station and erected a high fence to keep people off the lawn and sidewalk.
"It was time," Mayor Betsy Hodges said at a news conference. "We have been balancing the safety needs of the precinct with the right for people to protest and have their voices be heard."
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I keep suggesting fire hoses spraying a fine mist overhead in cold weather but nobody ever listens to me.
That, or next time just don’t bother getting the people out of the way before sending in the front-loaders and dozers.
We do. But this has been a fairly mild November.
We are praying for a major cold snap to drive the riff raff off the streets.
It’s a lovely time of the year to deploy the watercannon in Minneapolis.
“It’s a lovely time of the year to deploy the watercannon in Minneapolis”
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Yep,and if a watercannon isn’t available any old cannon will do.
These morons deserve what they get.
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These people need to protest the semi-black president who calls himself black and who is giving blacks a bad name.
That sounds like a recipe for a repeat of St. Pancake.
Lolol!! Forgot all about those dummies. First the Paris murders stole their press, now Cali. Sucks to be them.
Big shout out to #BLM!!!
Is there ever a bad time to deploy watercannon against leftists?
Yes.
When they are on fire.
Good point.
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