Posted on 05/29/2020 4:22:00 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Minnesota’s still burning, and it is no surprise. – Yesterday at around 5:00 CT, I gazed and listened in wonder at what can only be described as the single least effective law enforcement press conference ever to appear on national television. Here’s what I posted on Facebook as the presser concluded:
I don’t know if any of y’all are watching this press conference in Minneapolis right now, but these FBI/Minnesota law enforcement people are only making this situation worse. There will definitely be more rioting in that city tonight. This is the least effective law enforcement presser I have ever witnessed.
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Participants in this presser included the local U.S. Attorney, Erica McDonald; the local FBI special agent in charge (SAC), whose name I did not get; an official with the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension; and Mike Freeman, the local County Attorney. These folks had two objectives to achieve at this press conference: 1) to provide assurance that the investigation into the police killing of George Floyd was in competent hands and was proceeding quickly; and 2) to reassure the angry public that has been burning the city since Wednesday that justice will be swift and sure.
Unfortunately, neither goal was accomplished. Not remotely. And so we saw these scenes overnight:
It is complete chaos. No fewer than three police precinct stations have been burned.
Only Ms. McDonald delivered any messages that were remotely reassuring, and her role in all of this is purely secondary even though she led the conference. This was a murder, which is a state and local crime; the feds are only there to investigate civil rights violations and other potential federal crimes.
Instead of being reassured that justice will be done, the mostly-Black rioters were treated to a parade of pasty-white Minnesotans standing before the cameras, all saying they need more time, and all making excuses for why the four bad cops responsible for the killing are not already in jail and charged with a major crime. County Attorney Freeman even went so far as to outrageously state that he has “evidence” that no crime was committed despite the fact that the entire incident was unambiguously caught on video that everyone not living in a cave has now witnessed.
To be clear: Nothing these officials said would have had any effect on the Antifa and Black Lives Matters agitators who are being paid by Democrat funders to inflame the situation. Nothing would placate the radical Islamist activists who live in Ilhan Omar’s district – where much of the rioting is taking place – who are using this situation as an excuse to create havoc in their own community.
But these activists can’t succeed unless the public at large is already angry, and the participants in last night’s press conference only made them angrier. As Trey Gowdy told Fox News Host Martha MacAllum, there is no good reason why those police officers have not already been arrested and charged. If they weren’t cops, they certainly would have been.
That is up to County Attorney Freeman and the state’s Bureau of Apprehension. Those folks had better get moving, because this situation is only going to continue to get worse until they do.
And this crap doesn’t help. – I’ll defend President Donald Trump until my fingers bleed and there is nothing that could make me pull a lever for a Democrat in November, but tweets like this one are not in any way advisable or helpful:
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That was all fine until the sloganeering about looting and shooting. How ridiculous and sad that he chose to do that on the very same day that he signed his well-grounded executive order denying Twitter and other big social media platforms liability protections under the Communications Decency Act.
With radical Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a worthless emotional wreck and governor Tim Walz having zero clue about what to do here, the rioters and the activists urging them on are fully in charge of a major American city.
This is what George Soros’s America looks like. Get a good look at it.
You’re 100% correct.
Prime example how there is no accountability in Democrap run cities which is why these killings by cops and riots and looting happen 100% of the time in Democrap run cities. Why was this cop on the job? He has a long list of complaints and problems, and looking at that video I could tell he’s a nut they way he’s twisting his knee into the guys neck, taunting him. He has the same mentality as a Justin Volpe and nothing is done about it because there is no accountability because democrats do NOTHING once they are elected. Why were the other cops watching this doing nothing? What kind of hiring and training program do they have there? Just like the Eric Garner case in the 100% run democrat city of New York. Garner is laying on the ground not breathing and not ONE cop even thought of checking on him. Do you know the last time Minneapolis had a Republican Mayor was FIFTY years ago? That’s FIFTY years of do-nothing Democraps sitting on their ass and now these same morons who vote for them over and over and over are outraged?
You want an answer?
Declare Martial Law.
Call up the National Guard.
Looters, arsonists, mask wearers will be shot on sight - no warnings.
I assume Minnesota has a governor. Why hasn’t the governor taken charge?
You get what you vote for.
I’m having a hard time understanding why the guard isn’t suppressing this, or rather being asked to more effectively suppress this. This is antifa and BLM, both of which should be classified as terrorist groups and dealt with accordingly.
Sounds like CO is in for some fun and this will probably spread to many more states.
In the end we will have another object lesson in race hatred spewed from multiple different races and ginned up by the usual suspects. The victims of all this chaos and damage will be totally innocent people who are more interested in just being left alone and going about their daily lives than they are about concerning themselves with how do I placate people who want to charge me with racism when I never thought that way until they brought it up.
All what will be left?
Liquor stores, thugs, people too poor to move, and whiny black women lamenting that white people have nice stores and they don’t...
Well the democrats and their stooge media partners are moving on from Wuhan flu. If they thought there was anything left to be gained from the flu scam this would not be taking attention away from it. I wonder what the October Surprise will be? Even Fauci is backing away from the second wave BS, so they’ll need a new fraud.
“...when the looting starts, the shooting starts...”
That’s not electioneering...that should be SOP. The only weakness I see in PDJT’s tweet is that the shooting should’ve started when the fires started...not the looting. Fires kill people, looting doesn’t (usually). People have a right to self-defense...especially if someone is lobbing a firebomb at your house/business.
This. One party states have no accountability, no real check-and-balance, and big city Dems have done every kind of hiring on a patronage / political basis practically forever. This is what you voted for, Minneapolis. Congratulations.
Calling it a “Murder” without a full expose of ALL evidence means the poster has already made up their mind and is just punching buttons. This poster has a bias. Iow this post isnt meant to be taken seriously. its an opinion. emotion driven with little or no educated insight. a nothingburger
Mayor Frey is leading. Leading his city into anarchy. With comments like these, it’s clear he doesn’t understand the reality of the Thin Blue Line keeping us from chaos:
Mayor Jacob Frey: (00:00)
… The third precinct. It became clear that there were imminent threats to both officers and public. And the danger became necessary. And I made the decision to evacuate the third precinct.
“Mayor Jacob Frey: (00:28)
The symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life, of our officers, or the public. We could not risk serious injury to anyone, and we will continue to patrol the third precinct, entirely. We will continue to do our jobs in that area. Brick and mortar is not as important as life. Happy to answer any questions on this topic.”
As for those criticizing the President for implying that looters will be shot, that’s exactly what the innocent people in Minneapolis need to hear. A firm statement that direct action will be taken to protect their lives and property from the mob.
Personally, I would let Minneapolis burn so that its citizens see the result of electing a Democrat Mayor, Democrat Council, who appoint the Democrat Chief of Police, and Democrat Police Conduct Oversight Committee.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/civilrights/conductcomm/WCMS1P-114619
Are these riots really just about cops killing someone or are they an expansion of being fed up with all levels of government locking everyone down? It doesn’t take much to push people over the edge. Severe quarantine orders, bars and restaurants closed, stay at home orders then a spark where some cops do something stupid and all hell breaks loose. No matter the race. This same stuff could happen anywhere with little incentive given how some governors are using law enforcement to regulate their citizens actions relative to the governors edicts. These riots are a small demonstration of what could happen everywhere in some states if they continue these lockdowns.
Ok thanks.
Just as an aside, my imagination isn't powerful enough to envisage even the ghost of an approximation of what sort of evidence might emerge that would justify an officer using his knee to clamp shut the vital arteries and airway of the throat of a handcuffed man by grinding it into the ground.
The fact that the officer's hands were in his pockets indicates that he wasn't feeling threatened by George Floyd.
Does this end the Covid Lock Down in Minnesota?
Was wondering what was going to knock the recovery from COVID off the front page.
Are the peaceful mosque people participating? When will this country REPENT?
Exactly. If you arrest the cops and they are found not guilty, Rodney King here we come.
Don’t arrest them and you get Freddie Gray. I live near Baltimore and was shocked they was no violence when the cops were acquitted and charges dropped.
Democrats = no leadership and mob rule. It was Obama’s MO.
Yeah the lock-down makes it hard for any psychos to do a mass-casualty attack. No schools in session, no discos pumpin' out the beats. No packed restaurants, no concerts.
Was wondering what was going to knock the recovery from COVID off the front page.
Yeah the lock-down makes it hard for any psychos to do a mass-casualty attack. No schools in session, no discos pumpin’ out the beats. No packed restaurants, no concerts.
So that means that if I think, based on the evidence I’ve seen, the cops murdered this guy, that I’m also a cop hater ridden with white guilt?
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