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Suspected arson strikes Golden Valley offices of conservative think tank
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | February 2, 2024 | Paul Walsh

Posted on 02/02/2024 3:39:26 PM PST by grundle

A federal agency said the fire at the office of the Center of the American Experiment is being investigated as arson.

Fire damaged the offices of a high-profile politically conservative think tank last weekend in Golden Valley, and a federal agency said Friday it is investigating the blaze as an act of arson.

Center of the American Experiment said in a news release Friday that the fire was detected about 2 a.m. Sunday at its headquarters located just south of Interstate 394 and east of Hwy. 169.

The think tank's spokesman, Bill Walsh, said two other conservative organizations in the same building, the Upper Midwest Law Center and Take Charge, were also targeted by what American Experiment is calling a firebombing.

"The fire is being investigated as an act of arson," said Ashlee Sherrill, spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. "Since it is still an ongoing investigation, we are limited what we can add for detail."

Sherill said that other agencies assisting in the investigation include the FBI, the Golden Valley Fire Department, the State Fire Marshal and the Hennepin County Fire Investigative Team.

John Hinderaker, American Experiment's president, said in a statement issued Friday that "the fires obviously were set by someone. They targeted conservative organizations."

Hinderaker pointed out that offices in the same building for medical professionals and the Manufacturers Alliance were unscathed.

The center said the fire started outside the first floor, home to American Experiment and Take Charge, and also in the third-floor offices of the law center. The second floor was untouched by flames, the center added.

American Experiment said its staff is working remotely and looking for alternative office space as repairs are made and the arson investigation continues in the months ahead.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


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1 posted on 02/02/2024 3:39:26 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

John reports on it here:https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/john-hinderaker-reports.php


2 posted on 02/02/2024 3:41:47 PM PST by Fungi
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To: grundle

Merrick Garland says that conservative organizations get attacked at night and the FBI can only do so much with night darkness obscuring the security footage and observing witnesses.


3 posted on 02/02/2024 3:43:02 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say about our leaders. Your refrigerator )
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To: grundle

Did the Red Star fund the arson?


4 posted on 02/02/2024 3:43:34 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

They only reported this after Powerline shamed them into it.


5 posted on 02/02/2024 3:44:39 PM PST by TheConservator (Either the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State!--President Donald Trump)
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To: blackdog

Heck, they are probably on garland’s payroll.


6 posted on 02/02/2024 3:44:44 PM PST by Boomer (The Long Winter is coming...)
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To: grundle

They targeted conservative organizations.”


Is it a hate crime?


7 posted on 02/02/2024 3:47:16 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: TheConservator

They need to prove they didn’t do it by outing the perps.


8 posted on 02/02/2024 3:48:07 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: blackdog

Meritless Garland. Let’s get this right.


9 posted on 02/02/2024 3:48:48 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: grundle

https://www.americanexperiment.org/

We’re Hiring!
American Experiment is hiring! We are looking for an Energy Policy Fellow ready to fight government mandates and support free-market energy policies that promote affordable, reliable energy in Minnesota and throughout the United States.


10 posted on 02/02/2024 3:51:11 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: grundle
It took the #1 newspaper in town almost a week to finally report this.

Minneapolis Star Tribune...

Known as The Strib, locally.

100% Hard Left - 100% of the time.

11 posted on 02/02/2024 3:59:35 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: blackdog
Merrick Garland says that conservative organizations get attacked at night and the FBI can only do so much with night darkness obscuring the security footage and observing witnesses.

Must have driven their own car, parked under a streetlight and used their own handicapped parking permit.

No wonder they can't find them, they did not spray paint their full name(s) on the outside of the building.

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12 posted on 02/02/2024 4:35:38 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Paladin2

Most likely.


13 posted on 02/02/2024 4:37:15 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: grundle

seems like a war has already started.


14 posted on 02/02/2024 5:07:02 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: FreedomPoster
Meritless Garland. Let’s get this right

Meritless Garfinkel

15 posted on 02/02/2024 5:42:38 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024 )
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To: thegagline

That works too.


16 posted on 02/02/2024 5:45:14 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: grundle
American Experiment publishes Thinking Minnesota. The Upper Midwest Law Center researches and defends various conservative issues in Minnesota.
17 posted on 02/02/2024 6:13:41 PM PST by RhoTheta (“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” Edith Sitwell)
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To: grundle
Same Subject;

They Firebombed My Office:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4214461/posts

18 posted on 02/02/2024 6:15:08 PM PST by TChad
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To: grundle

After sessions together the think tank came to the conclusion: The Leftists are crazed and out to get us.


19 posted on 02/02/2024 7:37:03 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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RE: No wonder they can’t find them, they did not spray paint their full name(s) on the outside of the building.

LOL

“Now, finally, we are getting somewhere.”——Inspector Clouseau at the crime scene.


20 posted on 02/02/2024 7:41:28 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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