Posted on 05/28/2020 8:52:09 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Protesters angered by the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died while in police custody, gained access to a Minneapolis police precinct on Thursday, the third straight night of violent protests spreading beyond the city.
Livestream video showed the protesters entering the building, where fire alarms blared and sprinklers ran as blazes were set.
Dozens of businesses across the Twin Cities were boarding up their windows and doors Thursday in an effort to prevent looting, with the Minneapolis-based Target announcing it was temporarily closing two dozen area stores. Minneapolis shut down nearly its entire light-rail system and all bus service through Sunday out of safety concerns.
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Appears so. I’d add the rioters are scum and villainy, no matter their color.
To be fair to them (as much as I don’t want to be) - a lot of modern police buildings are actually not really defensible. Lots of huge glass windows, open spaces, etc. Trying to defend such a building is a good way to get a lot of dead and wounded for no good reason.
I certainly don’t disagree with that. It is very informative to note that this isn’t purely a ‘race riot’ though.
Thanks,a sad situation for the people who live in the area.
Chicago’s west side never recovered either.
The West Loop (east of Western) is rebounding thanks to the United Center and nearby University, but cross the “Panhandle” railroad tracks and it’s the same wasteland it’s been since 1968.
It's a police station for crying out loud. The GD police should defend it themselves.
I'm pretty sure they have guns.
RE “Cowardice”:
They were ordered to withdraw by the Mayor.
This started because of a needless use of lethal force upon a handcuffed man. This morning the idiot police arrested a CNN crew live on TV. I can’t side with the looters but at this point I don’t give a damn about the police. It’s like watching rival gangs fight.
Absolutely a viable strategy for a warehouse type facility. Lots of other people trying to come out of it with their livelihoods intact too.
Rival gangs have higher standards at times. :P
I’ve run into a surprising number of LA expats that were in a similar situation back in 1992. That scenario isn’t uncommon among them.
I’ve also run into some of the rank and file LAPD officers from then too; now retired, they’d moved elsewhere and I’ve had some good discussions with them about what happened from their point of view. It was about what I figured - leadership told them not to go in even though they wanted to and were willing to take the risk. LA City government was extremely risk averse and kept hoping it would burn out by itself.
It does seem like most of us bailed from LA either directly due to the Riots or the woefully mishandled aftermath.
exactly!
That’s what Napolean did...it worked!
Expect this on a national scale if the Democrats regain the White House and run out of other peoples money to spend.
Did they leave their weaponry behind?
“Phantom Pilot : Roger your last, Bravo Six. We copy. It’s your call. Get them all in their holes down there. Hang tough, Bravo Six. We’re coming cocked for treetops.”
Hey now... :-)
“Protestors? Protestors? Them ain’t protesters them are rioters, thugs or terrorists”
The Hussein Heads censoring Twitter seem to vehemently diaagree with you.
“why does the media keep calling them protestors?”
Big Media’s every published word is propagandized against Trump and America.
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