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The on-going protests against [Police Brutality] in the twin cities and beyond
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I don't know how much media attention this is getting, but I figured since the riots are going into their third day, we should maybe have a thread. I mostly see updates from independent news sources (Unicorn Riot) and other Antifa people on Twitter, and nothing from the normal media/political people I follow.
On Tuesday, George Floyd was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin (that name will come up again later)
Four officers responded to a call about a 'Forgery in Progress' which I've personally never heard of before. Upon arriving at the scene of the forgery, the 4 officers found George Floyd in his car. They removed him from his car, and officer Derek Chauvin put him into a choke hold, which are illegal in Minneapolis. While George was on the ground, Derek put his knee into his neck and sat there for approximately 7 minutes, including the final 2-3minutes after George was unconscious, killing him. George is heard multiple times on video saying he cannot breath. People on the street are heard telling the cop George cannot breath and he is unconscious.
After killing George, he was put into an ambulance and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The police are calling it a 'medical incident resulting in death'
Derek Chauvin and the three other officers that stood by and watched were all fired by Tuesday night. This is not the first time Derek Chauvin has killed as an officer of this police force, in 2006 Wayne Reyes was shot and killed by 6 officers, including Derek. There are 7 complaints listed on the City of Minneapolis website for Chauvin, Derek, all seven listed as 'Closed. No Discipline. Non-Public complaint' Amy Klobuchar was the Hennepin County attorney that decided not to prosecute Derek Chauvin in 2006. He was also placed on leave in 2011 when he shot a Native American man.
So on Tuesday night, protests erupted at the 3rd Prescient in the Twin Cities. And again on Wednesday. And also right now.
This killing follows the 2016 killing of black man Philandro Castile who was shot 7 times by an officer after telling the officer he had a gun in his car. Approximately 95% of the Minneapolis Saint-Paul police force does not live in the city they are supposed to protect. Approximately 80% of the police force is white, whereas only 64% of the city is white
Please use this thread to talk about policing/protests that are on going in the Twin Cities region.
On Tuesday, George Floyd was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin (that name will come up again later)
Four officers responded to a call about a 'Forgery in Progress' which I've personally never heard of before. Upon arriving at the scene of the forgery, the 4 officers found George Floyd in his car. They removed him from his car, and officer Derek Chauvin put him into a choke hold, which are illegal in Minneapolis. While George was on the ground, Derek put his knee into his neck and sat there for approximately 7 minutes, including the final 2-3minutes after George was unconscious, killing him. George is heard multiple times on video saying he cannot breath. People on the street are heard telling the cop George cannot breath and he is unconscious.
After killing George, he was put into an ambulance and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The police are calling it a 'medical incident resulting in death'
Derek Chauvin and the three other officers that stood by and watched were all fired by Tuesday night. This is not the first time Derek Chauvin has killed as an officer of this police force, in 2006 Wayne Reyes was shot and killed by 6 officers, including Derek. There are 7 complaints listed on the City of Minneapolis website for Chauvin, Derek, all seven listed as 'Closed. No Discipline. Non-Public complaint' Amy Klobuchar was the Hennepin County attorney that decided not to prosecute Derek Chauvin in 2006. He was also placed on leave in 2011 when he shot a Native American man.
So on Tuesday night, protests erupted at the 3rd Prescient in the Twin Cities. And again on Wednesday. And also right now.
This killing follows the 2016 killing of black man Philandro Castile who was shot 7 times by an officer after telling the officer he had a gun in his car. Approximately 95% of the Minneapolis Saint-Paul police force does not live in the city they are supposed to protect. Approximately 80% of the police force is white, whereas only 64% of the city is white
Please use this thread to talk about policing/protests that are on going in the Twin Cities region.
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Wonder how many protest leaders are going to be found "mysteriously" dead in the months to come
Well they threw the black Somali cop that shot the white woman to death in Minneapolis in prison.
Ever notice how it's only after the police start firing on crowds that fires start breaking out?
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Yeah, the police are basically setting incidentally off the fires and then letting them burn with the complicity of local fire departments. That's how it happens. Then it gets blamed on "rioters."
I'm doubtful it'll lead to any kind of real structural change but it is interesting nonetheless.
The level of anger around this one around the country is scaring them. This feels different, and everyone's tempers are already on edge.
For those who don't know, six major Ferguson protesters and protest leaders died under what can best be called "highly suspicious circumstances" over the following months. Two were straight out murdered, shot to death then placed in cars set on fire, and four others died in ways that the cops ruled "suicide" after perfunctory "investigations." Other protesters have had multiple attempts made on their lives that the police "never solved." The cops or associated parties to them almost certainly assassinated those six and have been trying to kill and/or intimidate the rest.
I'd actually look first at the white nationalists. I know from local reports and things I've heard from activist friends that every one of these white nationalist marches has been accompanied by acts of violence against minorities in their cities leading up to and after the marches.
Those get swallowed into police reports, but there is a growing suspicion that the white power set is quietly committing major acts of violence between their public displays. Murdering BlackLivesMaters activists would fit into that.
Protestors have also surrounded the house of the cop at the center of this. Right now, it's just a crowd and the most they've done is turn away food delivery drivers, but I don't think the overall message has been lost.
It's the same dynamic that saw Mike Nifong get disbarred - there is no spinning what happened, so better to speedbump the cops involved as aberrations rather than people getting the idea that this is how cops operate.
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In some ways, I think the mayor coming out so strongly to say the officer should be arrested has also fueled the fire. Not saying that he did anything wrong. It was absolutely the right call, but that the realization that the elected head of the city is as powerless as anyone else to control the people he is supposedly the boss of has cemented the idea that the police are an illegitimate force.
Which makes it absolutely worse
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Monday: 4 dirtbag cops murder a non-violent man for a non-violent crime in front of witnesses.
Tuesday: FBI gets in on the investigation (even before widespread protests), and the mayor, senators etc chime in that this is a scandal and shit needs to be done.
Tuesday (later): Portion of protesters leave the place where George Flyod was murdered and march towards the police station. A small group of protesters start to vandalize the police station and the area around it. The police respond with tear gas etc (which is honestly an appropriate response right then). It could have stopped right there. But no. Then the police are basically "A small group of people rioted. This is a riot. THIS IS A WARZONE" and start to launch teargas and rubber bullets everywhere there are protestors. Does it matter if they're violent? Apparently not.
Wednesday: Minneapolis becoms a warzone with looting, arson, armed vigiliantes on the street to protect the businesses of friends and family... and who knows what kind of shit. And firemen are also targetted by rockthrowers when they try to respond to fires.
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Dingding ding! Notice how this shit almost always follows the police being violent dipshits. Often with their "we're going to attack peaceful protesters and reporters" shitick.
Partially. I also think this time the protestors didn't retreat when police came in hard, but instead tanked the tear gas and bullets until the police ran out and had to retreat. The police never escalated past non-lethal, because the protestors have made it clear that they intend to escalate right back.
A frequent chant has been, "You shoot. We shoot back."
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I do not think this will calm things down tonight.
Good on em, Its about time "good cops" gets recognized as the same steaming pile of shit "states rights" or "the clean wehrmacht" are - a lie by racist apologists.
As I saw it pointed out elsewhere, the police wanted the riot, so they could reframe themselves as the victims. What's happened here is that hasn't happened this time, and they're left scratching their heads.
This is yet another part of the problem (as we saw down in Georgia with the killing of Ahmaud Arbery) - prosecutors who are highly aligned with the police and protect them.
And they ESPECIALLY didn't have to sit on his unconscious body until he died.
Do they go for the full brutality bingo and stand around refusing to perform CPR after they realize he's stopped breathing?
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They didn't even get off of him until the EMTs told then to, apparently. So they were probably sitting on his corpse for a while.
Well fuck I feel like destroying some capital in a suburb of a faraway city right now
The cop goes full American History X to spite the bystanders yelling at him that he’s killing Floyd
Like, it’s minutes after Floyd goes limp before the EMTs even start pulling him off. It wasn’t about fighting Floyd, it was about projecting power to the people yelling at him and filming him.
That’s why this shit is getting a bigger response than other cop killings. The dude literally leans into the white power fascism.
Considering there’s video purporting to be the home of one of the ex-cops surrounded by police in riot gear, this is probably not a good idea.
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There’s about 200 cops making a 6-deep line around his house and it’s fucking stupid to spend the overtime dollars for that instead of just taking him in custody
Are they there to arrest him? No? Then fuck them too. Any cop from the MPD who hasn't resigned and is out in riot gear is complict
The Minneapolis PD thinks this is better than arresting a dude filmed murdering someone
Whether or not he's arrested it's for everyone's safety if he's removed to a place where there is less likelihood of a violent confrontation.
There are also several thousand people surrounding the home. They've been stopping food deliveries and chanting "Be afraid."
The issue isn't that there are 200 cops guarding this guy. It's that, if things get bad enough, it will not be nearly enough.
And at this point, I am not going to judge.
That's why they need to get the guy into custody of some sort. Just get him the fuck out of there, regardless of whether you think he's guilty or not.* Pretending nothing is going on here and everything is fine is going to get someone killed. Or already has.
*of course he's obviously guilty, but just from their perspective too