Minneapolis City Council’s Attempt To Defund Police Thwarted By Scott Shaffer, The Appeal. October 18, 2020 Minneapolis City Council’s Attempt To Defund Police Thwarted2020-10-182020-10-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/minneapolis-e1603044476250.jpg200px200px Above photo: Minneapolis City Hall. Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. By an unelected commission. Contrary to reports, most City Council members — who won by pledging to advance racial equity — tried to do the right thing, says Scott Shaffer. […]
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Undercover videos published by Project Veritas over the weekend allege, citing a Somali political operative, that special ballot harvesters were hired in the community in July for the Democrats to take advantage of elderly and other vulnerable community members. The politicians named in the allegations have denied them. Minneapolis police have started investigating reports of voter fraud after an undercover video emerged allegedly featuring associates of […]
Minneapolis prosecutors argued Friday that the four ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s death should face a single jury after participating in the May 25 incident “together”—but their lawyers argued a collective trial would be against the “interest of justice” in the latest indication the men are turning on each other. During a court appearance, attorneys for Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas K. Lane, and J. Alexander […]
Two self-described “Boogaloo Bois” were charged on Friday for allegedly conspiring and attempting to aid Hamas, the extremist Islamist group, as part of “their desire to overthrow the government” after protests erupted in Minneapolis over the police-killing of George Floyd. Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Department […]
New Month Brings Added Urgency To Minneapolis’ Housing Needs By Jenn Schreiter, Unicorn Riot. September 3, 2020 New Month Brings Added Urgency To Minneapolis’ Housing Needs2020-09-032020-09-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/parkboard-sept-2-cover.png200px200px Minneapolis, MN – Advocates for people without housing are meeting today outside of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board headquarters, hours after a sanctuary encampment in the Phillips area was cleared by police. They’re demanding immediate sanctuary for the Safe […]
Destruction and rioting started back up in Minneapolis on Wednesday after false reports of a fatal police shooting which turned out to be a suicide. Police were approaching the man when he pulled out a gun and shot himself. Immediately, everyone blamed the police for his death, without bothering to wait for more information. In Minneapolis, a man killed himself. Someone spread a false rumor this […]
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VT sent its own team to Minneapolis, headed by Jeff Smith, last week. The violence there is 100% fake. Same with Portland, all of it hired out, promises of bail, police coddling the paid ring leaders or, as in many places, getting thousands in extra pay for “being the hooligans.” (Reportage from Minneapolis) Text and photos: Andre Vltchek The city of Minneapolis is where it all […]
Minneapolis: Anti-Racism Uprising Infiltrated By Extreme Right By Andre Vltchek, Popular Resistance. August 15, 2020 Minneapolis: Anti-Racism Uprising Infiltrated By Extreme Right2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/anti-racist-art-at-lake-street-minneapolis-e1597511836310.jpg200px200px Above photo:All photos from Andre Vltchek. The city of Minneapolis is where it all began. It is where the last drop fell on the surface of a proverbial overflowing lake, causing the dam to burst, consequently starting to destroy the foundations of the empire. […]
Minneapolis Reneging On George Floyd Promises By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. August 14, 2020 Minneapolis Reneging On George Floyd Promises2020-08-142020-08-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/minneapolis-police-station-fire-e1592063612687.jpg200px200px The Minneapolis Police Name-Change Con. When Black Lives Matter chapters demand “abolition” and “defunding” of the police, rather than community control of the cops, they play into the hands of charlatans and misleaders on city councils and in the halls of Congress. “The proposed charter […]
Embattled Minneapolis police are advising residents on survival skills amid a wave of violent crime, offering such tips as “be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse/wallet” to robbers and “do not walk alone.” “Do not argue or fight with the criminal,” police said in a July 28 letter to Third Precinct residents. “Do what they say. Your safety is most important.” The Third […]
This is what life is like under Democrat rule. The Minneapolis Police Department circulated a series of tips for residents in response to a spike in carjackings and robberies. Be prepared to give up your wallet, purse and cell phone, says the Minneapolis PD. Do not put up a fight, do as they say. TRENDING: Federal Government and Yale Are Holding Clinical Trials on How […]
Minneapolis: ‘Umbrella Man’ Was A White Supremacist By Libor Jany, Star Tribune. July 31, 2020 Minneapolis: ‘Umbrella Man’ Was A White Supremacist2020-07-312020-07-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/mn-e1596154553870.jpg200px200px Above photo: A still from a video shows a man with an umbrella and gas mask breaking windows at the AutoZone on Lake Street during protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Twitter/Javier Morillo. Note: The suspect is 32-year-old Mitchell Carlson. He has not […]
On Wednesday, May 27, as day turned into night, the protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers spread across the city. The streets in front of Du Nord Craft Spirits, America’s first Black-owned distillery, in South Minneapolis were filled with marchers. The company’s founders, Chris Montana (who is Black) and his wife Shanelle (who is white; both are native Minnesotans), kept an […]
A man seen breaking windows in a viral video of Minneapolis protests is suspected to be a known member of a white supremacist group, cops have alleged in a search warrant affidavit. The man in question, Mitchell Carlson, has not been charged with a crime. The video, filmed on May 27, showed a man dressed in all black methodically smashing windows of an AutoZone in Minneapolis […]
After Cutting Ties With Police, Minneapolis Schools Quietly Hire Private Police By Susan Du, City Pages. July 23, 2020 After Cutting Ties With Police, Minneapolis Schools Quietly Hire Private Police2020-07-232020-07-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protesters-against-police-at-minneapolis-schools-from-city-pages-e1595536982733.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters against police at Minneapolis schools, from City Pages. In June, like several other public and private institutions, the Minneapolis Board of Education unanimously voted to cancel its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department in response […]
After Minneapolis, Minnesota, became the nucleus of Black Lives Matter anti-racism demonstrations across the United States, many state and local authorities have looked at new measures to correct existing racial inequalities. The Minneapolis City Council determined on Friday that racism is a public health emergency, pledging increased funding and resources to “name, reverse, and repair the harm done” to people of colour in the city, the Star […]
Last week, the Minneapolis Police Department released footage from body-cameras worn by two of the white officers involved in the fatal arrest of African-American George Floyd on 25 May. The release of the video is said to would provide a fuller understanding of the events surrounding Floyd’s killing. Footage from body-cameras worn by two of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of African-American George […]
The killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis in May triggered nationwide anti-police-brutality protests in the US and in many major cities around the world. The four officers involved in the killing were fired and later charged with criminal counts, with the officer filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck charged with second-degree murder. The family of deceased African-American George Floyd on Wednesday filed a lawsuit […]
The family of George Floyd is suing the city of Minneapolis and the four officers involved in the unarmed 46-year-old’s death, in which his final pleas of “I can’t breathe” became a national rallying cry. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota alleges that the city and the Minneapolis cops involved in the May 25 death “deprived” Floyd […]
Violent leftists take the 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis in late May. More than 150 Minneapolis police officers filed claims this month claiming PTSD after the street attacks last month following the death of George Floyd. The Minneapolis officers feared they would be beaten to death by the violent leftist mobs that looted, vandalized and burned over 1,500 buildings in the city and hundreds of businesses. […]
At least 150 Minneapolis police officers have begun seeking duty disability because of post traumatic stress following the George Floyd protests and riots, their attorney has revealed. The attorney who handles disability claims for the Minneapolis police, Ron Meuser, told FOX 9 that 75 officers are already under doctors’ orders not to return to work and are being treated for symptoms consistent with PTSD. The ongoing […]
The judge overseeing the trial of four Minneapolis cops accused of killing black security guard George Floyd has placed a gag order on the defendants and their lawyers after pieces of somewhat exculpatory evidence were released. Citing the risk of “tainting a potential jury pool” and “impair[ing] all parties’ right to a fair trial,” Hennepin Country District Judge Peter Cahill slapped a gag order on “all […]
A salon owner in Minneapolis has been left with “nothing” after her business was “burned to the ground” in riots after the killing of George Floyd, and she says the city has done nothing to help with her predicament. “It hurts to know that I have no business. I have nothing,” Fiona Westbrooks told Fox and Friends on Thursday. “I don’t even have a styling chair […]
The recent release of Minneapolis Police Department body camera transcripts has provided the public with even more insight into the final moments of George Floyd’s life, and a clearer record of the 46-year-old’s pleas to the arresting officers on May 25. Made public on Wednesday, the transcripts detail Floyd’s willingness to cooperate with Minneapolis Police Officers J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas K. Lane, despite his confusion […]
The Minneapolis Police Department, in a training manual issued to all new officers, detailed how to execute the same neck restraint that killed George Floyd, lawyers for one of the officers involved in the May 25 incident argued in a Wednesday motion. The training manual, which provided pictures of the “non-deadly” maneuver in which officers put an arm or leg on the back of a suspect’s […]
US President Donald Trump has boasted that Minneapolis would have been wiped off the map had he not urged the Minnesota government to deploy National Guard troops to quell riots and looting following the death of George Floyd. “If I didn’t demand that National Guard Troops go into Minneapolis after watching how poorly the Liberal Democrat government was handling things, you wouldn’t even have a Minneapolis […]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson continued his relentless attacks on social justice movement Black Lives Matter on Wednesday night, likening the protests over police brutality to coronavirus while describing the city where George Floyd was killed as “our Wuhan.” Carlson led off his top-rated Fox News primetime program by referencing COVID-19, a disease that has currently killed roughly 130,000 Americans, in an effort to draw a […]
The image of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on the neck of a Black man, George Floyd, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds has been etched into the American consciousness. But for many Asian-Americans like myself, there’s another lingering image from that fatal encounter—the face of the Asian officer who stood by and did nothing as Floyd was violently choked to death. That officer […]
Ten were shot in Minneapolis after midnight on Sunday morning and there were reports of up to 100 people brawling using “various weapons” in the area. Minneapolis has been severely under policed since the rioting began, as politicians and media continue to cause hostility towards law enforcement. ** SHOOTING UPDATE **10 people at area hospitals suffering from gunshot wounds. All are alive with various severity levels […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105274/64/1052746483_0:231:3074:1961_1199x675_80_0_0_1d413d85f4ccb1ed770a5c3fea066d84.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006211079678837-one-dead-11-wounded-in-shooting-in-uptown-minneapolis—police/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least one man was killed and 11 injured in a shooting incident in the US city of Minneapolis, police said Sunday. “12 people have suffered gunshot wounds in an incident on 2900 block of Hennepin S. 1 adult male died and 11 have no -life-threatening wounds,” police tweeted. According to reports, the shooting happened in […]
Parallels Between Minneapolis And Jerusalem Are More Than Skin Deep By Jonathan Cook from his website. June 16, 2020 Parallels Between Minneapolis And Jerusalem Are More Than Skin Deep2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/palestinians-demonstrate-against-police-brutality-and-in-support-of-us-protesters-over-the-death-george-floyd-in-the-occupied-west-bank-city-of-ramallah-on-8-june-afp-e1592325804414.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians demonstrate against police brutality and in support of US protesters over the death George Floyd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on 8 June (AFP). In a world of depleting resources and contracting […]
A Minneapolis police dispatcher was so alarmed by real-time footage of George Floyd’s violent arrest that she flagged the situation to her supervisor, telling him over the phone, “I don’t know you can call me a snitch if you want.” “I don’t know if they had to use force or not, but they got something out of the back of the squad, and all of them […]
Minneapolis Is Trying To Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help The Police By Sarah Lazare, In These Times. June 15, 2020 Minneapolis Is Trying To Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help The Police2020-06-152020-06-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/protesters-with-bus-from-getty-images-e1592234517307.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man raises his arm inside a bus in support of protests in upper Manhattan on June 7, 2020 in New York, NY. Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images. In late May, as […]
Mena Dyaha Yousif and her boyfriend Jose Felan, Jr. (ATF) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering two rewards of up to $5,000 each for information that leads to the apprehension of a man and/or his girlfriend. The couple was caught on camera lighting fires in Minneapolis during the rioting and looting by violent leftists last month. Here is the video link of […]
Protesters in Minneapolis called for the removal of police union leader Bob Kroll on Friday. David Schaper/NPR hide caption toggle caption David Schaper/NPR Protesters in Minneapolis called for the removal of police union leader Bob Kroll on Friday. David Schaper/NPR City councils and state legislatures around the country are considering dramatic changes to policing, but a big obstacle to police reform is often police officers themselves […]
Minneapolis Organizers Are Building The Tools For Safety Without Police By Jae Hyun Shum, Truthout. June 13, 2020 Minneapolis Organizers Are Building The Tools For Safety Without Police2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/mplspol-e1592064031898.png200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators calling to defund the Minneapolis Police Department pause on Hennepin Avenue on June 6, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images. In 2018, members of the Minnesota grassroots groups Reclaim the Block and Black Visions Collective dropped a banner […]
Minneapolis has officially voted to abolish the existing policing system in favor of a ‘public safety’ model. Hailed as transformative in the wake of protests, the suggestion is still vague on details. A resolution jointly co-authored unanimously approved by all 12 city council members acknowledged that “no amount of reforms will prevent lethal violence and abuse by some members of the Police Department,” thus virtually declaring […]
Rioters took over the Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel last week during the ongoing Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots. Advertisement – story continues below The organizers of the hotel takeover raised over $174,000 to turn the upscale hotel into homeless shelter and operations base. But sadly the 200 homeless citizens were forced out of the hotel on Wednesday. The Minneapolis Sanctuary Hotel posted this sad statement […]
People attend the procession of a horse-drawn carriage bringing the body of George Floyd for burial at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in Pearland, Texas, on Tuesday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images People attend the procession of a horse-drawn carriage bringing the body of George Floyd for burial at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in Pearland, Texas, […]
The chief of police in Minneapolis has cut off talks with the police union and proposed an ‘early warning’ system for officer misconduct, as he struggles to save the force from a City Council determined to disband it. Medaria Arradondo pledged a “thorough review” of the city’s contract with the police, announcing on Wednesday that his department was pulling out of negotiations with the union to […]
Feds announced Monday that a 23-year-old man has been charged in connection to to the March 28 fire set to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct station amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd. Branden Wolfe, of St. Paul, was charged with aiding and abetting arson at the third precinct’s station, U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Minnesota announced Monday. This is a developing story… […]
The fired Minneapolis police officer who held his knee on George Floyd’s neck while he repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe made his first court appearance on Monday, where a judge slapped him with a maximum bail of $1.25 million. Derek Chauvin, 44, has been hit with second-degree murder charges for the May 25 death of Floyd, along with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges that allege he caused […]
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their support for de-funding the Minneapolis Police Department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model at a rally in Powderhorn Park Sunday afternoon. At the end of the rally, the councilmembers and some community activisits committed to ending the Minneapolis Police Department through the budget process. The group also announced its intention […]
The majority of the members on the Minneapolis City Council have announced they are ready to commit themselves to getting rid of the city’s police department. The idea has become one of the rallying cries of the ongoing protests. Council President Lisa Bender broke the news during a rally in Minneapolis on Sunday, saying that nine out of the body’s 13 members have so far gone […]
After nearly two weeks of violence, mayhem, and rioting in Minneapolis, their city council has announced their intent to disband the police department. The wild proposal would invest in “community-led public safety” instead of police officers. “We are here today because George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police Department. We are also here because, here in Minneapolis and in cities across the United States, it […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano «This case is about a black Muslim immigrant. They are worried about disappointing the white community. For that reason, justice was not served today». This sentence was uttered by Ahmednur Abdirahman, 36, who was among the protesters lined up outside the Hennepin County Government Center (Minnesota) in defense of Mohamed Noor, a 33-year-old African-American […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Edward walked up to an SUV full of four armed white men on Monday night, pumped his shotgun, and told them to get out of his neighborhood. The men—who he said were armed with hunting knives and wearing tactical vests—told him they were from a suburb south of the city. After repeatedly asking them what they were doing and why they were in the Field neighborhood […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) appeared before a struggle session at a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday. Frey stood in front of the stage and answered questions from those on stage. Frey, dressed casually and speaking through a coronavirus mask confessed, “…I’ve been coming to grips with my own brokenness in this situation, my own failures, my own shortcomings and I know there needs to […]
Somehow we missed this. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey broke down and cried for a minute at George Floyd’s casket at his funeral on Friday. This was quite a scene. The same mayor was not seen crying when looters and rioters torched the city and businesses all last week. The post WTH? Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Breaks Down and Weeps for Over a Minute at George Floyd’s […]
Report Summary1 – CLUES OF A PREMEDITATED MURDER2 – TRACES OF A DEEP STATE PLOT3 – TANKER AGAINST CROWD DRIVEN BY A SOLDIER4 – ANTIFA ARMED AS CANVAS-CIA MILITIANS5 – FBI: ANTIFA AS ISIS TERRORISTS’ ALLIES6 – CANVAS AND SOROS WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER “Do not turn away from your mouth the Book of this law, but meditate on it day and night, to observe and […]
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has joined a growing call to disband the Minneapolis police force, arguing it is “beyond reform” after the killing of George Floyd. Critics have pilloried the suggestion as dangerous and “asinine.” The congresswoman took to Twitter on Friday to endorse an op-ed penned by a Minneapolis councilman, which urged the dissolution of the city’s police department and “start fresh” after years of […]
Minneapolis City Council President Wants To ‘Dismantle’ The Police By Nick Visser, Huff Post. June 5, 2020 Minneapolis City Council President Wants To ‘Dismantle’ The Police2020-06-052020-06-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/macingprotesters640-e1591367549656.png200px200px Above photo: Police spraying mace at protestors to break up a gathering near the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct. Eric Miller/Reuters. ‘We Have No Choice.’ Some local lawmakers have called for the creation of a “transformative new model of public safety” following […]
Trevon Ellis, owner of Fade Factory, stands in front of the building where his barbershop was destroyed in Minneapolis. Sometime late Saturday, someone broke into the shop and lit the place on fire. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR hide caption toggle caption Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR Trevon Ellis, owner of Fade Factory, stands in front of the building where his barbershop was destroyed in Minneapolis. […]
Pentagon Ready To Send Troops To Minneapolis If State Asks By James LaPorta and Robert Burns, Associated Press. June 3, 2020 Pentagon Ready To Send Troops To Minneapolis If State Asks2020-06-032020-06-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/george-floyd-protest-in-minneapolis-from-ap-e1591207459635.jpeg200px200px Abovephoto: People watch a fire Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. AP Photo/Julio Cortez. Note: In […]
Protesters across the country have been demanding police reform since the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP Protesters across the country have been demanding police reform since the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. John Minchillo/AP Minnesota Lt. […]
On Sunday night, John Oliver kicked off his Last Week Tonight monologue by addressing the protests that have spread across the nation in response to the captured-on-video killing of George Floyd, who begged and pleaded for his life as then-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin grinded his knee into his neck for nine excruciating minutes. “Look, it’s been a truly brutal week with protests across the country in […]
The disturbing incident in Minneapolis, where a truck drove right into the crowd of protesters marching at a closed interstate road, has been filmed in every chilling detail by people at the scene. The tanker semi drove along the westbound lanes of Interstate 35 at the moment when it was full of people protesting the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police. The road […]
It’s not a real organization, “ANTIFA.” And even if it were, there is no such thing as a domestic federal terror designation. But President Donald Trump’s tweet that the U.S. “will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization” is a very real threat. Trump’s Sunday offering came as federal and local authorities across the country scrambled to contain increasingly violent protests in the wake of George […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107948/00/1079480048_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_9b60260ded36a5e472030b0151d4f44a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005311079480077-protests-continue-in-minneapolis-over-george-floyds-death—video/ Earlier this week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called up the National Guard to help deal with civil unrest. This is the first time in 12 years that the Guard has been deployed in the state. Sputnik goes live from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where protests over the 25-May death of 46-year-old local resident George Floyd while in police custody continue to […]
Society 07:12 GMT 31.05.2020(updated 07:16 GMT 31.05.2020) Get short URL In their message at the height of the riots against George Floyd’s death, the hacktivists emphasised there is no way anyone would put up with the atrocities committed at the hands of the police, claiming the Minneapolis Police Department is notorious for its violent methods. Social media users assume the Minneapolis Police Department’s website has been […]
Police and the National Guard have been sweeping residential streets in Minneapolis, ordering residents to obey the curfew – and marking those who refuse to go inside with paint, triggering a new wave of outrage over police abuse. A squad of heavily equipped National Guardsmen and police officers were seen running through a street in a suburban area of Minneapolis. The footage that surfaced online shows […]
MINNEAPOLIS—A night after Minneapolis burned, protests on Saturday were mostly calm—until cops and the National Guard moved in with force against those breaking curfew. The protests in Minneapolis, where 46-year-old George Floyd died after a white cop knelt on his neck for several minutes, began peacefully on Saturday as hundreds of residents marched alongside police officers. But just after the 8:00 p.m. curfew passed and all […]
The vast majority of the people arrested so far amid the unrest in Minneapolis had Minnesota addresses, despite the US officials, including the state governor and President Donald Trump, painting the rioters as mostly outsiders. Of the 45 people arrested for rioting and looting on Friday and Saturday in Minneapolis, 38 had Minnesota addresses, FOX 9 reported, citing publicly available jail records. Only six detainees were […]
US 00:41 GMT 31.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107946/82/1079468263_0:112:3072:1840_1200x675_80_0_0_b3651261d01a42441d4729f92236db77.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005311079468343-protests-in-minneapolis-continue-amid-national-day-of-action-against-police-aggression—video/ The demonstration was called by the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression which is also campaigning for prisoners in detentions centres to be released amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sputnik goes live from Minneapolis, where protests against police brutality continue following the death of George Floyd, who died on 25 May during arrest. […]
The brother of George Floyd said Saturday that he spoke to President Donald Trump but the conversation was so quick that he “he didn’t give me the opportunity to even speak.” “It was hard, I was trying to talk to him, but he just kept pushing me off like ‘I don’t want to hear what you are talking about,”’ Philonise Floyd told MSNBC’s Al Sharpton. “I […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Mahado Ali stood outside a convenience store just across the street from the Minneapolis Police Department’s first precinct headquarters, confronting looters who had pried open the business and were ransacking it. Out of the store ran two young white women, among others of all races, carrying a case of Bud Light and marijuana paraphernalia, laughing. Behind them came a young white man with a handful of […]
Patches set aside for Minneapolis police cadets. Of the department’s 873 sworn officers, only about 8 percent — or 72 officers — live in ZIP codes that cover most of Minneapolis, according to a Star Tribune analysis of city records. — Richard Tsong-Taatarii – Star Tribune file Star Sentinel: While its police force may be on the smallish side, Anoka is arguably one of the most […]
Let’s unpack this. It’ll take a few minutes, but when you’ve read everything below, you’ll know the facts. Derek Chauvin, 44, is a 19-year veteran with the Minneapolis Police Department. Chauvin is the central officer in the death of George Floyd. In a video shot by a bystander this month, Chauvin is seen with his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. Flask back […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday he was taking the unprecedented step of fully mobilizing the state’s national guard for the first time in history after another night of protests and destruction following the death of George Floyd. “The situation in Minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of George Floyd,” Walz said. “It is about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting […]
The criminal activity that has rocked the streets of Minneapolis for four nights running could be partially the work of white supremacists, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has suggested, citing his own “suspicions.” Walz shared his thoughts on the matter after a reporter asked him if he thought “white supremacists” were flooding into Minneapolis to “cause destruction in the city.” “I certainly can’t confirm personally on this. […]
Riots have continued in Minneapolis over the 25 May killing of George Floyd, who was pronounced dead after being manhandled by police. Mayor Jacob Frey has announced a curfew in the city in a bid to control the situation, which has been characterised by looting and arson attacks. The unrest has started to spread to other US cities. Protests and looting have continued in Minneapolis on […]
Police officers and protesters clash on Friday near CNN Center in Atlanta, in response to George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP Police officers and protesters clash on Friday near CNN Center in Atlanta, in response to George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. Mike Stewart/AP Angry protests nationwide on […]
Protesters in Minneapolis have surrounded a police station amid ongoing unrest over the killing of George Floyd by law enforcement, as a curfew imposed by the city government goes unenforced and crowds refuse to disperse. The demonstrators could be seen outside the Minneapolis Police Department’s 5th precinct headquarters on Friday night in exclusive footage obtained by RT’s Sophia Narwitz. In the immediate area around the station, […]
US 02:46 GMT 30.05.2020Get short URL The Facebook CEO said his personal reaction to the tweets concerning the uproar in Minneapolis was negative, but acting as the leader of a social media platform, he was obliged to allow as much freedom of speech online as possible. Mark Zuckerberg reacted to President Trump’s recent tweets, in which he wrote “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” in […]
A significant group of protesters remains on the streets of Minneapolis, despite a curfew imposed by the city’s mayor, standing off with police and National Guard troops as security forces order demonstrators to disperse. Police have unleashed flash bangs and tear gas as protesters continued to amass in the area around the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd precinct headquarters on Friday night, in defiance of Mayor Jacob […]
US President Donald Trump said he had been in touch with the family of George Floyd – a Minneapolis man killed in police custody – but urged for an end to “lawless anarchy” and rioting sparked by his death. “We can’t allow [protests in Minneapolis] to descend further into lawless anarchy and chaos,” Trump said at a White House event on Friday, adding that “looters” should not be allowed […]
Minneapolis Natives Condemn Man’s Death In Custody, ‘Racist Ideologies’ By Eddie Chuculate, Indian-Country Today. May 29, 2020 Minneapolis Natives Condemn Man’s Death In Custody, ‘Racist Ideologies’2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/protesters-gather-calling-for-justice-for-george-floyd-on-tuesday-may-26-in-minneapolis.-by-carlos-gonzalez-for-the-star-tribune-via-ap-e1590762995438.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters gather calling for justice for George Floyd on Tuesday, May 26 in Minneapolis. By Carlos Gonzalez for the Star Tribune via AP. ‘There’s been thousands of indignities that have been endured by our community that haven’t been publicized […]
Black leaders in Minnesota and friends of George Floyd are at a press conference at Minneapolis City Hall. They just found out that Derek Chauvin was arrested. This is their response: pic.twitter.com/DLzkIORgsq — Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) May 29, 2020 The police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck was involved in 18 complaints prior to being fired, according to records released […]
The St. Paul Police Department has categorically denied one of its officers escalated the Minneapolis riots by smashing the window of an auto parts store while undercover, after social media sleuths claimed to have identified him. St. Paul Police Department attempted to squelch viral rumors fingering Officer Jacob Pederson as the agent provocateur who smashed the windows of a Minneapolis AutoZone earlier this week in footage […]
One week before the Minnesota National Guard was deployed to racial justice protests in Minneapolis, the organization released a statement about two members who’d made racist statements in a Snapchat video. “You’ll learn the military is racist as shit, so get used to it now you fucking piece of shit,” one of the guards-members said in the clip. The remark did not appear to be issued […]
Minneapolis Protests Police Murder Of George Floyd: Day 2 By Unicorn Riot. May 29, 2020 | Resist! Minneapolis Protests Police Murder Of George Floyd: Day 22020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/minneapolis-minnesota-policeprecinct-windows-broken-by-unicorn-riot-e1590764060143.png200px200px Above photo: Minneapolis, MN police precinct windows broken by Unicorn Riot. Protesters are continuing to gather outside the Minneapolis Police (MPD) 3rd Precinct building today after extended protests and clashes with police yesterday. The Twin Cities is still engulfed in mass […]
Twitter hid a tweet from President Trump early Friday that the social media site said broke its rules on “glorifying violence,” then concealed the same tweet again when it was later reposted from the official White House account. The tweets in question directly threatened demonstrators after a chaotic third day of protests against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Demonstrators are demanding action over the […]
President Trump said he will “send in the National Guard” to restore order to Minneapolis, which has been wracked by protests and looting following the death of George Floyd, a black man, after he was pinned to the ground for several minutes by a white police officer. “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump said, prompting Twitter to hide the message for, in its view, […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) lashed out at President Trump in an overnight press conference on the looting and burning of his city by protesters and Trump’s threat to bring in the national guard to save the city of Frey won’t. Frey told reporters it was his decision Thursday night to have police officers abandon the 3rd Precinct police station that was taken over by protesters […]
MSNBC host and Emmy nominee Ali Velshi faced an avalanche of online criticism after he described the ongoing Minneapolis unrest as “not, generally speaking, unruly” while reporting live from a burning neighborhood. Ali Velshi was in Minneapolis, Minnesota to cover the violent uproar over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after his brutal arrest by four police officers days prior. Giving his […]
Police in Minneapolis arrested black CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez on live television Friday morning. Footage showed a group of cops in riot gear surrounding Jimenez while he identifies himself to them. One officer informed Jimenez that he’s under arrest without explaining the reason why. Jimenez’s crew, including a producer and a camera operator, were also placed in handcuffs, according to the network. More to follow… Source […]
The rioting went on late into the night Thursday in Minneapolis, stretching into early Friday morning with protesters stealing and torching several U.S. Postal Service vans to protest the death in police custody of George Floyd on Monday. Photos and videos show the vans being driven for joy rides and at least one set on fire. By my count there have been four postal vans stolen […]
Twitter escalated its feud with President Trump early Friday, censoring a tweet on the Minneapolis riots in which Trump warned looters would be shot if he were forced to send national guard troops to save the city from its incompetent radical Mayor Jacob Frey who has allowed his city to be looted and set aflame by protesters angry about the death in police custody Monday of […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Protesters demanding action over the death of 46-year-old George Floyd took over the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct late Thursday and set the building ablaze. Video from the scene showed demonstrators chanting “I can’t breathe” and cheering as the building was breached, with alarms blaring in the background. “This is 400 years of anger,” one protester, Justin Galbraith, told The Daily Beast as the flames sent […]
President Trump said early Friday morning he would send National Guard troops to Minneapolis to stop the rioting over the police killing of George Floyd if Mayor Jacob Frey did not act to save his city. Trump said he spoke with Gov. Tim Walz this evening. Trump and Attorney General William Barr are reported to be closely monitoring the investigation into Floyd’s death. Thursday marked the […]
“This is what our penny-colored president is up to,” offered Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night. “While racial injustice is tearing our country apart, he’s going to war with Twitter.” Indeed, instead of calming the nation in the wake of the death of George Floyd—an unarmed black man suspected of committing the high crime of allegedly trying to pay for groceries with a counterfeit bill—by Minneapolis police […]
A police headquarters in Minneapolis is engulfed in flames after protesters breached the building and set it ablaze amid riots over a recent police killing. Officers have fled the scene, having lost all control of the situation. Less than an hour after the break-in at the 3rd police precinct late on Thursday night, flames had spread to nearly the whole building, with a crowd of demonstrators […]
Where is the National Guard?! Protests erupted on Wednesday and continued into Thursday after a Minneapolis police officer killed a black man named George Floyd using excessive force during an arrest on Monday. Governor Walz signed an executive order calling in the National Guard to “to help protect Minnesotans’ safety and maintain peace in the wake of George Floyd’s death.” The National Guard was no where […]
Precinct is down pic.twitter.com/LCs90UdF2o — Sophia Narwitz (@SophNar0747) May 29, 2020 It’s a war zone. Protestors and police clash. Fires everywhere. Chaos pic.twitter.com/juyx11rtZK — Sophia Narwitz (@SophNar0747) May 29, 2020 The State Patrol is here at 4th and Nicollet pic.twitter.com/dtf2D8O9wN — Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 29, 2020 Source link
Chaotic scenes continue to unfold in Minnesota’s Twin Cities as stirred-up crowds smash storefronts, loot merchandise and clash with law enforcement, following a police killing of an unarmed African-American man. Videos shared on social media on Thursday showed looting at a number of businesses along St. Paul’s University Avenue. In one clip, a car is seen crashing through a closed bay door at a department store […]
US 23:32 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107942/59/1079425997_0:29:3072:1757_1200x675_80_0_0_dfb2e3a0a784b8c299f944a512cc3d69.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005281079446903-protests-over-george-floyds-death-continue-in-minneapolis—live/ Protests, which became violent at some point, erupted in Minneapolis on Monday after a video of a black resident pinned to the ground by police went widely public. Citizens are demonstrating in Minneapolis on Thursday, as the uproar with the local police over black man George Floyd’s death continues. According to the footage circulating […]
Looters set fire to and destroyed a Wendy’s in Minneapolis overnight Thursday during the riots protesting the police killing of George Floyd during an arrest for “forgery in progress” on Monday. Screen image. Photos and video show the process, from the initial window smashing and spray-painting, to the flames and then the resulting total destruction. The beginning: TRENDING: Attempted Looter Shot Dead by Pawn Shop Owner […]
US 19:01 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL Newly released footage of the Monday night arrest of Minnesota resident George Floyd has offered additional insight into conduct exhibited by police on the scene prior to the fatal move that saw Floyd’s airway blocked for several minutes by an officer. Earlier this week, the Minneapolis Police Department explained that officers who responded to the scene at a Cup Foods […]