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Damage in Minneapolis was mostly confined to a singular street. Singular. At no point were fire and police “afraid” to go places in the city either, though I

by s5300 5y ago

Damage in Minneapolis was mostly confined to a singular street. Singular. At no point were fire and police “afraid” to go places in the city either, though I can imagine you may have been watching certain “news” coverage that may have claimed that.

jcadam 5y ago
I don't think they were afraid. I think they were under orders not to interfere with the rioters.
xienze 5y ago
> At no point were fire and police “afraid” to go places in the city either They completely abandoned a police precinct which was promptly burned down [0]. Pretty safe to say they were afraid to stay at their own building! 0: https://www.twincities.com/2020/05/28/minneapolis-police-abandon-third-precinct-hq-as-george-floyd-protesters-pull-down-fences/amp/ https://www.twincities.com/2020/05/28/minneapolis-police-aba...
colechristensen 5y ago
I've spent more than a decade living in Minneapolis, I wasn't confused by crazy news sources. >At no point were fire and police “afraid” to go places in the city either The police abandoned the 3rd precinct station which was burned down later that night. How's that for being afraid to be in a place? There were plenty of stories of fire trucks not going places for security reasons, and eventually firemen had national guard escorts. I don't know what that is besides "being afraid" to go places in the city. >>“We were faced with these fail fail fail options,” Mr. Frey (Minneapolis mayor) said. “We were literally having to choose between preventing additional looting, protecting a precinct and providing escorts to firefighters to put out fires. There was no way we could do all three.” >Damage in Minneapolis was mostly confined to a singular street. A main street which crossed the cities, miles long. And damage wasn't at all confined there. There were several hot spots around the cities. >I can imagine you may have been watching certain “news” coverage that may have claimed that. Well, here's the New York Times backing up my claims. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/minneapolis-government-george-floyd.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/minneapolis-government...
- s5300 5y ago
  Oh yes, the glorious New York Times. Well known to not be biased towards police propaganda in the slightest.
  - thorncorona 5y ago
    Is this sarcasm? The NYT is quite liberal.
    - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
      "Liberal" can mean both "pro police" and "anti police" at the same time. It really depends on what police behavior you are against.
    - thebigman433 5y ago
      Liberals are major police supporters, and the NYT is just that. They have run a ton of pro-police propaganda using police officers as their sources.

by s5300 5y ago

jcadam 5y ago

I don't think they were afraid. I think they were under orders not to interfere with the rioters.

xienze 5y ago

> At no point were fire and police “afraid” to go places in the city either They completely abandoned a police precinct which was promptly burned down [0]. Pretty safe to say they were afraid to stay at their own building! 0: https://www.twincities.com/2020/05/28/minneapolis-police-abandon-third-precinct-hq-as-george-floyd-protesters-pull-down-fences/amp/ https://www.twincities.com/2020/05/28/minneapolis-police-aba...

colechristensen 5y ago

I've spent more than a decade living in Minneapolis, I wasn't confused by crazy news sources. >At no point were fire and police “afraid” to go places in the city either The police abandoned the 3rd precinct station which was burned down later that night. How's that for being afraid to be in a place? There were plenty of stories of fire trucks not going places for security reasons, and eventually firemen had national guard escorts. I don't know what that is besides "being afraid" to go places in the city. >>“We were faced with these fail fail fail options,” Mr. Frey (Minneapolis mayor) said. “We were literally having to choose between preventing additional looting, protecting a precinct and providing escorts to firefighters to put out fires. There was no way we could do all three.” >Damage in Minneapolis was mostly confined to a singular street. A main street which crossed the cities, miles long. And damage wasn't at all confined there. There were several hot spots around the cities. >I can imagine you may have been watching certain “news” coverage that may have claimed that. Well, here's the New York Times backing up my claims. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/minneapolis-government-george-floyd.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/minneapolis-government...

s5300 5y ago
Oh yes, the glorious New York Times. Well known to not be biased towards police propaganda in the slightest.
- thorncorona 5y ago
  Is this sarcasm? The NYT is quite liberal.
  - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    "Liberal" can mean both "pro police" and "anti police" at the same time. It really depends on what police behavior you are against.
  - thebigman433 5y ago
    Liberals are major police supporters, and the NYT is just that. They have run a ton of pro-police propaganda using police officers as their sources.