Current Events > Horrifying videos of the aftermath of the Minneapolis riots and a commentary

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I am reading a lot of misinformation on this board. Let the true facts be clear - Dozens of small businesses were vandalized and looted, multiple businesses were completely destroyed, and looting was widespread.

An AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT was completely burned and destroyed.

Let that sink in an entire development whose purpose was to provide affordable housing to poor people in the community was destroyed by these vandals and anarchists.

Who did this help? I keep seeing people here saying that the riots were somehow justified. How? These businesses will mostly get out of this community, and never return. An entire affordable housing development is now gone. Lots of business and real estate insurance policies have exceptions for riots and will not be able to reopen. The local police headquarters servicing this area was badly damaged and vehicles were vandalized.

Lets look at the purpose of the riots the killing of a man by police. The video was horrifying. The cop is very very likely guilty of murder, and if so, I hope he gets his full punishment. Unlike a lot of the other ones hyped by the media, this one was pretty clear cut police misconduct and I have not really seen any media sources or really anyone defending the police.

Its strange, because we all basically agree that this was bad. Yet, many here continue to justify literal rioting.

This is utterly horrific to the peaceful people who live in these communities a lot of the protesters and a lot of the people doing actual damage were white and probably traveled just to take part in the civil disobedience and fan the flames of violence and destruction (some probably paid).

Horrifying video from this morning: https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1265967037890756608
https://twitter.com/NickBossJohnson/status/1265997768260300800

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/photos-rioting-turns-violent-deadly-numerous-businesses-burned-in-south-minneapolis

EDIT: This is allegedly the affordable housing development that got destroyed
http://citypages.com/news/south-minneapolis-will-get-430-new-affordable-housing-units-but-what-is-affordable/501920662
The proposal includes about 430 new units in three new buildings a 142-unit complex of mostly market-rate studios, a 177-unit building geared toward mixed-income families, and a 113-unit building of affordable senior apartments. The whole thing is slated to cost a tidy $96 million and fill out the remainder of the block.
Its an attractive prospect. If the city of Minneapolis were a word cloud, affordable and housing might as well be the big, bold letters in the center. Right now, the city is facing a housing crisis as more and more low-income families struggle to find places to live. In the past 20 years, according to the city, about 15,000 units of housing considered affordable for people who make half the median income have been lost.

Ill try to take a short video for myself on my way home today if I can. It was bad the day before, but I cant even imagine what its like today. I stayed at my BFs to avoid going home yesterday.

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This Andy Ngo who has been caught fabricating his own assault. Why should anything he has to say be believed?

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If someone from the future sees this post in an archive can you use a time machine to swap whoever burned that housing down with George Floyd?

Spitting on the cause with mindless destruction.

Fuck the police not your neighborhood.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

This Andy Ngo who has been caught fabricating his own assault. Why should anything he has to say be believed?

because its a real video? lol

pikachupwnage posted...

If someone from the future sees this post in an archive can you use a time machine to swap whoever burned that housing down with George Floyd?

Spitting on the cause with mindless destruction.

Fuck the police not your neighborhood.

agreed!

Yeah that is shitty. Guess the government and police better stop being so shitty so these things dont keep happening \_()_/

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lol, Andy Ngo

might as well start linking to Project Veritas videos next

Bananana posted...

Yeah that is shitty. Guess the government and police better stop being so shitty so these things dont keep happening \_()_/

It was one man's actions.

treewojima posted...

lol, Andy Ngo

might as well start linking to Project Veritas videos next

Care to point out the tell-tale signs of deceptive edits that he made in his video?

Lucky for you I also provided two other links showing the same stuff

ChadMansplainer posted...

It was one man's actions.

Fostered by years of similar actions. If this is the one that finally makes riots, Im fine with it. Cops and government have had 250 years to stop being shitty to black people. This blood is solely on them.

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treewojima posted...

lol, Andy Ngo

might as well start linking to Project Veritas videos next

here you go buddy, one that I linked in the TC https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/photos-rioting-turns-violent-deadly-numerous-businesses-burned-in-south-minneapolis

Bananana posted...

Fostered by years of similar actions. If this is the one that finally makes riots, Im fine with it. Cops and government have had 250 years to stop being shitty to black people. This blood is solely on them.

The rioters destroyed an affordable housing development.

And a lot of the destroyed businesses are not coming back. The rioters literally gutted that community.

ChadMansplainer posted...

Let that sink in an entire development whose purpose was to provide affordable housing to poor people in the community was destroyed by these vandals and anarchists.

that horrible.

they should be at the police dept and gov't buildings

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Black leaders should speak out against these things. How can you defend this and get upset about armed protesters doing nothing? Not that the quality of the cause is the same, this is a worthy cause and lock down protesters can eat my ass, but you can't undermine the cause. Attacking businesses that had nothing to do with what happened just makes you look like what the cops think you are and that just feeds into their bigotry.

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LA riots caused a reformation in the LAPD. Unfortunately, violence is sometimes the only way things will change. That's why war exists. Nobody likes it, but sometimes it's a last resort. You're privileged most likely, and probably never have to be harassed by the police.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/us/lapd-change-since-la-riots/index.html

CptCompostHeap posted...

Black leaders should speak out against these things. How can you defend this and get upset about armed protesters doing nothing? Not that the quality of the cause is the same, this is a worthy cause and lock down protesters can eat my ass, but you can't undermine the cause. Attacking businesses that had nothing to do with what happened just makes you look like what the cops think you are and that just feeds into their bigotry.

Nobody is upset about armed protesters. They're upset at white supremacy.

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ChadMansplainer posted...

treewojima posted...

lol, Andy Ngo

might as well start linking to Project Veritas videos next

Care to point out the tell-tale signs of deceptive edits that he made in his video?

Lucky for you I also provided two other links showing the same stuff

ChadMansplainer posted...

treewojima posted...

lol, Andy Ngo

might as well start linking to Project Veritas videos next

here you go buddy, one that I linked in the TC https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/photos-rioting-turns-violent-deadly-numerous-businesses-burned-in-south-minneapolis

ooh, a double reply. that must mean I'm doubly wrong

ChainedRedone posted...

LA riots caused a reformation in the LAPD. Unfortunately, violence is sometimes the only way things will change.

this is true as well


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CptCompostHeap posted...

Black leaders should speak out against these things. How can you defend this and get upset about armed protesters doing nothing? Not that the quality of the cause is the same, this is a worthy cause and lock down protesters can eat my ass, but you can't undermine the cause. Attacking businesses that had nothing to do with what happened just makes you look like what the cops think you are and that just feeds into their bigotry.

All of the good black community leaders and organizers were murdered back in the late 60s early 70s.

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Remember this night folks. This was the night racism was ENDED.

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ChainedRedone posted...

LA riots caused a reformation in the LAPD. Unfortunately, violence is sometimes the only way things will change. That's why war exists. Nobody likes it, but sometimes it's a last resort. You're privileged most likely, and probably never have to be harassed by the police.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/us/lapd-change-since-la-riots/index.html

Nobody is upset about armed protesters. They're upset at white supremacy.

Ferguson is still completely marred and broken after the riots. A lot of good that did, right?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/is-racial-discrimination-influencing-corporate-investment-in-ferguson/
FERGUSON, Mo. When Starbucks opened here in 2016, politicians celebrated, predicting that the coffee chain would revitalize a city marred by violent protests over Michael Browns killing two years earlier.
Other corporations jumped in with multimillion-dollar commitments to help rebuild the majority-black town that became a global symbol of racial and economic inequality.
But four years after the unrest, nearly all of the new development is concentrated in the more prosperous and whiter parts of town, bypassing the predominantly black southeast neighborhood where Brown was fatally shot by a police officer while walking to his grandmothers home.
The investments, rather than easing the economic gap, have deepened that divide.
This is the forgotten Ferguson, said Francesca Griffin, a St. Louis native who moved to the inner-ring suburb 13 years ago for the more-affordable home prices. Time and time again, West Florissant Avenue just gets left out. And people are losing hope.

Damn that 2nd link looks like a literal war zone.

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ChadMansplainer posted...

a lot of the protesters and a lot of the people doing actual damage were white

You know, wouldn't put it past the KKK to pretend to not be KKK and burn stuff down to try and make the community look bad.

ScazarMeltex posted...

All of the good black community leaders and organizers were murdered back in the late 60s early 70s.

What the fuck? There are many many good black community leaders NOW. What is wrong with you? This post is verging on racist, dude.

ChadMansplainer posted...

Ferguson is still completely marred and broken after the riots. A lot of good that did, right?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/is-racial-discrimination-influencing-corporate-investment-in-ferguson/

Wasn't Ferguson the one where the suspect charged at an officer? If no injustice ever occurred, I don't see how it could lead to reformation. Here, an injustice clearly occurred, as had in Rodney King.

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darkphoenix181 posted...

You know, wouldn't put it past the KKK to pretend to not be KKK and burn stuff down to try and make the community look bad.

I'm simply positive that's what happened! It was the KKK!

(not antifa morons bussed into Minneapolis to riot)

Please remember that you can earn a moderation on this website for expressing support to the protestors, and also that Andy Ngo is a known fascist liar whom TC is knowingly quoting. He is trying to bait you.

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ChainedRedone posted...

Wasn't Ferguson the one where the suspect charged at an officer? If no injustice ever occurred, I don't see how it could lead to reformation. Here, an injustice clearly occurred, as had in Rodney King.

Believe me, back in 2014 or whenever the Michael Brown killing took place, a lot of people called it an injustice. Including Obama https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/08/12/president-obama-issues-statement-death-michael-brown

ChadMansplainer posted...

Believe me, back in 2014 or whenever the Michael Brown killing took place, a lot of people called it an injustice. Including Obama https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/08/12/president-obama-issues-statement-death-michael-brown

Also, LA was devastated for a long time. But it led to a permanent reformation in the LAPD, which is completely indistinguishable from pre-Rodney King. Change takes time and in the long run, a reformed police department saves lives.

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ChadMansplainer posted...

Believe me, back in 2014 or whenever the Michael Brown killing took place, a lot of people called it an injustice. Including Obama https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/08/12/president-obama-issues-statement-death-michael-brown

so you're implying this is the same?

fucking ridiculous

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Please remember that you can earn a moderation on this website for expressing support to the protestors, and also that Andy Ngo is a known fascist liar whom TC is knowingly quoting. He is trying to bait you.

I'm not trying to bait anyone. I have seen a lot of misinformation about these riots on this board.

And trust me, there are tons of posters here supporting the protesters. I am not seeing any getting modded, and frankly, I hope they are not modded. Hopefully threads like this will inform them a little bit.

Bananana posted...

Fostered by years of similar actions. If this is the one that finally makes riots, Im fine with it. Cops and government have had 250 years to stop being shitty to black people. This blood is solely on them.

Lmfao

Destroying your own community, so stupid it might just work!

....No wait nvm, its just stupid

E32005 posted...

so you're implying this is the same?

fucking ridiculous

I personally think that this MN one is worse obviously, but a lot of people back then were mad in a very similar way. Enough that riots broke out and destroyed ferguson, and it has not recovered 6 years later. The riots left it dead and helpless. probably like what will happen to this community in Minneapolis.

ScazarMeltex posted...

All of the good black community leaders and organizers were murdered back in the late 60s early 70s.

Yep, and more in the coming decades.

If all of the people who complain about Andy Ngo actually clicked the tweet and watched the video they would have seen that the video is from a person named Libor Jany, a reporter for the Startribune. But yeah I know thats too much work so lets just discredit a video based on the person whose name is above it. The absolute state of some.

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Sickening, why do these riots always happen? Protests are one thing but these are NOT protests, full blown riots.

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DarkKitsune69 posted...

If all of the people who complain about Andy Ngo actually clicked the tweet and watched the video they would have seen that the video is from a person named Libor Jany, a reporter for the Startribune. But yeah I know thats too much work so lets just discredit a video based on the person whose name is above it. The absolute state of some.

OTOH its telling that TC uses Andy Ngo as a source of information (and pretty funny, I laughed when I saw the name).

I watched the video but its clear what TCs intentions are.

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BathroomWater posted...

OTOH its telling that TC uses Andy Ngo as a source of information (and pretty funny, I laughed when I saw the name).

I watched the video but its clear what TCs intentions are.

But what is the difference? Both tweets say the same thing. Its not like Ngo added some things to Janys tweet. They say the same thing.


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DarkKitsune69 posted...

Both tweets say the same thing. Its not like Ngo added some things to Janys tweet. They say the same thing.

I dont dispute that.

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BathroomWater posted...

OTOH its telling that TC uses Andy Ngo as a source of information (and pretty funny, I laughed when I saw the name).

I watched the video but its clear what TCs intentions are.

I hope my intentions are clear - that rioting and destroying entire communities (including an affordable housing development being built FOR local poor citizens) is always wrong. Full stop. It's always wrong, and never right. I stand by that statement.

Wouldn't it be more likely to cause change if they fucked up rich neighborhoods instead of their own lol

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Lol, Andy Ngo source.

Okay mini-Caution.
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Maybe this will change some of your minds?

Liz Sawyer

@ByLizSawyer

10h

Many of the shops destroyed along this stretch of Lake Street are immigrant-owned businesses many of which were already struggling during the pandemic. Now its worse, said Roberto Hernandez, who stood guard outside his nutrition store for 5 hours to protect it from looters.

CasualGuy posted...

Wouldn't it be more likely to cause change if they fucked up rich neighborhoods instead of their own lol

Aren't most of these stories near the police station? In fact one of them was right in front of the police station.

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I'm sorry, you can't get a redo.
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This is allegedly the development that got destroyed
http://citypages.com/news/south-minneapolis-will-get-430-new-affordable-housing-units-but-what-is-affordable/501920662
Read about what it was going to provide to low income people in the community - heart breaking
The proposal includes about 430 new units in three new buildings a 142-unit complex of mostly market-rate studios, a 177-unit building geared toward mixed-income families, and a 113-unit building of affordable senior apartments. The whole thing is slated to cost a tidy $96 million and fill out the remainder of the block.
Its an attractive prospect. If the city of Minneapolis were a word cloud, affordable and housing might as well be the big, bold letters in the center. Right now, the city is facing a housing crisis as more and more low-income families struggle to find places to live. In the past 20 years, according to the city, about 15,000 units of housing considered affordable for people who make half the median income have been lost.

ChadMansplainer posted...

What the fuck? There are many many good black community leaders NOW. What is wrong with you? This post is verging on racist, dude.

Yeah name me any one of them of the caliber of Huey Newton, Fred Thompson, MLK, or Malcolm X.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Yeah name me any one of them of the caliber of Huey Newton, Fred Thompson, MLK, or Malcolm X.

Barack Obama

seriously get the fuck out of here with your shit. Saying that there are no good black community leaders is majorly insulting. Just because they aren't key figures from a civil rights movement from decades ago doesn't negate their hard work and sacrifice, and there are dozens or even hundreds of these saints in every city in America.

Seriously, go fuck yourself with this racist claptrap.

https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1266038892131688448