Current Events > What is Happening: Protests. Riots Looting

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By someone who lives in Uptown Minneapolis:

So for those of you who are interested - I have no idea how national media is covering this - here is what is happening on the ground from my perspective. It is a long post.
All day yesterday people were out on the street helping businesses - EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN UPTOWN has boarded up their windows and locked down their stores. The 3rd Precinct, which burned down Thursday night, is on the east end of Lake Street. Uptown, where we live and the 5th Precinct police station is located, is three miles west on Lake Street. All of Lake Street was looted on Thursday night. On Friday EVERY BUSINESS on Lake Street and adjoining commercial districts, was boarded up.
Many spray painted murals on the plywood - let folks know they were a local or minority owned business. Essential businesses.
Last night was by far the worst night. Protests during the day were peaceful. There was an 8:00pm curfew. Everything changed when the sun went down. There are roving and highly organized bands of anti-government neo-nazi white men cruising the city, breaking off plywood, looting stores, and then setting fire to the buildings.
On the Northside, which is predominately African American, the situation was much the same. Local civic groups were trying to protect local businesses and homes. There were many fires.
The violence and destruction is NOT being driven by local people. The cars on the streets have either no license plates, or have out of state plates.
Here is a post from a neighbor, "Everybody! We need to get our heads around whats happening, Mpls and St Paul are being attacked by fascist accelerationist white crazies. Trying to divide & destroy us.
Accelerationism: the idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world -Vox"
Expect these types to infiltrate all of the legitimate protests happening in other cities in America. We are fighting an enemy within.
These "accelerationists" burned down the 5th Police Precinct, our post office, and every pharmacy. The Wallgreens and CVS within a few blocks of our house are still burning this morning. The grocery stores were all hit. Every bank has been hit. Every liquor store, every gas station. They have guns and accelerants.
When the National Guard shows up, they disappear into the neighborhoods and have been setting fires. It is a violent game of arsonist wack-a-mole. There is no longer any fire fighting service available - overwhelmed. So neighbors are using garden hoses to put out the fires and save homes. Pictures neighbors are sharing - these are young white men, heavily armed.
According to authorities there are over 10,000 of these "accelerationists" in the city. St. Paul arrested over 50 people last night. ALL OF THEM were from out of state. The authorities are checking phones of the people they have arrested, doing contact tracing of sorts on these people. These people are connected to right wing militia style groups with a civil/race war fantasy. They are opportunistically using the legitimate, peaceful George Floyd protests as a cover to actualize their neo-nazi fever dream.
Gov. Walz just said, "If you know where these people are sleeping today, let us know and we will execute warrants. Allie and I were helping the owner of a commercial building up the street - a friend, and two of these guys came up to us. Wanted to know where the free food was being distributed. He gave them an address that was three blocks away. Had no idea what we were talking about - not from here.
Allie, the girls and I are fine and safe. Exhausted. Angry. We have not really slept in three days. Everyone in Minneapolis/St. Paul is the same.
So, what to do? Our neighborhood group is meeting at the park this afternoon. I think that they will organize our Neighborhood Watch to patrol, try to spot fires and get them out ASAP.
Major protests are planned for today. They want the other three police officers involved in George Floyd's murder arrested, they want the MN Attorney General, not the Hennepin County Attorney, to manage the case. They want the MPD disbanded and reformed with many alternative public safety and law enforcement strategies used. But the legitimate protests will end at 8:00 pm.
The Gov. and the mayor are calling in thousands more National Guard Troops. We already had more National Guard troops in the city than ever before. They are doing a good job but were overwhelmed last night by sheer numbers. Gov. Walz is the highest ranking soldier to have served in Congress and led the National Guard - he clearly sees this for what it is and will fight it. This is now a military operation by the State of Minnesota against alt-right, white nationalists and anarchists that have come into Minneapolis to use the protests against police brutality as cover for their death fantasy.
They are trying to force authorities to use deadly force and "accelerate" the violence.
It is dark friends.

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Did Trump build that wall of text?

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CobraGT posted...

According to authorities there are over 10,000 of these "accelerationists" in the city. St. Paul arrested over 50 people last night. ALL OF THEM were from out of state.

This was not true!
https://www.fox9.com/news/jail-records-show-most-arrested-in-minneapolis-riots-have-minnesota-addresses

Meanwhile, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is backtracking after saying that 100 percent of the people arrested for causing disorder in his city Friday were from out of state.

Three-quarters of the people arrested in St. Paul had Minnesota addresses, according to data provided to FOX 9 by police.

Of the 18 total arrests, 12 had Minnesota addresses, four were from out of state, and two were unknown.

Saturday evening, Carter acknowledged his earlier statement was inaccurate.

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Reposting a pic of neighbors from Wicker Park neighborhood in Chicago from the Chicago subreddit.
"12am Wicker Park post looting clean up crew. Went outside to roll some large planters (that were knocked over) out of the street and saw some like minded neighbors, so we all banded together and cleaned up nearly all the glass and debris on Milwaukee from North to Honore."


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https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/gueisj/12am_wicker_park_post_looting_clean_up_crew_went/

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1267446348590182403

Here is a video in Minneapolis of a car handing out bricks to be thrown.

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CobraGT posted...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1267446348590182403

Here is a video in Minneapolis of a car handing out bricks to be thrown.

Are these white liberals using Jedi mind tricks to make young black people take the bricks?

@TheGleamEyes

Watch the video

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@Antifar @PrideOfLion

If you actually read the account, you would know that I am reposting it. If you actually read the account you would know that the observer says "The cars on the streets have either no license plates, or have out of state plates." and that this is a direct observation.


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A Chicago organization called Rampant

https://rampantmag.com/2020/06/01/rebellion-is-the-gateway-to-our-future/

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Can you source that wall of text please?

My sister-in-law got it from a friend of a friend. I have the man's name but it is no one special and it seems unreasonable to me to post a private party's name on a board where everyone is anonymous.

And here we have the window breaking that started the riots
Agent Provocateur?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv-O4rnUToU&feature=youtu.be

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Here is a video from the Minn local paper showing residents putting out fires on homes with hoses.

https://video.startribune.com/fire-engulfs-south-minneapolis-building-amid-protests/570825312/


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CobraGT posted...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1267446348590182403

Here is a video in Minneapolis of a car handing out bricks to be thrown.

How do they know these are white liberals? It could be white supremacists trying to pretend to be liberal.

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SquantoZ posted...

How do they know these are white liberals? It could be white supremacists trying to pretend to be liberal.

Read the tweet. The author of the tweet who is a he and not a they makes this claim. I am not making the claim. Read. I posted the tweet for the video.

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CobraGT posted...

organized bands of anti-government neo-nazi white men cruising the city, breaking off plywood, looting stores, and then setting fire to the buildings

the fbi said this last weekend in mpls as well

trump lied saying its antifa

what a racist pos
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I doubt that Trump knows what antifa is. He just throws the word out so that he sounds better read than he is.

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https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1268237994474889216?s=09

Black protester telling off vandals

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spudger posted...

the fbi said this last weekend in mpls as well

trump lied saying its antifa

what a racist pos

Wow that's sick

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