re: A "thank you" but also some thoughts that I'm sure will be unpopular.

Considering the protests are thinning, the BLM leaders are bolting, the city is still in tact and no one else (especially cops) was killed... I think the BRPD are damn near heroes.

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Video in this link shows no people but cops in the street before they push the crowd back and then start chasing protesters.

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And there are other videos prior to that which show the protestors in the street. The police used the same procedure in literally every single case this weekend. They stood down while people weren't in the street. When they got in the street they were warned. When they didn't leave the street the police moved into formation, blocked traffic, marched across the street, arrested the offenders, marched back, and then reopened traffic.

I knew exactly which video you were linking before I clicked the link.

And it's a great teaching aid for a lot of people. People can manipulate video to show what they want. That video makes the police look bad, but the fact is the people getting arrested broke the law before the video starts. Just because they then run to private property does not mean they can avoid paying for their crime.

Honestly, the people that made that video should be held accountable as well as any media that replays it.

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Video in this link shows no people but cops in the street before they push the crowd back and then start chasing protesters. Completely unnecessary show of force by these cops.

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What this video and 90% of other police/'victim' videos do not show is what precipitated the necessary use of force by the officers. Only until the investigation using testimony from all witnesses can we get a clear picture of what happened.

Did you watch the entire live stream before when there were over 1000 ppl protesting for a few hours peacefully to the capital escorted by cops? No problems until this small group of ppl weren't satisfied with a peaceful protest. So they went off the organized path for the protest and tried to block 110. Police intervened.

Did you watch when they were told over and over to get off the road? Did you see when they threw rocks and frozen water bottles, and spit on them? No. They didn't drag ppl into the street so they could say they were in the street and arrest them...

They arrested the ppl that disobeyed their lawful orders for over an hour. These ppl don't get to jump on a random lady's lawn when they send out the team to arrest ppl and be like...oh I'm on private property now. You don't get to break the law and then hide on private property and then everything is forgotten. That's not how it works.

If it looks like they were specifically targeting ppl, they were. The shite starters. Of the 49 ppl arrested that day....7....were even from Baton Rouge. Did you know that? Do you think that's a coincidence?

BRPD and state police have allowed ppl to peacefully protest as long as they are peaceful and don't obstruct state or federal highways without prior approval. That is completely legal protocol. Problem is, other cities out of fear for the story being twisted (just like its been here) let the protesters run wild until it gets so far gone they have to use tear gas and rubber bullets.

Do you know how many injuries there were in BTR this weekend? 2, both were officers. Look at those stats in other places were shite got outta hand.

BRPD is shutting that shite down for the safety of this city and the protesters and they are not letting the shite starters from out of town turn this into a shite show.

If you don't like it, go post on a Minnesota board.