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The Tension Inside George Floyd Square Is Unbearable Right Now
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:05 pm
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Around 3 p.m. on Saturday in Minneapolis, a small group gathered near George Floyd Square for a barbecue to celebrate a man’s birthday. Many were regulars at the square, at Chicago Avenue and E. 38th Street, the intersection where Floyd was killed. The area, once sealed off in all directions with refrigerators, pallets, and other debris, now has city barricades. Its entrances are guarded by volunteers who staff the square at all hours—mostly as greeters but also as a ragtag defense force to prevent police from entering.
The mood was light. There was a cake that read “frick 12,” a reference to the police. It was chilly; people gathered around a firepit.
Then the gunshots began. First one. Then two more. Then a burst of five. “Someone’s dumping!” someone yelled. People rushed out to help: “Is that coming from the north?” “Do we have medics?” “Probably.”
One woman was in tears; she witnessed the shooting. “I saw blood. It looked like red jelly was spilled,” she said. “I think I saw guts.” One of her friends gave her a hug. An older man, shuffling as he tried to walk as quickly as he could, mumbled under his breath, “two people just got shot over there.” I learned later that one man died.
Sounds like a mostly peaceful bbq.
Around 3 p.m. on Saturday in Minneapolis, a small group gathered near George Floyd Square for a barbecue to celebrate a man’s birthday. Many were regulars at the square, at Chicago Avenue and E. 38th Street, the intersection where Floyd was killed. The area, once sealed off in all directions with refrigerators, pallets, and other debris, now has city barricades. Its entrances are guarded by volunteers who staff the square at all hours—mostly as greeters but also as a ragtag defense force to prevent police from entering.
The mood was light. There was a cake that read “frick 12,” a reference to the police. It was chilly; people gathered around a firepit.
Then the gunshots began. First one. Then two more. Then a burst of five. “Someone’s dumping!” someone yelled. People rushed out to help: “Is that coming from the north?” “Do we have medics?” “Probably.”
One woman was in tears; she witnessed the shooting. “I saw blood. It looked like red jelly was spilled,” she said. “I think I saw guts.” One of her friends gave her a hug. An older man, shuffling as he tried to walk as quickly as he could, mumbled under his breath, “two people just got shot over there.” I learned later that one man died.
Sounds like a mostly peaceful bbq.
This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:06 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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George Floyd Square
What a broken culture
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:06 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Is that supposed to be "moving"?
fail
fail
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:09 pm to Eli Goldfinger
So the general population is policing themselves and keeping the police out of a George Floyd’s special space and several people get blasted and killed. Can we get a live camera of the area for entertainment purposes?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:10 pm to Eli Goldfinger
There's an area somewhere named "George Floyd square"?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:10 pm to Fun Bunch
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What a broken culture
And yet it is the one pushed onto you and yours by American pop culture.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:12 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Sounds sort of like Mogadishu.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:15 pm to LuckyTiger
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Sounds sort of like Mogadishu.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:15 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I wonder what the pregnant lady George Floyd pistol whipped thinks about all of this showmanship?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:16 pm to LuckyTiger
Floyd sounds better than Drug addict square, to the in limbo tourist market
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:21 pm to LuckyTiger
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Sounds sort of like Mogadishu
It's somalir, but not quite the same
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:24 pm to IceTiger
So the trial or riots haven't started yet, but these inbreds are already capping each other?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:29 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Shootings at a square named for a dead addict.....welcome to 2021 America.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:36 pm to Eli Goldfinger
The usual suspects at it again.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:36 pm to Eli Goldfinger
BLM though lol. Them mother frickers don’t give a shite about Floyd and a good portion of them would have shot Floyd dead over some new Jordans.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 7:40 pm to LuckyTiger
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Sounds sort of like Mogadishu.
I spent four months in that shite hole. I would agree. Freaking low life thugs. Animals killing other animals.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:13 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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George Floyd Square
Is that near Fentanyl Drive?
Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:14 pm to Eli Goldfinger
they manage to frick up everything they touch lol it’s almost comical
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