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Minneapolis police filmed slashing tires of cars at protest
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:53 am
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:53 am
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the Minneapolis Star Tribune report that during the most intense period of protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, police officers from two departments were filmed slashing tires in at least two locations. Authorities used the tactic to disable cars in a Kmart parking lot that had become a staging point for protesters and police, and at another street location about three miles away — with dozen of vehicles said to be damaged.
The Star Tribune identified officers from the Minnesota State Patrol and the Anoka County Sheriff's Office in the videos. A spokesman with the Department of Public Safety told the newspaper the State Patrol "strategically deflated tires ... in order to stop behaviors such as vehicles driving dangerously and at high speeds in and around protesters and law enforcement,” and to render ineffective any cars "that contained items used to cause harm during violent protests." The paper said such items included "rocks, concrete and sticks."
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Victims at both locations included credentialed press, including a Star Tribune reporter, some of whom uploaded video of the aftermath to Twitter, such as ex-Buzzfeed video exec and documentary producer Andrew Kimmel. He said he's been to more than 100 protests in the past few years as part of his work, and has "never seen the tire slashing before, particularly in a parking lot." Another was New Yorker magazine reporter Luke Mogelson, who said an officer took a photo of his press pass and promised to alert other police not to touch his car. Mogelson returned to four flat tires and officers who "were laughing. ... They had grins on their faces."
I would who gave the order?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:54 am to TigerintheNO
Why do the cops looks like they are about invade Afghanistan? Is this cops or National Guard?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:54 am to TigerintheNO
Is this for real? Holy shite
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:56 am to TigerintheNO
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protests
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protests
Quit saying that. They were not protesters and those were not protests.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:57 am to TigerintheNO
WTF is wrong with them?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:57 am to Dizz
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Why do the cops looks like they are about invade Afghanistan? Is this cops or National Guard?
Probably because, at that point in time, they essentially were.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:57 am to TigerintheNO
I mean...it is basic tactics. You deny your opponent support and succor. Cut their supply lines and sabotage equipment...
The looters can’t be burning and ransacking everything from cop cars to chicken snacks and then be all “wahhhhh the police slashed my tires quick call the police. Waaahhhhhh!”
The looters can’t be burning and ransacking everything from cop cars to chicken snacks and then be all “wahhhhh the police slashed my tires quick call the police. Waaahhhhhh!”
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:57 am to TigerintheNO
Sounds like the city needs to buy a shite load of tires.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:57 am to Dizz
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Why do the cops looks like they are about invade Afghanistan? Is this cops or National Guard?
Because it was probably safer to invade Afghanistan than deal with some of the rioters.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:57 am to TigerintheNO
Even if the purpose was to prevent rioters from driving erratically through high protest areas, why slash all four tires. Wouldn’t 1 or 2 render the car disabled.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:58 am to TigerintheNO
Can we sell Minnesota to Canada and send the funds to Citizens in the other 49 states for stimulus.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:00 pm to TigerintheNO
This approach is perfectly fine during a high speed chase. I would argue that breaking and entering, looting, pillaging, burning half the damn city down, harming innocent people, and violently resisting police is a good bit worse than your run-of-the-mill police chase.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:02 pm to TigerintheNO
They probably knew who owned the cars so they couldn’t evade police and hit multiple spots.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:03 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:So they only slashed tires of looters and rioters, correct?
This approach is perfectly fine during a high speed chase. I would argue that breaking and entering, looting, pillaging, burning half the damn city down, harming innocent people, and violently resisting police is a good bit worse than your run-of-the-mill police chase.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:04 pm to Scooba
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Even if the purpose was to prevent rioters from driving erratically through high protest areas, why slash all four tires. Wouldn’t 1 or 2 render the car disabled
One could be swapped with a spare,
Deflating all 4 ensures the vehicle is disabled.
Are these people really that surprised that when they have ruined the city to the point the NG had to be called in that they wouldn’t be using these tactics? Did the rioters think they were the only ones that got to play dirty?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:04 pm to TigerintheNO
Smart move to prevent them from being used as weapons
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:04 pm to TigerintheNO
Why not just snap pictures of the license plate?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:05 pm to Booyow
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#DeflateThePolice
Can we call this Deflategate 2?
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