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Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby jdege on Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:08 pm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/citizen-patrols-make-statement-in-minneapolis/2020/06/06/cc1844d4-a78c-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html
Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis as confidence in the police force plummets
MINNEAPOLIS — It's approaching 2 a.m., and City Council member Jeremiah Ellison is patrolling his neighborhood in a black sedan when the smell of smoke wafts through the open driver's side window.

Several black-owned businesses had been destroyed in this area — considered the heart of the city’s black community — in recent fires that investigators have deemed “suspicious.” Neighbors suspect right-wing militias, and social media has been abuzz with purported — but unverified — sightings of masked white men in pickup trucks holding semiautomatic assault rifles.

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Now Ellison — the son of former congressman Keith Ellison — is on patrol, hoping to catch the next fire before it destroys another business owner’s livelihood. He’s also ready to contend with danger of the more human sort, if needed.

As the car fills with the acrid scent of burning chemicals, Ellison tells his friend in the driver’s seat to pull over. Before they come to a stop, Ellison, 30, flings open the door and jumps out with a pistol in one hand and a small fire extinguisher in the other. He walks briskly down the street, scanning the block for the origin of the fumes.
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby xd ED on Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:12 pm

That narrative about white militia people starting the fires would explain the "BLACK OWNED" spray painted plywood seen all over St Paul, and Mpls.

And wasn't there a curfew in place when ellison was out and about?
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby rtk on Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:13 pm

:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
The sky is falling, the sky is falling....(Chicken Little)
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby Ghost on Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:45 pm

Police are 18.5 times more likely to get killed by a black male than they are to kill an unarmed black male.

I’m glad we can now have more Zimmerman types running around.
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby Sorcerer on Mon Jun 08, 2020 5:15 pm

I sure hope they don’t shoot the grub hub delivery person.
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby xd ED on Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:26 pm

Sorcerer wrote:I sure hope they don’t shoot the grub hub delivery person.


Haven't heard of any getting shot, but like a few Amazon vans, their vehicles have been known to disappear while they're running stuff up to the house.
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby Bearcatrp on Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:09 pm

Bet the driver disappears too
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Re: Citizen patrols organize across Minneapolis

Postby Holland&Holland on Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:09 pm

xd ED wrote:That narrative about white militia people starting the fires would explain the "BLACK OWNED" spray painted plywood seen all over St Paul, and Mpls.

And wasn't there a curfew in place when ellison was out and about?

When you are the son of the AG you don’t have to follow the law.
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