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Riot Police, National Guard 'Completely Abandon' Perimeter in Minneapolis, Chased Away by Protesters
2020-05-30
[PJ] Townhall’s Julio Rosas is on the ground in Minneapolis this week, reporting on the protests and riots. Tonight he’s reporting that the riot police and the National Guard have abandoned a perimeter they had set up earlier in the day, chased away by the rioters.

For the fourth night in a row, protesters and rioters have descended on Minneapolis to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer, who was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter on Friday afternoon.

The city is under a curfew order, but rioters are refusing to disperse.

The situation on the ground is extremely volatile right now. Rosas says riot police shot him with a "non-lethal weapon" as he was kneeling some distance away, observing the scene.
Posted by:Besoeker

#34  Chased away. Pathetic, unless the rioters were better armed.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-30 22:35  

#33  Cookie reset
Posted by: Frank G   2020-05-30 20:04  

#32  Riots in LA now.

LAPD, Batter Up
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-30 19:46  

#31  They're on the I-8 at 125 right now. Go all Soylent Green Scoopers on em
Posted by: Frank G   2020-05-30 19:45  

#30  If I were leading Antifa I'd get everyone together to confront the cops/national guard. If you can get them afraid of a massive confrontation that would lead to injuries and terrible press you can get them to withdraw and run wild the rest of the night.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-05-30 19:16  

#29  Riot police n National Guard retreated because that was the only plan they had. They had no other orders. This is pretty much the Portland Model of law enforcement.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2020-05-30 18:28  

#28  No need to invoke a conspiracy -- the thug had multiple complaints about him in the past, but Minneapolis PD is as corrupt as the day is long. The officers didn't care.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-05-30 16:54  

#27  Not that I'm a big factcheck.org fan, but here's their take on the license plate.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-30 13:56  

#26  From: All American Patriot May 30, 2020

Interesting perspective: Staged Event



These officers were involved with something, I’m not sure exactly what, but something is just not adding up.

I think there is at the very least the “possibility”, that this was a filmed public execution of a black man by a white cop, with the purpose of creating racial tensions and driving a wedge in the growing group of anti deep state sentiment from comon people, that have already been psychologically traumatized by Covid 19 fears.



Historically, in election years and in politically contested areas or in groups, racial or gun violence incidents are becoming common place. Considering the rising approval rating of President Trump in the black community, an event like this was unfortunately “Predictable”

Consider these points and contrast them to every other police brutality incident you've ever seen.

The filmed portion of the incident was about 10 minutes long. In that amount of time, three officers are holding one handcuffed man down. You only know that because of the pictures taken from across the street. You can't see the other two officers in the video because they are behind the vehicle. During 8 minutes of the entire video, the officer has his knee on George Floyd's neck, which is not taught or approved by any law enforcement agency.



Additionally, other than the Asian officer speaking occasionally to the crowd of bystanders, there is no communication from any of the officers to Mr. Floyd. No talking, no shouting. When have you ever seen a police brutality video without police shouting?



Additionally, the police had no goal. They weren't trying to subdue him for arrest, he was already handcuffed and all they needed to do, was place him in the back of the car. There is no plausible explanation for taking him to the ground and having three men on top of a handcuffed man, a knee placed on his neck. Mr. Floyd presented no threat and was not resisting. The only goal that there appeared to be was exactly what happened: “To be filmed brutally killing a black man”.

Think about this, these officers did not care about being filmed, in fact the officer stared into the camera with soulless eyes and an emotionless face, reminiscent of an assassin, as he knowingly killed an American Citizen.



None of the officers spoke among themselves or did they speak to Mr. Floyd. They did not respond to his pleas for life. They just sat and kneeled on him until he was passed out and then waited an additional 4 minutes after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness to ensure that Mr. Floyd was dead and could not be revived.



The bystanders are verbally communicating to the officers, that he isn't breathing. Unlike any other similar incident, you never see the officers getting on police radios. You never see or hear them calling dispatch for backup. No other police units arrive on the scene and strangely enough, the crowd does not seem to grow either.



The scene does not end until an ambulance arrives and they unceremoniously flop him on a gurney. At no point does anyone in a uniform ever check his vitals. “As if they aren't remotely curious about the situation they are in” BTW. who called the ambulance and for what reason? Because if the reason was that Mr. Floyd was having a medical issue, they wouldn't have still been crushing his neck.



Shortly after the video went viral, a fake Facebook page supposedly belonging to the officer, at the center of the murder appears and pictures are uploaded that say "Stand your Ground" and "Trump 2020". A picture of the cop with a red ballcap that says "Make America White Again". A friends list populated with obvious sock accounts and people clearly not his friends. This is the same kind of fake Facebook stunt that happened with a group made to look like support for the men involved with the Ahmed Aubrey case.



Is it mere coincidence that this happens the week after “race” becomes a major political issue after the Biden "You ain't Black" gaffe, started to threaten the black vote the Democrats so desperately count on?



Additionally, there is substantial video evidence to arrest at least one officer now. Why would the local authorities not charge him immediately, unless there was a political advantage not to!

Is it mere coincidence that this happens right about the exact moment the COVID-19 fear campaign falls apart, and after it has psychologically traumatized the entire country and got everyone at each other's throats and suicide attempts are spiking? Is it mere coincidence that this happens after the Auhmed Aubrey case... Which somehow eluded the mainstream media completely until two whole months after he was killed? When has that ever happened? Timing issue? Is it mere coincidence that Supreme Race Baiter Obama was making videos a couple weeks ago connecting COVID with "Systemic Racism"?



FINALLY....Description: Description: ‼️Description: Description: ‼️ this entire scene plays out with the cop car and license plate that says "POLICE". The plate was perfectly framed for maximum subliminal impact. This also means he was literally just 1 foot away from the back seat of the police car and these cops thought it was smarter to kill a black man on camera, than to pick him up and move him one foot into the back of the police car.



Posted by: warthogswife   2020-05-30 13:06  

#25  #22 Good questions and observations warthogswife. You have sleuth's eyes.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-05-30 12:59  

#24  Need robot crowd control dogs.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-30 12:48  

#23  Some weird-a$$ egesta, man.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-30 12:44  

#22  From: All American Patriot May 30, 2020

Interesting perspective: Staged Event



These officers were involved with something, I’m not sure exactly what, but something is just not adding up.

I think there is at the very least the “possibility”, that this was a filmed public execution of a black man by a white cop, with the purpose of creating racial tensions and driving a wedge in the growing group of anti deep state sentiment from comon people, that have already been psychologically traumatized by Covid 19 fears.



Historically, in election years and in politically contested areas or in groups, racial or gun violence incidents are becoming common place. Considering the rising approval rating of President Trump in the black community, an event like this was unfortunately “Predictable”

Consider these points and contrast them to every other police brutality incident you've ever seen.

The filmed portion of the incident was about 10 minutes long. In that amount of time, three officers are holding one handcuffed man down. You only know that because of the pictures taken from across the street. You can't see the other two officers in the video because they are behind the vehicle. During 8 minutes of the entire video, the officer has his knee on George Floyd's neck, which is not taught or approved by any law enforcement agency.



Additionally, other than the Asian officer speaking occasionally to the crowd of bystanders, there is no communication from any of the officers to Mr. Floyd. No talking, no shouting. When have you ever seen a police brutality video without police shouting?



Additionally, the police had no goal. They weren't trying to subdue him for arrest, he was already handcuffed and all they needed to do, was place him in the back of the car. There is no plausible explanation for taking him to the ground and having three men on top of a handcuffed man, a knee placed on his neck. Mr. Floyd presented no threat and was not resisting. The only goal that there appeared to be was exactly what happened: “To be filmed brutally killing a black man”.

Think about this, these officers did not care about being filmed, in fact the officer stared into the camera with soulless eyes and an emotionless face, reminiscent of an assassin, as he knowingly killed an American Citizen.



None of the officers spoke among themselves or did they speak to Mr. Floyd. They did not respond to his pleas for life. They just sat and kneeled on him until he was passed out and then waited an additional 4 minutes after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness to ensure that Mr. Floyd was dead and could not be revived.



The bystanders are verbally communicating to the officers, that he isn't breathing. Unlike any other similar incident, you never see the officers getting on police radios. You never see or hear them calling dispatch for backup. No other police units arrive on the scene and strangely enough, the crowd does not seem to grow either.



The scene does not end until an ambulance arrives and they unceremoniously flop him on a gurney. At no point does anyone in a uniform ever check his vitals. “As if they aren't remotely curious about the situation they are in” BTW. who called the ambulance and for what reason? Because if the reason was that Mr. Floyd was having a medical issue, they wouldn't have still been crushing his neck.



Shortly after the video went viral, a fake Facebook page supposedly belonging to the officer, at the center of the murder appears and pictures are uploaded that say "Stand your Ground" and "Trump 2020". A picture of the cop with a red ballcap that says "Make America White Again". A friends list populated with obvious sock accounts and people clearly not his friends. This is the same kind of fake Facebook stunt that happened with a group made to look like support for the men involved with the Ahmed Aubrey case.



Is it mere coincidence that this happens the week after “race” becomes a major political issue after the Biden "You ain't Black" gaffe, started to threaten the black vote the Democrats so desperately count on?



Additionally, there is substantial video evidence to arrest at least one officer now. Why would the local authorities not charge him immediately, unless there was a political advantage not to!

Is it mere coincidence that this happens right about the exact moment the COVID-19 fear campaign falls apart, and after it has psychologically traumatized the entire country and got everyone at each other's throats and suicide attempts are spiking? Is it mere coincidence that this happens after the Auhmed Aubrey case... Which somehow eluded the mainstream media completely until two whole months after he was killed? When has that ever happened? Timing issue? Is it mere coincidence that Supreme Race Baiter Obama was making videos a couple weeks ago connecting COVID with "Systemic Racism"?



FINALLY....Description: Description: ‼️Description: Description: ‼️ this entire scene plays out with the cop car and license plate that says "POLICE". The plate was perfectly framed for maximum subliminal impact. This also means he was literally just 1 foot away from the back seat of the police car and these cops thought it was smarter to kill a black man on camera, than to pick him up and move him one foot into the back of the police car.



Posted by: warthogswife   2020-05-30 12:40  

#21  It's hard for me to survey the rubble and imagine someone thinking, "This shows we need to elect more Democrats." But I'm probably an outlier.
Posted by: Matt   2020-05-30 11:57  

#20  Start by scrutinizing the people who follow, share and contribute live-streamed riot pr0n video content to the hugely popular lefty channel Unicorn Riot.
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-30 11:26  

#19  Well, what did you expect after Biden's "you are not black, if you don't vote for me"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-05-30 11:21  

#18  Chinese money is flowing to BLM and Anti-FA coffers are n some fashion. Count on it.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2020-05-30 11:18  

#17  Given that the left embraces the concept of "Never let a crisis go to waste," the question arises as to who is coordinating and funding these “Spontaneous” riots that have erupted across America at the same time?
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-05-30 10:43  

#16  When these lawless SOB's are forced to drag away their dead and wounded, this kak will soon stop.


You mean rob them?
Posted by: bbrewer126   2020-05-30 10:28  

#15  The graffiti is all wonderbread.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-30 10:07  

#14  /\ Perhaps we should have the FBI look into it.... or no ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-30 10:04  

#13  I have seen it reported (unverified but quite plausible) that Antifa has hired and deployed rioters.
I have also seen a photo of a large liquor store in flames. Must have already fully looted it...
It seems the policy here, as it was in other cities during the last round of riots, is to try to contain it and let it burn (literally) itself out. That may be the most expedient course in the short run, but eventually it is analogous to paying ransom to hostage takers or paying blackmailers - it will come back for more.
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-05-30 10:02  

#12  I have noticed, in some video clips, the rioters are mostly white. I would not be surprised, especially in DC, the white rioters are paid antifa.
Posted by: Thimp Clusort2035   2020-05-30 08:36  

#11  Open Fire. Shoot the wounded.
Posted by: Phineter Turkeyneck6202   2020-05-30 08:12  

#10  We have lawlessness in D.C. as in the political establishment as well. Only the damage is different.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-30 08:02  

#9  ...but they got to go home at night, not the barracks behind walls.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-30 07:58  

#8  /\ Waco, and with little hesitation.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-30 07:39  

#7  What are they going to do when armed whites riot?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-30 07:36  

#6  NO TV, NO internet and NO radio.
Posted by: Dale   2020-05-30 07:01  

#5  Cut off toilet paper supplies.
Posted by: Dale   2020-05-30 06:59  

#4  At Trump request, Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-30 05:55  

#3  Analysis provided by a former colleague:

Stepping back, this is another crisis too good for the left to waste. Covid is fizzling out and has run its news cycle course. People are seeing they have been had and the economy was devastated along with their incomes, so this will do fine to divert attention and keep things stirred up till the election.

It looked like the economy could have bounced back, so this is a win win for the Trump haters. I am sure that agents provocateurs were dispatched immediately. Sadly some of them are talking heads of the MSM. We have just been stampeded by that crew over the covid virus. You know the results. However, I do not seeing this backfiring and fizzling like the covid panic. As the mobs prove there is a lot a pent up racial hatred to exploit among a population already stressed to the max. On the lighter side, Rioters with covid masks is quite a sight. Bit lax on the distancing part though.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-30 02:49  

#2  Alternatively, cut off their water & electricity.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-05-30 02:46  

#1  Forget the bean bag ammo. Issue 5.56 ball and tracers and tell the cops to use it (in writing) if they are assaulted or feel their lives are endangered.

When these lawless SOB's are forced to drag away their dead and wounded, this kak will soon stop.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-30 02:11  

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