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Minneapolis Patrolled by Gun-toting Citizen Protectors

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AustinC

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Steven Yeadon said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...1844d4-a78c-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

Afraid of riots and looting, Minneapolis citizens are protecting themselves, their community, and protesters willing to be peaceful with open carry semiautomatic rifles.
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The indigenous community in South Minneapolis has patrolled their community for years (ever since the Mpls police were plucking Indian men off the streets, taking them to other locations and beating them. Look at how the American Indian Movement started in Minneapolis.) For good or bad, Minnesota has a history of vigilante rule.
 
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Sai

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AustinC said:
The indigenous community in South Minneapolis has patrolled their community for years (ever since the Mpls police were plucking Indian men off the streets, taking them to other locations and beating them. Look at how the American Indian Movement started in Minneapolis.) For good or bad, Minnesota has a history of vigilante rule.
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It’s a proverbial S Hole as trump puts it. Never going there.
 
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We don't have to worry about what happens to the gun toters if they shoot someone...unless the shooter is white and the dead guy is black. Like always.

The mob will lynch them from the nearest light standard...regardless of who is in the right.
 
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Sai said:
It’s a proverbial S Hole as trump puts it. Never going there.
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It's actually a beautiful city. Minnehaha Falls, a 60 foot waterfall from Minnehaha Creek that tumbles into the Mississippi, is a beautiful urban park. The Stone Arch bridge across the Mississippi next to St Anthony Falls is very nice as well as seeing the various locks and dams on the river.

Now, the fact that it's run by wildly progressive thinkers also makes it an over taxed and underserved city, which may be what you are actually getting at. Funny enough, Minneapolis/St. Paul has the most Fortune 500 companies per capita of any place in the world. So, despite the high taxes, major international companies call Mpls/St Paul home.
 
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AustinC

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From the article posted by the OP:
In Ellison’s neighborhood of north Minneapolis, the local chapter of the NAACP has begun to try to do just that: Create a community alternative to police with armed citizen patrols. They call their group the Minnesota Freedom Riders, a reference to the civil rights activists who rode buses through the segregated South in 1961.

It looks like the north side is simply creating it's own version of the Black Panthers, who patrolled Oakland, California in the late 60s and 70s. Despite the militant press that the Black Panthers received, they were responsible for getting children free breakfasts before school so they children could potentially be more successful in school.

As I mentioned earlier, the American Indian Movement (AIM) started in South Minneapolis during the same time period as the Black Panthers, with a similar agenda to keep indigenous people safe and cared for.

Let me ask this question: Are people against restructuring the police force and reducing the power of the police union to keep bad cops on the payroll?

I don't know of many who want to disband the police. I know of many who want to restructure the police and redistribute some of the funding to go to other agencies such as social workers who would come in to work on negotiating rather than apprehending and jailing. While we may not agree on every item, I am in favor of a restructuring for the Police Officers sake. Right now, Police Officers are being asked to do a lot of things for which they are not trained. Because they don't have the training, they end up making uninformed decisions that escalate the problem rather than reduce the problem. Having other well trained professionals available to jump in to a crisis seems like it would benefit all persons involved, including Police Officers.
 
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Hail of late-night gunfire in Minneapolis' Uptown kills 1, wounds 11

Dozens of shots fired in one of the city's most violent shootings in recent history.


Gunmen unleashed a torrent of gunfire in a crowded Uptown block early Sunday in Minneapolis, killing one person and wounding 11 others in one of the city’s most violent shootings in recent memory.

Police said the 11 survivors were scattered at area hospitals with “various severity levels of injuries.” They said the victim who died was a man, but gave no other identifying details. All of the victims were adults.

Nor did they offer a motive for the shooting, which apparently involved people firing at each other.

Hail of late-night gunfire in Minneapolis' Uptown kills 1, wounds 11. 1 man dead, 11 people wounded in Minneapolis Uptown shooting




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InTheLight said:
Nor did they offer a motive for the shooting, which apparently involved people firing at each other.

Hail of late-night gunfire in Minneapolis' Uptown kills 1, wounds 11. 1 man dead, 11 people wounded in Minneapolis Uptown shooting

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I think it's telling that they did not tell more about what happened. Under ordinary circumstances, they wouldn't hesitate. The media may be the ones that have a lid on it.
 
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carpro said:
I think it's telling that they did not tell more about what happened. Under ordinary circumstances, they wouldn't hesitate. The media may be the ones that have a lid on it.
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Possibly. The story was only 6 hours old when the article was written. More should come out as the story evolves.

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AustinC

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InTheLight said:
Hail of late-night gunfire in Minneapolis' Uptown kills 1, wounds 11

Dozens of shots fired in one of the city's most violent shootings in recent history.


Gunmen unleashed a torrent of gunfire in a crowded Uptown block early Sunday in Minneapolis, killing one person and wounding 11 others in one of the city’s most violent shootings in recent memory.

Police said the 11 survivors were scattered at area hospitals with “various severity levels of injuries.” They said the victim who died was a man, but gave no other identifying details. All of the victims were adults.

Nor did they offer a motive for the shooting, which apparently involved people firing at each other.

Hail of late-night gunfire in Minneapolis' Uptown kills 1, wounds 11. 1 man dead, 11 people wounded in Minneapolis Uptown shooting




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Uptown is an area of bars at the corner of Lake and Hennepin. Is it a surprise with it being summer and with that area being close to where buildings were burned?
 
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AustinC said:
Uptown is an area of bars at the corner of Lake and Hennepin. Is it a surprise with it being summer and with that area being close to where buildings were burned?
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The looting and fires never quite made it to the Uptown area. That activity ended on Lake St. about 10 blocks east of the Uptown area.

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AustinC

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InTheLight said:
Yeah, it's terrible here. Please stay away.

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Do you live in uptown or Mpls?

I have never felt scared or nervous in the times I've been in Mpls. I heard that the North side has some gang activity as well as the South side, but as a whole, I felt it was safe. I have been to a college football game at the MN Gopher's Stadium (TCF Field) and the U of M is nice.

Are you speaking from living in Mpls or just from a suburb looking in?
 
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AustinC said:
Do you live in uptown or Mpls?

I have never felt scared or nervous in the times I've been in Mpls. I heard that the North side has some gang activity as well as the South side, but as a whole, I felt it was safe. I have been to a college football game at the MN Gopher's Stadium (TCF Field) and the U of M is nice.

Are you speaking from living in Mpls or just from a suburb looking in?
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I lived in south Minneapolis for three years in the mid 90's. I live in the 'burbs now. Grew up in Richfield, which borders south Minneapolis.

The north, northwest side (Plymouth, Broadway, Lowry Aves between I-94 and France Ave.) is scary. There are isolated blocks in near south Minneapolis that aren't exactly safe. Otherwise, it's not too worrisome. U of M is a cake walk. Downtown is fine except for the areas around the clubs at closing time.

Still, I don't like going into the city because of the hassles with parking and crowds.

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