National Protest and 'disband the cops' discussion (please review page 1)

[J.]

Can someone here defend this? This is disgusting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gts8fh

 

[RackMaster]

Can someone here defend this? This is disgusting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gts8fh

Needs more context. Not saying what they did was right and they were paint rounds. But frankly, how many times do you need to hear someone yelling to get inside, to get inside?

 

[J.]

Needs more context. Not saying what they did was right and they were paint rounds. But frankly, how many times do you need to hear someone yelling to get inside, to get inside?

On your own property, filming legally, not breaking the law. I don’t care if a cop says get inside, there is no cause for force. Paint rounds is irrelevant, still a probability of bodily harm.

I dont think all cops are bad, but how much further are we gonna go defending, defending, defending them until we admit they have a systemic issue. I’m not implying they are all bad, or corrupt. I do believe there is a training issue, I think there is a mentality issue, and when a cop on your street says “Light me’ up” at your home while on your front porch, it leads me to believe there’s an ego issue.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Can someone here defend this? This is disgusting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gts8fh

One of the factors that MPD was dealing with last night, was engaging the bad-guys and having them suddenly blend into the community by running into yards and sitting on porches/steps like they live there. (sound familiar?).

I'm not saying that was 100% the case here, but it was a big topic of conversation by the local media. Rioters were very organized, communicating and coordinating police location via Facebook.

 

[J.]

One of the factors that MPD was dealing with last night, was engaging the bad-guys and having them suddenly blend into the community by running into yards and sitting on porches/steps like they live there. (sound familiar?).

I'm not saying that was 100% the case here, but it was a big topic of conversation by the local media. Rioters were very organized, communicating and coordinating police location via Facebook.

Thanks for the context, sounds a lot like AFG. My issue is, police are not the military, and I am worried about the outcome of outfitting them like the military, giving them military style missions, but none of the training and mental conditioning. I think that will lead to even further issues.

I’m not going to pretend I know what the right answer is, but I don’t believe this is it. Their force shown here is only going to increase their opposition.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

police are not the military, and I am worried about the outcome of outfitting them like the military, giving them military style missions, but none of the training and mental conditioning.

I think that argument went out the window after 9/11. New York City set the new militarized police bar, and everyone else happily followed.

 

[J.]

I think that argument went out the window after 9/11. New York City set the new militarized police bar, and everyone else happily followed.

Same could be said for information collection...again, I don’t have an answer, but I can easily see this continuing to escalate. It’s a shit show every way around.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Can someone here defend this? This is disgusting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gts8fh

Yes, I in fact do not find this disgusting. Minneapolis is now under a strict curfew because they've tried to burn the city down. The entire MN National Guard has been mobilized and will be on the streets for the foreseeable future it appears. These kids that were in the video, maybe I'm reading too much into this as riots inch closer and closer to where I live. (I live in Phoenix) But it's time to end this, and ending this will take real force.

In my AO, there was still a protest and riot in the government core, it was pretty peaceful early and was a mobile march but it again settled in front of PHXPD HQ. After about 11, these assholes started throwing shit...as if on cue. But it appears to have been a distraction as about 1030 basically a flashmob appeared in front of Fashion Square and breach several stores.

Looters swarm Scottsdale-area during Saturday night rioting

This was definitely coordinated to be done that way.


If people are trying to cast blame on Antifa, they're not the only ones out there. Dollars to donuts you've got New Black Panthers out there, the current communist undercurrent groups, sure there's some 3%er and Neo Nazi types out there too.

 

[GOTWA]

MN kind of lost all privileges. Get inside means get inside.

 

[J.]

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So it justifies using force against people not breaking the law on their own property? Where is the line, or are we going to keep moving it?

 

[Cookie_]

MN kind of lost all privileges. Get inside means get inside.

Rough take. Open question to all of you on the board.

How do you guys feel about gun rights?

Because if it's "all gun laws are infringing my rights" then the police attacking people on their private property unprompted then they are definitely violating their rights.

 

[J.]

Rough take. Open question to all of you on the board.

How do you guys feel about gun rights?

Because if it's "all gun laws are infringing my rights" then the police attacking people on their private property unprompted then they are definitely violating their rights.

Constitutionally you could make an argument to return with force.

Real life chiming in says you’ll die or have your entire life ruined.

I hate to break it to anyone who believes otherwise but it would take something akin to the Boston Massacre to actually unite an Armed Force of citizens. Anything less will result in what we are seeing now.

 

[Polar Bear]

So it justifies using force against people not breaking the law on their own property? Where is the line, or are we going to keep moving it?

So I watched it, they said go inside, end of story.

 

[J.]

So I watched it, they said go inside, end of story.

In my opinion, the police do not get to write my story when it come to my constitutionally protected freedoms. Riot or not, my property, unarmed, standing on my front porch, this is the wrong response.

 

[ThunderHorse]

So it justifies using force against people not breaking the law on their own property? Where is the line, or are we going to keep moving it?

It's pretty hard for me to word this without sounding like a dick since this is just words on a page. So bear with me.

Tuesday: Protests in Minneapolis.
Wednesday Thru Saturday: Riots. Buildings burning. Business owners who attempt to protect their businesses have been assaulted and battered.

People are being killed for defending their property in more than a few cities. So what are we to do now? Let it continue?

As far as all these bail funds? These judges better not be granting bail for a hot minute.

Thanks for the context, sounds a lot like AFG. My issue is, police are not the military, and I am worried about the outcome of outfitting them like the military, giving them military style missions, but none of the training and mental conditioning. I think that will lead to even further issues.

I’m not going to pretend I know what the right answer is, but I don’t believe this is it. Their force shown here is only going to increase their opposition.

IRT arming police officers with AR-15s and SWAT with armored vehicles, well, when the enemy is heavily armed and well resourced gangs that stuff is here to stay.

 

[GOTWA]

In my opinion, the police do not get to write my story when it come to my constitutionally protected freedoms. Riot or not, my property, unarmed, standing on my front porch, this is the wrong response.

Go express your concerns at the next protest, riot. That's what they're all about at this point, yes?

 

[Ooh-Rah]

In my opinion, the police do not get to write my story when it come to my constitutionally protected freedoms. Riot or not, my property, unarmed, standing on my front porch, this is the wrong response.

And 'sometimes' you have to read the room. If I lived in those neighborhoods I would 100% be sitting on my front porch, AR in reach.

But...I'd also be self aware enough to know that after the shit those cops and guard-members have taken the past 4 nights, if they said, "get the fuck in the house", I'm "getting the fuck in the house".

 

[J.]

It's pretty hard for me to word this without sounding like a dick since this is just words on a page. So bear with me.

Tuesday: Protests in Minneapolis.
Wednesday Thru Saturday: Riots. Buildings burning. Business owners who attempt to protect their businesses have been assaulted and battered.

People are being killed for defending their property in more than a few cities. So what are we to do now? Let it continue?

As far as all these bail funds? These judges better not be granting bail for a hot minute.

You don’t sound like a dick at all brother. Tensions are high, the violence and destruction has to stop. I want it to stop.

In this particular video, I just don’t see how this helps that goal. I think it’s creating more disdain towards LEO and I personally can’t convince myself to see it justifiably. That’s just my take, I wouldn’t say it here on SS if I wasn’t interested in seeing the other side.

 

[GOTWA]

And 'sometimes' you have to read the room. If I lived in those neighborhoods I would 100% be sitting on my front porch, AR in reach.

But...I'd also be self aware enough to know that after the shit those cops and guard-members have taken the past 4 nights, if they said, "get the fuck in the house", I'm "getting the fuck in the house".

I'd like to second this. And if we're comparing gun freedoms to the ability to stand on your porch because it's your constituional right following a lockdown over a city that just lost over $30 million on property damage, sure. Sounds reasonable. In case anyone is wondering why the cops are taking a hard stance against those freedoms to be an asshole, see Spoiler...

Spoiler: Spoiler

In Minneapolis
• 1Life CBD, 1610 W Lake St: Door smashed
• 365 Nicollet, 365 Nicollet Mall: Substantial graffiti
• 4Marq, 400 Marquette Ave S: Smashed windows and graffiti
• 7 Mile Fashion, 2116 E Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• 7-Sigma, Inc., 2843 26th Ave S: Destroyed by fire
• ACE Cash Express, 2701 E Lake St: Significant fire damage
• Ace Hardware, 2737 Hennepin Ave: Property damage
• Addis Ababa, 2713 E Lake St: Significant fire damage
• Aldi, 2929 27th Ave S: Extensively looted
• Anthony's Pipe & Cigar Lounge, 907 W Lake St: Heavily looted
• Apple Uptown, 3018 Hennepin Ave: Glass broken, looting
• Arby's, 3000 Snelling Ave: Burned to the ground
• AT&T, 1433 W Lake St: Broken windows, property damage
• Atlas Staffing, 102 E Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• Auto Zone, 2610 E Lake St: Building burned to the ground
• Banadir Pharmacy, 1 W Lake St: Looting and property damage
• Birchwood Cafe, 3311 E 25th St: Property damage
• BMO Harris Bank, 320 E Lake St: Property damage
• Bondesque, 707 W Lake St: Windows apparently all smashed, boarded up by Thursday evening
• Boost Mobile, 1109 W Broadway Ave: Property damage
• Briva Health, 2211 E Lake St: Window smashed
• Broadway Liquor Outlet, 2220 W Broadway Ave: Looting, property damage
• Buzz Mart, 6 N 5th St: Property damage



• Cadillac Pawn & Jewelry, 1538 E Lake St: Significant damage, looting
• Cal Surf, 1715 W Lake St: Window smashed
• Car-X Tire & Auto, 3021 E Lake St: Property damage
• CB2, 3045 Hennepin Ave: Property damage, broken windows
• Cedar Child Care Center, 3011 Cedar Ave S: Property damage
• CFSC New Money Express, 108 E Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• Chicago-Lake Liquor, 825 E Lake St: Vandals broke in and looted store
• Citi Trends, 2106 E Lake St: Fire and property damage
• Cost Cutters, 3003 Nicollet Ave: Water damage
• Cub Foods, 2850 26th Ave S: Looting and store damage
• CVS, 1010 W Lake St: Several shattered windows, doors
• Dairy Queen, 4400 E Lake St: Property damage
• Dogwood Coffee, 3001 Hennepin Ave S: Window smashed
• Dollar General, 2136 E Lake St: Extensive fire damage
• Dollar Tree, 2858 26th Ave S: Heavily looted
• Dollar Tree, 3001 Nicollet Ave: Extensive property damage
• Domino's Pizza, 2801 26th Ave S: Property damage
• DTLR, 509 W Broadway Ave: Property damage, looting
• Du Nord Craft Spirits, 2610 E 32nd St: Fire and "substantial" water damage



• East Lake Library, 2727 E Lake St: Heavily damaged by smoke and water
• East Lake Liquor, 3916 E Lake St: Property damage, looting
• El Chuchi Market, 3201 Cedar Ave: Looting
• El Nuevo Miramar, 501 E Lake St: Looting
• El Nuevo Rodeo, 2709 E Lake St: Significant fire damage
• El Sabor Chuchi, 717 E Lake St: Looting
• Electra Tune Tire & Auto, 4522 E Lake St: Property damage
• Elevated Beer Wine & Spirits, 4135 Hiawatha Ave: Property damage, looting
• Extreme Noise Records, 407 W Lake St: Smashed windows, looting, other property damage
• Fade Factory, 2415 W Broadway Ave: Fire reported
• Familia Skateshop, 2833 Hennepin Ave: Windows smashed
• Family Beauty Supply, 1014 W Broadway Ave: Extensive property damage, broken windows
• Family Dollar, 1010 E Lake St: Heavy fire damage
• Family Dollar, 906 W Broadway Ave: Property damage
• Family Dollar, 3536 Nicollet Ave: Destroyed by fire
• Firefly Credit Union, 2535 27th Ave S: Property damage, looting
• Five Guys, 2300 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage
• Foot Locker, 806 E Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• Frattalone's Ace Hardware, 3915 E Lake St: Property damage
• Freewheel Bike Midtown Bike Center, 2834 10th Ave S: Property damage, windows smashed


• Gandhi Mahal Restaurant, 3009 27th Ave S: Significant fire damage
• Giant Wash Coin Laundry, 914 W Broadway Ave: Broken windows, property damage
• Giordano's Pizza, 2700 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage
• GM Tobacco, 2619 E Lake St: Fire damage
• H&M, 3001 Hennepin Ave: Windows busted
• Hamdi Restaurant, 818 E Lake St: Property damage and graffiti
• HD Laundry, 2112 E Lake St: Fire and property damage
• Hennepin County WIC Office, 2215 E Lake St: Windows smashed
• Hennepin Healthcare East Lake Clinic, 2700 E Lake St Suite 1100: Property damage
• Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave S: Destroyed by fire
• Hi Lake Liquors, 2130 E Lake St: Property damage, looting
• Hibachi Buffet, 111 E Lake St: Smashed windows, other property damage
• Holiday, 2448 Hennepin Ave: Property damage
• Holiday, 2322 N Washington Ave: Destroyed by fire
• Holiday, 4601 Hiawatha Ave: Destroyed by fire
• Home Choice, 2208 E Lake St: Fire and property damage
• Honda Town, 4215 E Lake St: Property damage
• Hook Fish & Chicken, 221 W Lake St: Windows smashed
• Hudson Hardware, 2900 E 42nd St: Building damage and looting


• ICC Wireless, 704 E Lake St: Property damage
• Indulge and Bloom, 3001 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage
• Infinite Vapor, 1400 Lagoon Ave S: Door smashed, apparent theft
• Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts, 1601 E Lake St: Broken window, possible interior damage, looted
• Integrated Staffing Solutions, 2703 E Lake St: Significant fire damage
• International Bazaar, 301 E Lake St: Looted
• Iron Door Pub, 3001 Lyndale Ave S: Fire damage, water damage
• J Klips, 2130 E Lake St: Property damage
• John Fluevog, 2900 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage, broken windows
• K-Mart, 10 W Lake St: Property damage
• Ken & Norm's Liquor, 4801 Chicago Ave: Large window smashed out
• Knights Chamber Clothiers, 3001 Hennepin Ave: Looting, property damage
• LA Skin Care and Spa, 115 E Lake St: Extensive damage, water damage
• Laddatude Tattoo, 3004 27th Ave S: Fire damage
• Laundromax, 3225 E Lake St: Window smashed
• Little Caesars, 2218 E Lake St: Fire and property damage
• Little Caesars, 3015 Nicollet Ave: Water damage
• LV's Barbershop, 3006 27th Ave S: Fire damage
• Lyndale Tobacco, 722 W. Lake St.: Extensive looting, property damage


• Marathon Gas, 2801 Lyndale Ave S: Windows smashed
• MartinPatrick3, 212 3rd Ave N: Smashed windows, broken glass doors, looting
• Master Collision, 224 W Lake St: Smashed windows, other property damage
• maX it PAWN, 815 Cedar Ave S: Extensive fire damage
• McDonald's, 3110 E Lake St: Graffiti, some broken glass
• Merwin Liquors, 700 W Broadway Ave: Property damage. Closed "indefinitely"
• Metro by T-Mobile, 2815 E Lake St: Extensive fire damage
• Metro PCS, 2102 W Broadway Ave: Property damage
• Metro PCS, 925 W Broadway Ave: Property damage
• Metro PCS, 305 W Lake St: Broken windows
• Midori's Floating World Cafe, 2629 E Lake St: Fire damage
• Midtown Corner low-income housing, 2100 E Lake St: Major fire
• Midtown Global Market, 920 E Lake St: Property damage, looting
• Midtown Market, 2850 26th Ave S: Windows shattered
• Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall: Windows smashed, graffiti
• Minnehaha Lake Wine & Spirits, 2613 E Lake St: Burned to the ground
• Minnesota Transitions Charter School, 2872 26th Ave S Door B: Looted, extensive water damage
• MoneyGram, 2701 E Lake St: Significant fire damage
• MPD Third Precinct, 3000 Minnehaha Ave: Burned to the ground
• Next Day Animations, 615 W Lake St: Windows/door smashed, other property damage
• Olympic Cafe, 2117 W Broadway Ave: Destroyed by fire
• O'Reilly Auto Parts, 1625 W Broadway Ave: Destroyed by fire
• O'Reilly Auto Parts, 710 E Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• O'Reilly Auto Parts, 3536 Nicollet Ave: Destroyed by fire
• Office Depot, 3001 Nicollet Ave: Smashed doors, windows, looting
• Origami Restaurant, 1354 Lagoon Ave: Door smashed


• Palm Beach Tan, 1011 W Lake St: Windows apparently smashed, boarded up
• Papa Murphy's, 4644 E Lake St: Property damage
• Paper Source, 3048 Hennepin Ave S: Graffiti, door broken
• Parkway Pizza, 4359 Minnehaha Ave: Door smashed, TV ripped from wall, tools stolen
• Penzeys Spices, 3028 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage, looting
• Phenom, 115 N Washington Ave: Broken window, heavy looting
• Pineda Tacos, 2130 E Lake St: Property damage
• Planet Fitness, 2852 26th Ave S: Property damage
• Plaza Mexico, 417 E Lake St: Looted
• Popeyes, 1301 W Broadway Ave: Window smashed
• Popeyes, 310 W Lake St: Windows smashed, vandalized
• Precision Tune Auto Care, 3232 E Lake St: Property damage
• Quality Tobacco, 112 E Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• Ragstock, 1433 W Lake St: Property damage, looting
• Ribnick Luxury Outerwear, 224 N 1st St: Looting
• Rongo's Auto Service, 3548 Nicollet Ave: Fire damage
• Running Room, 1433 W Lake St: Property damage
• Sabri Commons, 207 E Lake St: Looting
• Sabri Properties, 315 E Lake St: Fire damage, looting
• Sabri Properties, 347 E Lake St: Looting
• Sally Beauty, 2740 Minnehaha Ave #120: Heavily looted
• Salon Levante, 3040 Hennepin Ave: Property damage
• Sanaag Restaurant and Coffee, 3007 Cedar Ave: Looting, property damage
• Schooner Tavern, 2901 27th Ave S: Looting, broken windows, modest fire and water damage
• See Eyewear, 3032 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage


• Sew Simple, 2424 Nicollet Ave: Property damage
• Seward Community Co-op, 2823 E Franklin Ave: Window smashed
• Seward Pharmacy, 2209 E Lake St: Windows smashed
• Shell, 640 E Lake St: Fire reported
• Skol Liquors, 2500 27th Ave S: Property damage, looting
• Smokeless, 514 E Hennepin Ave: Vandalized
• Soderberg's Floral & Gift, 3305 E Lake St: Property damage
• Sol Travel, 224 W Lake St: Looting, fire damage, water damage
• Speedway, 4320 E Lake St: Property damage
• Speedway, 801 W Lake St: Destroyed by fire
• Speedway , 300 Broadway St NE: Door smashed, looting
• Sprint Store, 3009 Nicollet Ave: Looting, property damage
• Stop N Shop, 3050 1st Ave S: Fire reported
• Studiiyo23, 2319 Hennepin Ave S: Property damage, looting
• Target, 2500 E Lake St: Looting, physical damage to store
• Target, 1650 New Brighton Blvd: Broken windows
• Target, 1300 W Lake St: Property damage, looting
• Teppanyaki Grill and Supreme Buffet, 2216 E Lake St: Fire and property damage
• The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave: Graffiti, damage from fire sprinklers
• The Hub Bike Co-op, 3016 Minnehaha Ave: Property damage
• The Nic on Fifth, 465 Nicollet Mall: Graffiti
• Thurston’s Jewelers, 705 W Lake St: Break-in
• Tibet Store, 2835 Hennepin Ave: Windows smashed
• Timberland, 3001 Hennepin Ave: Property damage, looting
• Tires Plus, 3421 E Lake St: Property damage


• Tobacco shop, 2835 Hennepin Ave: Window smashed
• Total Wireless, 2130 E Lake St, Suite A: Fire and property damage
• Town Talk Diner & Gastropub, 2707 E Lake St: Damage to building
• Trattoria Mucci, 901 W Lake St: Break-in
• Tweak The Glam Studio, 611 W Lake St: Fire damage
• U.S. Bank, 2800 E Lake St: Property damage, graffiti
• U.S. Bank, 1030 W Broadway Ave: Looting
• U.S. Post Office, 110 E 31st St: Destroyed by fire
• Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores, 2864 Chicago Ave: Destroyed by fire
• Uptown Pawn, 301 W Lake St: Windows smashed, property damage, heavy looting
• Uptown Theater, 2906 Hennepin Ave: Broken windows
• Urban Forage Winery and Cider House, 3016 E Lake St: Property damage, looting
• Urban Outfitters, 3006 Hennepin Ave: Window smashed
• Valerie’s Carcineria, 3149 Nicollet Ave: Merchandise stolen
• Walgreens, 3121 E Lake St: All windows smashed, extensive looting
• Walgreens, 4547 Hiawatha Ave: Windows smashed, some looting
• Walgreens, 4323 Chicago Ave: Windows, door damaged, security in place at 2:30pm Thursday
• Walgreens, 627 W Broadway Ave: Fire damage
• Walgreens, 200 W Lake St: Many broken windows, entry smashed, apparent looting, extensive fire damage
• Walgreens, 2650 Hennepin Ave: Property damage
• Wells Fargo, 2218 E Lake St: Fire and property damage
• Wells Fargo, 3030 Nicollet Ave: Destroyed by fire
• Wendy's, 2931 26th Ave S: Looted, fire damage
• Whiskey Junction, 901 Cedar Ave: Looting, broken windows
• White Castle, 100 W Lake St: All windows broken, property damage
• Xcel Energy, 404 Nicollet Mall: Smashed windows and graffiti
• Yuan Yuan, 1010 W Broadway Ave: Broken windows, property damage
• Zipps Liquors, 2618 E Franklin Ave: Windows/doors broken, looting


In St. Paul
• 7-Mile Sportwear, 590 University Ave W: Property damage, looting
• America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, 1360 University Ave W: Graffiti, property damage
• Ananya Dance Theatre, 1197 University Ave W: Property damage
• Big Top Liquors, 1544 University Ave W: Property damage
• Bole Ethiopian Restaurant, 490 N Syndicate St: Fire, property damage
• Boost Mobile, 1499 University Ave W: Fire damage
• BP, 1347 University Ave W: Property damage
• Cub Foods, 2197 Old Hudson Rd: Looting
• CVS, 1300 University Ave W: Store damage
• Discount Tire, 1350 University Ave W: Property damage
• DTLR, 1515 University Ave W: Looting
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 1161 University Ave W: Fire damage
• Fire 'N' Ice Chicken, 600 University Ave W: Property damage
• First Grand Avenue Liquor Store, 918 Grand Ave: Property damage, looting


• Foot Locker, 1484 University Ave W: Extensive fire damage
• Furniture Barn, 1389 University Ave W: Heavily looted
• GameStop, 1484 University Ave W: Substantial fire damage, looting
• Golden Treasures jewelry store, 805 Grand Ave: Looting, property damage
• Goodwill, 1239 University Ave W: Windows smashed
• Great Clips, 1474 University Ave W: Extensive fire damage
• Great Health Nutrition, 1360 University Ave W: Looting
• Leeann Chin, 1360 University Ave W: Property damage
• Liquor Barrel, 665 7th St W: Looting, property damage
• Lloyd's Pharmacy, 720 Snelling Ave N: Heavy fire damage
• Lululemon, 870 Grand Ave: Looting, property damage
• maX it PAWN, 1519 University Ave W: Looting
• Midway Tobacco Outlet Plus, 1418 University Ave W: Property damage
• NAPA Auto Parts, 1271 University Ave W: Heavy fire damage


• Noodles and Co., 470 Hamline Ave N: Windows smashed
• O'Reilly Auto Parts, 448 Lexington Pkwy N: Fire, property damage
• Peking Garden, 1488 University Ave W: Property damage
• R.F. Moeller Jeweler, 2065 Ford Pkwy: Looting
• Speedway, 970 University Ave W: Fire, property damage
• Speedway, 2051 Grand Ave: Extensive fire damage
• Sports Dome, 1505 University Ave W: Fire damage, looting
• Springboard for the Arts, 262 University Ave W: Fire and property damage
• Sprint Store, 1360 University Ave N: Property damage, looting
• T-Mobile, 878 Arcade St: Property damage, looting
• Target, 1300 University Ave W: Some looting
• TCF Bank, 459 Lexington Pkwy N: Property damage
• The Fixery, 760 Cleveland Ave S: Property damage
• The Vitamin Shoppe, 472 Hamline Ave N: Property damage
• TJ Maxx, 1410 University Ave W: Looting
• To New York, 1486 University Ave W: Property damage
• Turf Club, 1601 University Ave W: Looted, flooded by sprinkler damage
• Verizon , 474 Hamline Ave N: Property damage
• Walgreens, 1585 Randolph Ave: Fire, property damage


In Roseville
• Pawn America, 1715 Rice St: Police received reports of looting
• Rosedale Center, 1595 MN-36: Police received reports of looting
• Target, 1515 County B Rd W: Police received reports of looting
• Walmart, 1960 Twin Lakes Pkwy: Police received reports of looting

 

[J.]

Go express your concerns at the next protest, riot. That's what they're all about at this point, yes?

1. They’ve transcended protests and almost certainly guarantee violence at this point. The cause and hearthbreak of the root has been lost in the noise of criminal opportunism and hate. That’s a tragedy.

2. I’m not defending these people I mentioned above, I’m stating that my take on this exact video/situation is wrong. I sometimes agree with the police, I sometimes don’t. I don’t pick a permanent side, I just state what I believe.