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it's morning and the 3rd precinct is a pile of rubble (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2020 OP
Great job folks! Tipperary May 2020 #1
I wouldn't confuse this issue with social distancing FreddyWhite May 2020 #5
Wow, who knew there was so much light at 340 am Bongo Prophet May 2020 #2
Yeah, um Leghorn21 May 2020 #3
Just an observation that it is pretty dark here in my world (some miles south) at 340 am, lol Bongo Prophet May 2020 #4
Bad press here folks. It's not even daylight in Kentucky. KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #6
That's not a picture of the 3rd Precinct Silent3 May 2020 #7

FreddyWhite

(69 posts)
5. I wouldn't confuse this issue with social distancing
Fri May 29, 2020, 05:04 AM
May 2020

This is about the stress of social injustice. By the way, on MSNBC they are saying that it is quite possible that outside instigators and/or anarchists and/or arsonists started the fires. Other wise the protest was peaceful during the day.

I can empathize with the anger and outrage of the citizens of this city. They pay the salary of cops who kill for no reason what so ever. When is it ever OK to kill someone? Crazy.

Which is worse? Death by a racist cop or death by coronavirus?

Bongo Prophet

(2,643 posts)
4. Just an observation that it is pretty dark here in my world (some miles south) at 340 am, lol
Fri May 29, 2020, 04:44 AM
May 2020

A good set up for a narrative, you know the process. Competing narratives. People will spin it one way or another, etc.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)
6. Bad press here folks. It's not even daylight in Kentucky.
Fri May 29, 2020, 05:17 AM
May 2020

The Marketwatch article cited was published last night around midnight and that police building was just being set alight later in the morning.

Morning light will reveal the damage and from videos I've seen tonight, it probably will be extensive.

KY

Silent3

(15,200 posts)
7. That's not a picture of the 3rd Precinct
Fri May 29, 2020, 05:17 AM
May 2020

If it's from Minneapolis at all, it would have to be of something that happened earlier than the police station catching fire. Not only is the daylight wrong, as others have pointed out, but the article itself says "Published: May 28, 2020 at 11:56 p.m. ET".

The caption "around the 3rd Police Precinct", if accurate, could only mean in the general neighborhood of the 3rd Precinct.

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