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WTAF? Minnesota police get caught on tape slashing protesters' tires, and are now justifying it? (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Jun 2020 OP
are those good cops or the bad cops WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #1
Yes. A HERETIC I AM Jun 2020 #9
How did they know those were protesters cars? csziggy Jun 2020 #2
They were a block away from he 5th precinct that was under seige at the time. judeling Jun 2020 #14
It's an assumption and property damage should not be based on a mere assumption csziggy Jun 2020 #16
FTP & ACAB Coventina Jun 2020 #3
Tactic my ass! They are trying to defend a police riot. rzemanfl Jun 2020 #4
Bullshit Solly Mack Jun 2020 #5
Well, at least they didn't use the traffic spike strips they lay down to Backseat Driver Jun 2020 #15
Slash the valve stems if you going to flatten tires idiots Submariner Jun 2020 #6
These cops should be fired Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #7
Talk about "lame" explanations. oasis Jun 2020 #8
Yep. But lets give them more funds, because they're reformable nt fulllib Jun 2020 #10
Where is the tape? It was posted yesterday, but I dont see it today, and I don't see it in the OP. mahina Jun 2020 #11
I just added the tape to the OP. Bleacher Creature Jun 2020 #12
Thank you! mahina Jun 2020 #13

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
2. How did they know those were protesters cars?
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 12:47 PM
Jun 2020

Reports I have seen said they were parked at a business. One of the videos shows cars parked correctly between the lines in a typical parking lot.

How did the cops know that they were protesters cars? They could have belonged to employees or customers of the business whose parking lot that was.

judeling

(1,086 posts)
14. They were a block away from he 5th precinct that was under seige at the time.
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 01:34 PM
Jun 2020

Not an invalid assumption on their part.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
16. It's an assumption and property damage should not be based on a mere assumption
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 03:32 PM
Jun 2020

This is effectively costing a whole lot of people a whole lot of money as a fine for parking close to a protest. As I said, maybe the cars belonged to employees who had no choice but to park in that lot or to customer who may not have been able to move their cars because of the protest.

It's pretty much the same attitude that gets black people beaten or killed because they might have been guilty of some crime. The crime that George Floyd was killed for was not a death penalty crime. In fact, usually a person who inadvertently pass a counterfeit $20 is not charged with anything. They lose their $20 and tell the officers where the bill might have come from, but they are not charged. George Floyd was killed for it.

Police should not be allowed to commit vandalism on the possibility that the people who drove those cars to that lot were involved in the protests or involved in the destruction of a police station. If this is the MO of the officers from that station, no wonder it was attacked.

I am an old white woman and if I were on either a criminal or civil jury, I would find those officers guilty of malicious vandalism, agree to jail time for them, and award the victims a significantly higher amount than the cost of replacing the tire.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
5. Bullshit
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 12:51 PM
Jun 2020
State Patrol troopers strategically deflated tires ... in order to stop behaviors such as vehicles driving dangerously and at high speeds in and around protesters and law enforcement,” he said.



Several of the damaged cars belonged to reporters on the scene covering the protests that erupted following the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis. Journalists have repeatedly been targeted by law enforcement officers as they cover protests across the country

Backseat Driver

(4,339 posts)
15. Well, at least they didn't use the traffic spike strips they lay down to
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
Jun 2020

thwart those high-speed moving violators in evasion of crime offenders that endanger innocents in deadly collisions of self and others'-harm instead of closing the highways within city jurisdictions. Or did they? Shame on LE vandalization of citizen's vehicles!

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
6. Slash the valve stems if you going to flatten tires idiots
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 12:52 PM
Jun 2020

Air stems are about $8 a piece, tires can be 200 a pop.

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
7. These cops should be fired
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 12:54 PM
Jun 2020

They're caught on camera committing property crimes, fire them, convict them, and then make them personally pay damages.

mahina

(17,506 posts)
11. Where is the tape? It was posted yesterday, but I dont see it today, and I don't see it in the OP.
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 01:07 PM
Jun 2020

Thanks. It’s important for these folks to be held accountable. Rule of law! Equal justice.

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