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Nevilledog

(55,134 posts) Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:18 PM Apr 2021

"Slash their tires so they can't drive away if you need to!" Cops in Minnesota created...

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"Slash their tires so they can't drive away if you need to!" Cops in Minnesota created a warzone-like state and arrested #DaunteWright protesters, along with media covering the events in a highly disturbing night.– @JonFarinaPhoto fearlessly reports.

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"Slash their tires so they can't drive away if you need to!" Cops in Minnesota created... (Original Post) Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP

Yet another Police Riot. /nt tonedevil Apr 2021 #1

Where was it we saw cops slashing tires last summer? underpants Apr 2021 #2

I think it was Portland Ritabert Apr 2021 #6

Minneapolis. dalton99a Apr 2021 #7

willful destruction of private property. Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #9

Provides insight on the real basis of the shooting Sanity Claws Apr 2021 #3

...and they wonder why people hate cops so damn much. roamer65 Apr 2021 #4

PrOtEcTiNg AnD sErViNg WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #5

Why is it not state law, in at least blue states, to have clearly identifiable marks on police gear? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2021 #8

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)

1. Yet another Police Riot. /nt

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:20 PM

Apr 2021

underpants

(197,176 posts)

2. Where was it we saw cops slashing tires last summer?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:20 PM

Apr 2021

DC? The excuse given was that the vehicles were inside the secure police area and could be used as weapons.

Ritabert

(2,613 posts)

6. I think it was Portland

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:25 PM

Apr 2021

😊

dalton99a

(95,252 posts)

7. Minneapolis.

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:26 PM

Apr 2021

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/09/873110812/police-officers-slashed-car-tires-during-minneapolis-protests-police-agencies-sa

Police Officers Slashed Car Tires During Minneapolis Protests, Police Agencies Say
June 9, 2020 2:29 PM ET

The Star Tribune first reported the agency's confirmation, following up on widely seen videos that showed uniformed officers jabbing knives into tires.

The incidents occurred on May 30 and 31 — the first weekend in which outrage over Floyd's killing while in police custody sparked large protests in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities.

Dozens of cars were hobbled in the Kmart lot. Video producer Andrew Kimmel said he returned to his rental car in the middle of the night and found the tires slashed.

Sharing a video of the scene on Twitter, Kimmel said police had cut every tire on his car "as well as every tire of every car in this parking lot."

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Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)

9. willful destruction of private property.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:52 PM

Apr 2021

Aren't the police there to serve (people) and protect (property)?

Every car in the parking lot is vandalism for fun, not crowd control.

fuck them.

Sanity Claws

(22,440 posts)

3. Provides insight on the real basis of the shooting

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:21 PM

Apr 2021

The shooting was not an accident. It is part of a total indifference to life and civil rights.

roamer65

(37,974 posts)

4. ...and they wonder why people hate cops so damn much.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:21 PM

Apr 2021

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,227 posts)

5. PrOtEcTiNg AnD sErViNg

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:23 PM

Apr 2021

Unreformable. Abolish it all.

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,495 posts)

8. Why is it not state law, in at least blue states, to have clearly identifiable marks on police gear?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:32 PM

Apr 2021

The cops act like animals be they can get away with it.

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