Minnesota Deploys National Guard Ahead Of Next Week's Police Shooting

[cinematicdiversions]

ST. PAUL—Activating nearly 3,000 personnel, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz deployed the National Guard to Minneapolis Friday ahead of next week’s police shooting. “We understand that tempers are flared right now, and we urge you to remain calm and demonstrate lawfully following next Wednesday’s tragedy,” said Walz, who explained that local officials would be imposing curfews throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area within the next two weeks in response to the impending officer-involved shooting. “We have reason to believe the next shooting of an unarmed resident will be exceptionally egregious, so we’re giving the National Guard a bit of a head start. Know that I will share the same sentiment as the many of you who will pour into the streets in only a few days’ time, but peaceful protesting will be the answer.” At press time, Walz added that he was prepared to deploy another 1,000 troops to stem protests that would arise in response to the massive bloodshed resulting from police clashes with the original group of protesters.





https://www.theonion.com/minnesota-deploys-national-guard-ahead-of-next-week-s-p-1846699850

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. heh

[markie]

2. there is no more satire...

not even funny anymore

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I was positive this was Borowitz or The Onion

[mjvpi]

14. I was "positive" last month.

[indigoth]

3. Curiously

There were army trucks and soldiers in fatigues, all over uptown in minneapolis, last night.

[PatSeg]

5. That is really sad

Too close to reality.

[central scrutinizer]

6. Poor taste, in my opinion

Satire should be painful, to the powerful, not to victims

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. I'd say skewering the deployment of the largest policing presence in state history is worth it.

[Treefrog]

7. Bad satire, and the troops are obviously not American.

Ugh.

[underpants]

9. No they aren't but that looks a lot like my Army days

Everyone milling area behind the tracks in the track park.

[cinematicdiversions]

13. Troops are Canadian getting ready for an attack on an Indian uprising in Quebec. (Whiskey Rock) NT

[gldstwmn]

10. They are there for a verdict.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. These are not US troops,

notice the uniforms, no US Armed Forces personnel wear this kind of uniform, they look more like the IDF.

Had a feeling this was an Onion article.

[cinematicdiversions]

17. Canucks. NT

[stillcool]

12. Did not 'get it' until I read the comments

Sad.

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. When I first read the headline, on the Title page,

I was sure the sentence was truncated because of character limit. How could it be otherwise? How wrong I was.

I'm a little conflicted about the 'humour' and tone thereof. If this was a DU jury situation, I'd call it "Close, but doesn't quite break the rule."

[uponit7771]

16. K&R