There's a church in Brooklyn Center that was harboring people hurt by police violence during the

[riversedge]

I saw the tweet below and I did not know what it was about. But I did find an article about the Church.
I do not know why the police in riot gear are around the Church.





There's a church in Brooklyn Center that was harboring people hurt by police violence during the #DaunteWright protests, and this was how the cops responded.

I don’t even know where to start... this is a tax payer funded fascist nightmare. Literally nothing has changed!

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Brooklyn Center Church Serves As Haven For All During Unrest


https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/04/15/brooklyn-center-church-serves-as-haven-for-all-during-unrest/

By Erin Hassanzadeh
April 15, 2021 at 10:16 pm


Filed Under:Brooklyn Center News, Daunte Wright, Erin Hassanzadeh, Local TV

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (WCCO) — A church in Brooklyn Center is hoping to be a place for the community to find peace despite the chaos outside.

For the fifth night in a row, Kathy Winn and others from her church are preparing to welcome whoever walks in their doors.


“It’s not about sitting in a church pew, it’s being out in the neighborhood and showing your love for people,” Winn said.

Just around the corner from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Lutheran Church of the Master found itself at the epicenter of the calls for justice for Daunte Wright.

“We’re praying for everyone and we’re praying for just solutions and peace and this is our little way of showing our love,” Winn said.

And they’re doing that by putting out food and water and letting people use the restroom, take a breath and have a conversation.

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[Lars39]

1. Took me a bit to process wtf I was seeing.

Good grief

[vercetti2021]

2. Let's not kid ourselves

Fascism is here in plain sight.

[PatSeg]

3. That is absolutely insane

At a time when the image of police in Minnesota is at an all time low, this is what they do?

[crickets]

4. What the- WOW.

All those cops surrounding a church. Why?

[haele]

6. Because they are brainwashed by the thin blue line lie.

They see themselves as the last roman centurion legion holding back the Vandals and Goths. They don't serve their community, they serve the Empire -their Police Unions and the "movers and shakers". And any dissent in their ranks is delt with harshly, so the "bad apples" tend to run their ranks.

Police in the US increasingly are not Andy Griffith or Barney Miller, trying to keep their communities safe and reasonably law abiding. Their only job to protect valuable property, collect revenue, and act as ad-hoc judges of "lesser" people within their jurisdiction whenever there's a need to hammer dissent down.

We need to start looking at the European model of community policing if we are going to stop expecting our police to be shock troops for "The Law".

Haele

[regnaD kciN]

10. Yes, but we can't actually DO anything...

...or we'll be accused of wanting to "defund the police," and lose to Republicans who use that claim, just as happened last year.

The sad fact is that, at the moment, while many of us are outraged by police violence (particularly against BIPOC), the majority of Americans (particularly whites) regard it as regrettable "collateral damage" worth paying in exchange for keeping their families and belongings safe. Not that they aren't "bothered" by incidents like the deaths of George Floyd and Duante Wright but, if it's a choce between that and themselves being at risk, they'll gladly sacrifice ten George Floyds every day.

[wnylib]

17. One thing that we can do is to keep getting

the message out about what is happening. Change the perceptions of the majority to make them see that injustice for some is injustice for all.

When we let the fascists get away with targeting some people, we pave the way for them to do it to everyone. Make people see the larger picture and how it hurts them in the end. Self interest motivates people more than principles. So show society at large how and why this matters to them, too.

[wellst0nev0ter]

21. Because funding the police works

Real efficient use of resources

[ret5hd]

5. Well, at least while this is going on...

the “murdered-by-cop” numbers will go WAY down.

[riversedge]

7. Tweet: Image Description: Over 75 Minnesota State Troopers form a blockade around a Brooklyn Center

Image Description:
Over 75 Minnesota State Troopers form a blockade around a Brooklyn Center church at dusk. With helmets and batons at the ready they surround the building at least two layers deep, preventing any access to sanctuary.

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[crickets]

8. Arresting unarmed medics. How *brave*. nt

[regnaD kciN]

11. As far as I can tell, they aren't so much "arresting unarmed medics"...

...as making sure no one in need of their services can reach them.

[crickets]

13. Same thing they were doing surrounding the church.

They're punishing the neighborhood for being upset about yet another cop shooting a black man. How dare the neighborhood react at all. It's disgusting.

[uponit7771]

14. omfg, MINIMUM the leadership of this PD needs their asses FIRED quick fast and yesterday. This is

... oppression.

[Iggo]

9. Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do. (n/t)

[uponit7771]

12. The mayor needs to fire EVERY SINGLE PERSON who decided this was a good idea and hire back

... at a 12% increase people who want to serve that community.

FUCK THEM

[Mopar151]

15. Terrorists!

Attacking aid stations, blocking medical, or humanitarian aid? Soldiers don't do this, civilian cops shouldn't. Against The Geneva Conventions,, making them war crimes.

The thin blue line is no longer with us.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

16. The Mayor is in Control

Fire all the police officers involved!! They are "daring" the young black Mayor. The Mayor needs to show the fascists who is in charge. This is Minnesota, the overwhelming of the population hates....and I mean hates racism and they hate the police. Mayor.... Minnesota has your back!

[ancianita]

18. Protection? Nah, more lethal undue force to back up the original lethal undue force.

Standard battle formation from BLM days.

[wnylib]

19. It would go a long way in restoring

my faith in humanity if other churches in the area called upon their members to show up at this site to show solidarity with the people trapped inside. Show the fascist cops and the religious right that they do not own the country or religion.

With a little creativity, some groups could distract these fascist cops to let medics and other people inside the church.

This situation just screams out for some good trouble.

[riversedge]

23. yes. yes.

[Crunchy Frog]

20. Wow. I wonder how things would have gone on Jan 6 if there had been that kind of police presence.

At least we can see who the system regards as the real threat.

[uponit7771]

25. +1

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Last summer, Brooklyn Center was touted as a shining example of police reform.

PrOtEcTiNg AnD sErViNg

[riversedge]

24. Looks like the troops are replaced with barracks and HUGE army trucks......

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[uponit7771]

26. Right !?!?!