Curfews ordered for Minneapolis, St. Paul starting 8 p.m. Friday

[geardaddy]

Source: Star Tribune

The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are imposing a curfew starting 8 p.m. Friday, their mayors declared Friday.

That Minneapolis curfew will last until 6 a.m. Saturday, and then go into effect again at 8 p.m. Saturday, expiring 6 a.m. Sunday.

"During the curfew, all persons must not travel on any public street or in any public place," according to Mayor Jacob Frey's resolution.

The Minneapolis curfew does not respond to emergency services, law enforcement, people seeking "exempt care" and the homeless.


Read more: https://www.startribune.com/mayor-orders-weekend-curfew-for-mpls-starting-at-8-tonight/570873142/

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More at link.

[question everything]

1. Should have done this yesterday

Or, at least, should have had the National Guard and State troopers cordoning the area the way they have done it today.

As Ali Velshi reported last evening - at great peril to himself - and now, as opposed to last night there was no sign of any authority, including fire department.

[geardaddy]

2. Should have arrested Chauvin two days ago. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. A little while ago I had to run an errand

that took me north on Lyndale as far as 26th St., and I saw many business' windows and doors boarded up, especially around the Lake-Lyndale intersection but as far south as the NAPA shop on 36th. I didn't think there had been so much damage in that area, then I realized that they were boarding up pre-emptively. Somebody made a killing on plywood today.

[uncle ray]

5. I've heard of similar prep up in st cloud, too.

[progree]

6. A lot of places looted and/or damaged the first night in Uptown area

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-list-of-the-buildings-damaged-looted-in-minneapolis-riots

The above is just the first night. I haven't heard of any last night but haven't checked out the Google hits to see ..

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. These places were in addition to the ones on the list.

I saw people boarding up windows that weren't broken - they were evidently preparing for more unrest tonight.

[progree]

9. Yup. I found this one about the 2nd night (Thurs night/Fri morning)

https://www.southwestjournal.com/news/2020/05/a-night-of-organized-burglary-in-southwest-minneapolis/
A night of ‘organized burglary’ in Southwest Minneapolis, Southwest Journal, 5/29/20

Lots of lots of pictures too, but unfortunately no captions on them.

[geardaddy]

8. I live in Uptown

I don't think anything was looted after the first night. I just drove around and lots of businesses are boarded up, but I think that just preventative.

[progree]

10. Please see #9 above. n/t

[geardaddy]

12. Thanks.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. At least everyone has plenty of practice with staying home.

After watching lots of news coverage from MN on Thursday, I suspect few believed the protests would spiral out of control, perhaps due to public concern over COVID-19. Clearly not the case as protester convictions outweighed health concerns.

I understand you must have adequate manpower to execute an effective curfew and this one will require far more officers than available police can provide, hence the delay until the National Guard could mobilize and get on the ground.


KY.............

[jayfish]

11. Time For An "American Patriot Rally".

The precedent's been set so F that curfew!

[NickB79]

13. Not just MSP; I'm 30 miles south and our county declared a curfew

My back yard is a corn field.

[dflprincess]

14. Bloomington & Edina have also declared curfews

(I think Richfield as well, but I'm not sure). 9pm - 6am for Friday/Saturday and 8pm to 6am Saturday/Sunday.

I know the Cub in my neighborhood closed at 5 & the Lund's a couple miles away sent a text that it was closing at 7.