Watch: Police Officers Slash Tires Of Unoccupied Cars Near Minneapolis Protests; Report

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Incident May 31, 2020. - June 8, 2020, 'Police Agencies Acknowledge Slashing Protestors Tires, Report,' Patch, SW Minneapolis. The state Department of Public Safety and Anoka County Sheriff's officials confirmed using a tactic that isn't "typical" to slow protesters.

..On his Twitter feed, [reporter] Kimmel interviewed the tow truck operator who responded to the lot the day after tires were slashed. The driver, who said he was born and raised in St. Paul, said he had been towing vehicles belonging to medics, news crews and others whose vehicles were parked in the lots at the time of the protests...
READ, https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/police-agencies-acknowledge-slashing-protestors-tires-report

[LakeArenal]

1. Looks like Minneapolis policy are doubling down on corruptness.

Law suits pending 2020.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Has to the the Antifa doing it, in disguise of course.

[captain queeg]

3. Who are the terrorist a?

[Pantagruel]

4. Was anyone other than the cops

blamed for the tire slashing?

[NonPC]

5. Great Picture of a Tattoo

Looks like the cop doing the slashing has a shoulder tattoo. Shouldn't be too hard to id him.

[PurgedVoter]

6. If it were not a cop

and you complained about someone at work and they slashed your tires and every tire in the parking lot and you got it on film, think about the consequences.

But for a cop it is legal. But this is much worse. The cops standing around watching and by their presence protecting and not preventing this, it is like having the HR department standing around watching and supporting it. What we have in life is a hostile work environment ready to spring if you say anything. Every officer in that crowd needs to lose their job for dereliction of duty.

[mahina]

7. Minneapolis cops wear camo?

What is the other uniform? I see black uniforms that don't look like police but have police chest armor, people in camo and a third uniform of sorts that looks like a military uniform without insignia?

[tishaLA]

8. But saying "Defund The Police!" Is bad....

[StClone]

13. Neoliberalism is really big money at work defunding everything

Everything except Military and law enforcement.

[rgbecker]

9. Unbelieveable!

Ordered to do it to keep the cars from being driven....Of course one tire would not have been enough...all four...each car...we are talking thousands of dollars of damage.

Ever have your car towed? Expensive proposition.


Nothing to see here....move along?

[Xipe Totec]

10. using a tactic that isn't "typical"? Yea, it's called vandalism. nt

[procon]

11. Sure looks like very professional behavior.

Seriously, how petty and childish, and cowardly. The whole point of this type of behavior is revenge, which coincidentally, is just the sort of crap that Trump engages in and admires in others.

The cops are mad that they have to work the streets and mess with folks they dislike from the start. Maybe they can't club every single protestor into the asphalt, or shoot the in the face, or smirk they strangling the life out of them, so that leaves retaliation stunts like slashing tires, smashing cell phones and acting out their rage in folks who can't fight back.

[warmfeet]

12. Don't defund the police.

Eliminate these fascists. Get rid of these fuckers.

[Marcuse]

14. Just another gang wearing blue.

[Rebl2]

15. Since when

do cops wear military fatigues. I don’t think they are ops or military. I think they are militia groups.

[Alex4Martinez]

16. Killology, "Bulletproof Warrior" training, Minneapolis Police Union provided this.

More about that here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213560370

[BlueIdaho]

17. Tell me again about the good cops daddy... nt.

[mysteryowl]

18. Local response is:

"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," Gordon said.

Gordon said the patrol also targeted vehicles "that contained items used to cause harm during violent protests" such as rocks, concrete and sticks.

"While not a typical tactic, vehicles were being used as dangerous weapons and inhibited our ability to clear areas and keep areas safe where violent protests were occurring," he said. As in all operations of this size, there will be a review about how these decisions were made."

https://www.startribune.com/officers-slashed-tires-on-vehicles-parked-during-mpls-protests-unrest/571105692/

[Major Nikon]

19. Pigs gonna oink

[Nitram]

20. OMG

[MrScorpio]

21. ACAB.

[Demonmogirl]

22. When we do it, it's a crime

When they do it...