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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
This is scary but possibly right if you read the complaint. This city will really burn then. According to Unicorn Riot twitter, protests are moving toward the 5th Precinct despite the curfew. That is ten blocks from my house, but all quiet here right now. I’m on the board of a domestic violence prevention organization that is directly across the street from the 5th. I biked by today and they had signs up in the shelter windows: “Women and Children Live Here.” “This is a home.” I felt sick until I learned they were evacuated to another location this evening.
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I’ve yet to see damage to a residential property, other than the under construction apartments. At least before last night (haven’t had a chance to go out and look yet), they really did seem to be targeting corporate-owned stores - pharmacies, cell phone store, dollar stores, etc.
Which tells me we’re beyond civil rights protesters and into something more dangerous.
ETA: I’m increasingly believing we are the Reichstag. MPD is allegedly actually run by a 45-loving known racist union boss. They failed to prepare the 3rd precinct and then shot tear gas and “less lethal” rounds into a mostly peaceful crowd the first night, reportedly refusing orders to stand down. Then they’ve largely disappeared while things burned since then. Is it a set up for authoritarism?
Meanwhile, there’s lots of beefy white dudes in huge pickups roaming the city.
Regardless, the governor is certainly correct that there are outside actors taking advantage of the situation to destroy things. There are certainly anarchists and white supremicists (and who knows what else) stirring shit up. It’s scary and smell like smoke.
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