It happened pretty fast in MN during the week in which George Floyd was killed by MPLS police, and by thursday, friday, and Sat each day I was praying it would rain and put out the fires or that things would come under control but what had to run its course was the emotions of the people.
I went to school with Philando Castille, a beloved grade school cafeteria worker who was shot in MN by the officer pulling him over after he told the officer he had his legal firearm in his possesion. Afterwards Philando's life and criminal record became a subject of discussion, pulled over 49 times in 13 years for the most trivial of reasons/citations lightbulb out, no seatbelt, "fitting the description" etc. He was loved by so many of the children of that school, he would have been a teacher if it weren't for institutionalized racism.
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I generally avoid but respect the police, I always remind myself that anyone performing an obligation or doing a job is still a person who deserves compassion. The police in Minneapolis for the last 7 days have been afraid to show their faces and not responding to 911 calls but during curfew would walk the streets and shoot rubber bullets at people on their porches or if they peek out their door. They didnt let people protest downtown the cops moved them into the residential neighborhoods, ironically into the most diverse area of MPLS where people really appreciate each other. Yea it was pretty lawless for several days, the amount of outrage from the people that are affected by them.
Everyone here knows that its the police union here that protects and keeps violent and bad cops ON the payroll but also the Hennepin County Medical examiners office, and the Hennepin County prosecutor's office. It has been one hand washes the other since the system was put into place, we are dealing with problems stemming from the same catastrophic disaster that we thought we have been fixing but its still broken.
Police want to be known for bravery but here I usually just see them on the news in a witness stand saying "I feared for my life" then explaining their own reaction based on imagination. The symbol of their antagony is a blacked out flag with just one of the stripes, colored blue
What is the meaning of a thin blue line?
The "Thin Blue Line" stands for law enforcement's separation of order from chaos, or, as Oxford Dictionaries describes, it's a reference to police,
"in the context of maintaining order during unrest."Aug 18, 2017
I think the cats out of the bag on this one because the cops haven't protected anyone in MPLS for a while now. They have been hiding and trolling social media like this MPLS officer reported today by a local paper here
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