L. Wasserman @Lwasserman@qoto.org

@freemo @gawrsh It's probably more accurate to say that marginalized groups are canaries in the coal mine.

@freemo @gawrsh What are your thoughts on the 1033 program? Personally, I don't think it helps this soldier cop mentality.

@richardotomislav Congratulations!

@gawrsh @freemo I think we're getting that this isn't purely racist in Minneapolis. The cops keep shooting clearly marked reporters and medics.

@richardotomislav I hope that you have a nice celebration planned when you're done.

@richardotomislav Good luck. Animation exam?

@design_RG We have one of those, but the spout is on the side. Krisis sticks her head up to it and looks like she's drinking directly from the faucet.

@peterdrake That there is some of that civil engineering mumbo-jumbo.

@freemo Maybe. But I think there might be more to it. I'll post if and when I get some concrete evidence.

Can't work. Obstruction encountered.

@freemo @Oblivia Come visit some time. I'll show you around.

Also, there seems to be a huge shift in the appearance, manner and tactics of the people gathering during the day, and the ones setting fire at night. Unless the whole group went home and changed into their pseudo-militia gear, I think there isn't a ton of overlap.

@freemo @Oblivia Folks around here are saying that it's not them. The ward representatives are organizing groups to protect their areas. Dreamhaven is asking for local geeks to help defend the store. Meanwhile, people are seeing folks that they don't recognize. Sometimes Minneapolis is described as "a big small town". People know each other. This is weird.

@freemo This isn't pictures from friends. It's more official. But both the St. Paul mayor and the Minneapolis police chief are stating that the folks they are arresting are from out of state.

https://www.fox9.com/video/688884?fbclid=IwAR0wsoXm1ksACUvkl5zSnT_Zt22Af30PbN8PJJEW2h712-_rr6abmhlCS5k

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/4571215-st-paul-mayor-everyone-arrested-last-night-in-his-city-from-out-of-state/?fbclid=IwAR0Dks7UmN5x-Ach7D6LNrrPswD-f8cj1ylDDKANbly9s9MhYG2mRIAVRmo

@freemo I wasn't at the protests. Several friends were. The destruction is verified. Let me see if I can get you some good pictures that haven't spread as far yet.

@freemo I was somewhat selfishly mourning the loss of a bookstore. I do not mean to make light of the loss of lives.

@freemo The problem with it being a group of folks out of town, is that while the locals were gathering, yelling, and damaging a couple of chain stores, the out-of-towners destroyed Mom & Pop shops, drug stores, the post office, and a gas station amidst a residential neighborhood. The latter group is rendering a poor neighborhood completely unlivable. Grocery stores are shut. Buses have stopped their routes. And several of those local protesters were physically trying to defend the local shops. It is two, very different things.

@freemo @a7 I'd say that it's more an anti-cop sentiment, that I'm hearing.

@freemo I know that property is nothing compared to a life, but the arsonists burnt a bookshop that was very loved. No local did that.