Minnesota NAACP leader shocks CNN: Police are ‘behind’ the Black Lives Matter shooting

[KamaAina]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/minnesota-naacp-leader-shocks-cnn-police-are-behind-the-black-lives-matter-shooting/

Raeisha Williams, communications chair of the Minneapolis NAACP, told CNN that members of law enforcement were “behind” the Monday night shooting of Black Lives Matter protesters....

“We’re hearing two (arrests) at this time,” Williams explained. “But we don’t necessarily trust that. We know that the police department is behind this, this is our personal belief after receiving witness accounts.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” Baldwin interrupted. “You said you believe the police department is behind what?”

“We believe the police department is facilitating the injustice, bullying the protesters,” Williams replied. “And we also believe that they’re involved in this shooting. We know from blackboards and chat rooms and also videos that we have posted on our website that police that are from different counties, police from different districts have come down to entice the protesters, have come down to bully the protesters.”

[hifiguy]

1. This is NOT going to help.

A serious, peaceful, disciplined and well-attended protest is a GOOD thing.

This isn't, unless there is proof to be put on the table. If there is, let's see it and get to the bottom of it.

[glinda]

8. Please also see my post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=33227

[billhicks76]

14. Police Wear Masks

Did you not see all the YouTube footage of Oakland police pretending to be protestors and inciting violence? These are essentially criminal gangs and terrorists. Im glad where I live the cops dont act like this.

[951-Riverside]

2. Witnesses said they saw a police officer wearing the same brand mask as one of the shooters

This wouldn't be a surprising outcome after all the police department still haven't named 3 white men who are in custody or released their photos.

The department said police arrested a 23-year-old white male. Two additional white men ages 21 years old and 26 years old turned themselves in and are being questioned.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/five-people-shot-at-minneapolis-protest-no-fatalities-1448356831

Plus the Police union head called for the protesters to be "silenced" the other day.

Fast forward to 4:19

[KamaAina]

3. Ah yes, the police union.

Still giving real unions a bad name.

[951-Riverside]

5. Around 4:39 he took a nasty swipe at a "Service Industry Union"

I assume he was talking about the SEIU

https://twitter.com/SEIUHCMN/status/668159006473658368

[glinda]

7. haha....the ones who want Hartow and the Mayor out....

[951-Riverside]

6. They kind of remind me of these undercover officers at a Police brutality protest in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh:

Oakland:





If you watch the Minneapolis video of the shooters milling around before they opened fire it looks like they are covering each other's backs similar to the undercover cops in Pittsburgh



https://twitter.com/WedgeLIVE/status/669160633951109120

[glinda]

9. They are named until charged.

[951-Riverside]

10. Forgot to add; there was no manhunt, no persons of interest named, no statements from lawyers...

...no record of arrest.

These guys just voluntarily turned themselves in and disappeared into the system.

Very strange.

[TipTok]

28. Just because you... personally...

...have not received an update from Loretta Lynch on the minute by minute status of three folks in an active investigation does not mean that they 'disappeared' into the system by some evil malevolent hand.

What exactly would someone look like who wasn't 'disappeared'? Live stream webcam into their cell? Minute by minute tweets from an approved activist staring at him?

Or maybe you're in on the conspiracy too and are just trying to throw us off the scent!

Who are you trying to protect?!

[roguevalley]

12. I would not be surprised if they were. We're seeing terrible things i

haven't seen since police used clubs and fire hoses on protesters. If you think it couldn't happen, you're wrong. It already has

[fbc]

20. Holy shit, he actually said that.

Plus the Police union head called for the protesters to be "silenced" the other day.


Fast forward to 4:19

[BainsBane]

24. Plus his antagonism toward the police chief and the mayor

Speaking of "outsiders," that is exactly who Mpls police are. I'd wager most of them don't even live in the city.

[BainsBane]

23. That union rep gives a good taste of why the police in Minneapolis

are viewed so poorly by residents here. Not to mention the FBI has to investigate them all too often for corruption and abusive practices.

[LiberalArkie]

4. BLM is just going to have to channel MLK and then they win.

[fbc]

11. 5 people shot with 8 bullets?

That doesn't sound like the kind of accuracy associated with police shootings.

[billhicks76]

15. They Shot Them In The Legs Because They Were About To Be Outed As Cops

[Freddie Stubbs]

27. "Only imperial stormtroopers are so precise."

[billhicks76]

13. Wow...Like The KKK The Police Are The Real Terrorists

They should be charged with terrorism charges. They get away with everything from spying on your private lives, to killing small dogs to murdering anyone they disagree with. Power concedes nothing without demand.

[Matariki]

16. Tragically, this doesn't seem at all crazy or unlikely.

:weeping:

[KamaAina]

19. Try colon, 'cry', colon.

[Matariki]

21. :no:

seriously, I meant to write it that way. It's too serious and tragic for emoticons, but I wanted to express my sense of sadness.

[Not Sure]

17. I'm reminded of Paul Ryan's favorite band

"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses." -RATM

I will not be surprised at all to learn police are behind this.

[mythology]

18. Extraodinary claims require extraordinary proof

Until that appears, I'm going to regard this with skepticism.

[Snobblevitch]

22. Until there is proof, I would not believe these accusations.

"blackboards"?

[blackspade]

25. The cops are beginning to feel their power slade away.

Unfortunately this will make them act worse.

[Historic NY]

26. Apparently they don't know 3 are in custody.....

Minneapolis police said Tuesday that they have arrested three men in connection with the shooting. Allen Lawrence “Lance” Scarsella III, 23, was arrested in Bloomington. Sources said Nathan Gustavsson, 21, of Hermantown, and Daniel Macey, 26, of Pine City, were taken into custody after they turned themselves in. All three suspects are white. Earlier Tuesday, police arrested a 32-year-old Hispanic man in south Minneapolis, but he was later released because, police said, he was not at the scene of the shooting.

Authorities are weighing whether to treat Monday’s shooting as a hate crime, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

In a video message posted on Facebook, Mayor Betsy Hodges said she “abhors” Monday night’s violence and that “those attacks have no place in our city.”

Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau on Twitter called the officers “true professionals” and noted that “MPD worked nonstop through the night to bring justice in last night’s shooting.” She did not comment further on the shooting Tuesday.



http://www.startribune.com/police-searching-for-suspects-who-fired-into-crowd-at-blm-protest-outside-4th-precinct/353154811/

[TeddyR]

29. Yeah

And none appear associated with the police. Perhaps an apology is in order?