Five people were shot near Black Lives Matter protest site
Source: Mpls Star Tribune
Five protesters were shot Monday night near the Black Lives Matter encampment at the 4th Precinct police station in north Minneapolis, according to police.
According to Miski Noor, a media contact for Black Lives Matter, a group of white supremacists showed up at the protest, as they have done most nights.
One of the three outsiders wore a mask, said Dana Jaehnert, who had been at the protest site since early evening. One guy was shouting the n word, she said.
When about a dozen protesters attempted to herd the group away from the area, Noor said, they opened fire on about 6 protesters, hitting five of them. Jaehnert said she heard four gunshots.
Read more: http://www.startribune.com/several-people-were-shot-near-black-lives-matter-protest-site/353121881/
starroute
(12,977 posts)On edit: Witnesses saying the shooters had been hanging around the protest for several days. When the protesters tried to move them away peacefully, they waited until they reached a dark area where nobody was filming and shot four or five people. Two or three with minor wounds, one shot in the leg, one in the stomach.
The cops just stood around and refused to hear about it for five minutes. Then they maced the protesters who were filming them and told them, "You asked for this." It took 15-20 minutes for an ambulance to show up.
A lot of people got videos. The shooters had ski masks, but apparently there is video of one of them unmasked.
Witness says, "Tweet at Obama. Cause he needs to be here. They're fucking killing us. Pardon my language."
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Anyway how bout that police attitude !
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Wow..
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)Aria36
(52 posts)progree
(10,908 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 24, 2015, 06:51 AM - Edit history (1)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027376844herding cats
(19,565 posts)They shot them one block from the police station and got away? Hopefully some of the protesters have video of them from before.
Stryst
(714 posts)I have a feeling that at least some of the 4th precinct officers think of these guys as "good guys", maybe even giving the cops a helping hand.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)It isn't just in Minneapolis it's in the suburbs too. This is one of the worst places for Black people I would say AA, but they are even worse to immigrants.
I don't even know where there were more white supremacist in this story, outside the precinct shooting or inside biding their sweet time to do anything about it.
eShirl
(18,494 posts)struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)By ASHLEY SOUTHALL
NOV. 24, 2015
... The Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement early Tuesday morning that officers had responded to reports of multiple gunshots about a block north of the Fourth Precinct around 10:40 p.m. Monday. The victims were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the police said.
Miski Noor ... said the shooting happened as demonstrators were escorting three masked men who had been behaving suspiciously away from the site of the rally, where people have gathered for more than a week to protest the Nov. 15 shooting of Jamar Clark ...
When they reached a dark area, the men turned around and opened fire on the demonstrators before fleeing, Ms. Noor said ...
Ms. Noor said one of the victims was shot in the stomach and underwent surgery early Tuesday.
The police said on Twitter that they were looking for three white male suspects. There had been no arrests early Tuesday. Officials said investigators were still collecting evidence and seeking and interviewing witnesses ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/us/minneapolis-shooting-protest-police-jamar-clark.html?_r=0
struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)Ellison met with some of the bundled-up demonstrators after the Monday night shootings. Temperatures in Minneapolis barely reached 30 degrees in the early hours of Tuesday morning ...
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/11/24/fourth-precinct
7962
(11,841 posts)so far nothing I've read has any proof that these were "white supremacists', only white people. And no, they're not interchangeable
grahampuba
(169 posts)Ive been questioning the White Supremacist line also.
What is the term for these guys who hate everybody but their first person shooter co-gamers. And will say anything to shock and disturb. They were trolling hard online and posting up videos of their interaction with BLM and protesters at the 4th precinct late last week.
"Minneapolis police said they arrested a 23-year-old white man in Bloomington at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday. A second shooting suspect, a 32-year-old Hispanic man, was arrested in south Minneapolis at 12:05 p.m., police said on Twitter. The search for other suspects continues."
http://www.startribune.com/police-searching-for-suspects-who-fired-into-crowd-at-blm-protest-outside-4th-precinct/353154811/
7962
(11,841 posts)Unless he's really good at hiding it
From that article, it says guys showed up "wearing masks" and they started to chase them away? Why? And from the video i've seen. a LOT of people there were wearing masks. A lot of this doesnt make sense. Did these guys say they were gonna start something? Or were they just chased off because they were "white"?
grahampuba
(169 posts)earlier videos from this /k group had them making some threats against BLM and waving a gun around.
https://www.facebook.com/BlackLivesMatterMinneapolis/videos/1010885932288533/
http://pastebin.com/FkA1B2rq
The protesters were made aware of this and had been on the lookout for agitators. I think these guys showed up with that as their purpose as accounts have them shouting racial slurs before being run off by the group of protesters.
7962
(11,841 posts)From the looks of who has been arrested, maybe he did know him
struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)Mr. Clarks family, in a statement attributed to his brother Eddie Sutton and issued through U.S. Rep. Keith Ellisons office, thanked protesters for the incredible support they have shown the family.
But in light of tonights shootings, the family feels out of imminent concern for the safety of the occupiers, we must get the occupation of the fourth precinct ended and onto the next step, the statement said ...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/five-people-shot-at-minneapolis-protest-no-fatalities-1448356831
struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)None of their identities was released and no information was provided about the potential motive in the shooting ...
Social media reports indicated the shooting took place during a confrontation between protesters and several counter-protesters. Some of the reports suggested that white supremacists were involved. However, police did not address those assertions in their news release ...
Protesters saw three people wearing masks who "weren't supposed to be there," Omeoga said. Eventually, the three people left the crowd and began walking down the street, and a few protesters followed. When they reached a corner, the three people pulled out weapons and gunshots rang out, Omeoga said ...
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_29158835/5-shot-near-jamar-clark-protest-north-minneapolis
Scuba
(53,475 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)It's big news.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)This is beyond the pale...
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)nothing to see here citizens. move along.
The police are rounding up a group of black suspects. They will get to the bottom of this. Really. Trust them.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)white supremacist scum.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 24, 2015, 06:37 PM - Edit history (1)
From very evil, wicked and hateful americans. They, with the news about the alabama trump incident where he condoned his supporters actions towards that black protester who was beaten and no one arrested, probably have emboldened racists NATIONWIDE. No doubt in my mind. This has made me very angry. This can't stand.
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underpants
(182,826 posts)Or "race war"
Something is going on out there in their internet.
Dylan Roof in Charleston.
Three thugs got busted here in Richmond with a plan to attack black churches and synagogues in order to incite a race war.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)They both want to eliminate the grey area that most sane people live in, and create a holy war. So far, the radical christianists haven't succeeded in baiting the black community into open warfare. But they are persistent.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)Because you know blacks always have to riot for some reason. The people in that protest group are very
smart. MLK always preached peaceful protest. Do not strike out at the cops or the racists let them hurt you left them make fools of them selves. The protesters in Ferguson played into the right-wingers game plan. These people are not (and hopefully not going forward either). Only let the white supremacists make the moves and hurt them selves. MLK preach if they hit you on your right turn so they hit you on your left.
It works.
SpookyDem
(55 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)back and forth?
If there was punching going on, then someone should've been recording. Especially these days
jwirr
(39,215 posts)separated. Both up to the point of the shooting were protesting. BLM were protesting another shooting while the idiots were protesting BLM. It should have been police who were escorting the three men.
This is very sad because it was unnecessary - the police were not doing their job.
I understand that Minneapolis has called the FBI in and that is good. I hope they find those idiots and do not kill them in doing so. I want them to tell us who they were following - Trump?
apnu
(8,758 posts)people
(625 posts)Protest was right outside police station. Shootings were one block away but according to a some who were there police waited 10 minutes to respond, even though you could hear the shots and people upset and it was chaotic after the shootings. Makes you wonder whether someone knew in the pd that this was going to happen. Hope that was not the case.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)get BLM all upset so they would start rioting. "Everyone knows that when you get some blacks upset that they always have to riot. It's genetics". That is what the white supremacists really believe. Just have to channel the interior MLK.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)I don't know if Minnasota has a Stand Your Ground Law, but in the wild west of republican Florida gun laws, this would have been considered a legal shooting.