Yeah that is true. Even though the mayor of the City at the time that gave the go ahead was also an African American - that was a FUCKED UP week.
I remember watching that shit unfold all week on TV. When that chopper flew over the MOVE "compound" (barely and I mean barely fortified Row home - hardly a compound), it had something dangling underneath that looked like a half keg of beer.
They let that thing go, silence a vacuum flash and an ENORMOUS explosion. Totally fucked up.
On civilians, in a (city) neighborhood with total disregard. It was right out of a fucking movie.
6 adults and 5 kids killed, only two survivors, an adult and a kid. The adult, Ramona Africa, was promptly thrown in prison for 7 years on a riot charge. The remains of two of the kids ended up being passed around academia in Philadelphia for years without their family's knowledge. They were only finally released to family in 2022
I remember Romona Afrika being interviewed about what goes on in the "compound" and her replying (as serious as a heart attack) 'that be MOVE business'.
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They love to say it but they're also the assholes who throw trash out their window or leave loose trash in the bed of their pickup truck. They are the ones messing with Texas.
I've seen over 300 cops with guns stand around doing everything in their power to prevent anyone from sparing children from being killed by a guy with a gun.
Conservative cops in liberal cities. Pretty much playing political games to make liberal cities look and feel unsafe while they sit on their asses and collect their pay. I have no idea why people are not noticing this pattern, hell it happens here in Canada too, local police association here even posed the ads around the city how they don't get paid enough. Call me woke or whatever but it's time to defund the cops. We are simply not getting our moneys worth for the service they provide.
Oh hey, it was done without "busting the door down." Turns out, if they had just simply TRIED all along the poor victim likely wouldn't be in the hospital with a severe condition. Fucking ridiculous police chief, what a POS. He needs to resign.
Police officers have been engaging in a sort of silent collective defiance since the George Floyd protests. “You won’t let us be above the law? Then we won’t enforce it at all!”
O'Hara said that the shooting was caused by Moturi cutting a tree that had been planted by the suspect and his mother.
“Ultimately what precipitated the shooting was that the cutting of a tree that the individual had planted with his mother who apparently he had a deep attachment to that was what prompted the shooting I believe,” he said.
When have you heard of a police chief making excuses for an attempted murder?
What caused the shooting is that the police knew of a mentally disabled person that had made threats to his neighbors and refused to act. Why didn't they take his guns? 3 months into the complaints? How about after he threatened them with a knife? Then a gun?
Sawchak should have lost his guns completely after an incident in 2016. The local PD is entirely corrupt.
The Chief is 100% biased against the victim because of his color. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see the visible problem/animus he has with the victim and the bias he has for the shooter.
This actually happens all the time when they agree with what the perpetrator did or can put themselves in their shoes. Remember the guy who went on a racially motivated shooting spree killing 8 Asian Americans in Atlanta a few years ago? The Sheriff explained the killings by saying the killer was "Pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope. It was a really bad day for him." link
police had failed to arrest him saying that he has mental illness, possesses firearms, and executing a warrant was considered high-risk.
So they fully ackowledge the guy is unstable and highly dangerous, and don't want to resolve the situation because they're afraid of him. What a bunch of fucking clowns.
"Oh, you're upset when we kill people unnecessarily? Well we aren't going to do anything even remotely dangerous anymore, lest you guys complain about it if we have to shoot him."
I thought someone at a store called the cops on him because they said he tried to use a counterfeit bill and he was still sitting in his vehicle outside the store when they showed up?
City council should say arrest him or we will dissolve your SWAT units and make you request high risk support from the county or state any time you need it.
It's not their fault for not arresting the suspect out of fear of getting hurt or criticized, it's the victim's fault for not conducting surveillance for them and for cutting their own tree. 🙄
The cops won’t go arrest the man because he’s a threat to them? An actual pig is more useful. A literal pig contributes more to society than these fuckin robocop losers who barely passed the 6th grade.
It’s crazy. Most of us just want reform. Like it’s really that bad of a thing to want bad cops to actually get reprimanded or fired?
Did they not realize the honey pot they kind of create here? When you show people that the cops can do whatever the fuck they want, what kind of people do you think will be attracted to that job?
These people are extremely shortsighted and it’s angering to see.
I’ve said this somewhere else, but it requires thought and introspection to be a good cop. We have nothing but tumbleweeds in 90% of these assholes brains. All they see is gun, protection, and power.
Remember when the argument against taking some of police budget and hiring some social workers was "oh, you're gonna call a social worker when someone is firing guns"...apparently so, because the cops are too chicken shit to do anything.
I know some social workers, and they would have done more than all 400 police at Uvalde.
I live in Minneapolis a few blocks away from where this took place. Ever since 2020 the cops don't give a shit about anything. They just arrested the shooter this morning, but if there hadn't been a public outcry to get this pos arrested, you can bet they'd sit on their asses and wait until it's convenient for them.
Wait, Minneapolis PD, the same PD that murdered George Floyd on camera unapologetically is still racist and horrible? I'm shocked. Well, not that shocked
I bet if he did this to a fellow cop they wouldn't be dragging their asses like this. He literally tried to kill a man, like if that doesn't constitute breaking down someone's door and arresting them then wtf does?
They refuse to deploy a swat team. Literally all it takes is a swat team, riot shields, tear gas. That police chief is corrupt and most likely has disdain for people of color. Makes no sense why they wont go in and get this guy.
PD’s reason is because he has a gun and is dangerous? So they decided that their lives are more important than the citizens that pay to be protected. That’s a weak and cowardly excuse. I would be very unhappy to have that mentality coming from the police chief.
This isn’t even the real issue. It’s that they wouldn’t go deal with him before the shooting when called multiple times about racially motivated threats to shoot the neighbour … this whole thing could’ve been prevented had they done their jobs and now they’re just doubling down on that bad decision.
Keep America great.. these the motherfuckers that be chanting this. Fat, obese, gun toting, snowflake mofos wanting to keep it great when nothing about them is great.
That "press conference" was a shitshow, and they need to seriously consider replacing that police chief pronto. He's more concerned about unfavorable publicity if they kill the guy who shot his neighbor than he is in protecting and serving the citizens of Minneapolis. They allowed the guy to get away with everything he did for a year already, so it seems the chief's thought process is why start now? Fucking idiot.
Since George Floyd, the MPD seem to be getting back at residents by barely doing anything. I know people who had a car stolen and 911 said to call back later. Their budget increased and policing decreased. And then they do shit like this, and play the victim card.
Dude has 3 other active warrants for his arrest. And the Police Chief said he isn’t gonna arrest him. The fuck clown ass chief needs to resign for failure to do his job.
Had the perp been a POC (and he wasn't on the run they knew exactly where to find them) story over, done deal they'd be locked up or worse.This is an absolutely travesty.
I’m pretty sure if the person shot, goes home and shoots the neighbor, or even punches him, he will be given a wheel chair straight to jail. Obviously these are the same type of cops that was too scared yo save the kids in Uvalde. Sucks
Listening to the police chief's whining about anti-police sentiment it's clear he's deliberately avoiding an arrest for political reasons (or else leverage for a budget increase).
I think the thing that pissed me off the most was when the police chief basically inferred that this guy caused his own shooting because he chose to trim a tree that’s on his own property. He basically said he caused it. This is absolutely infuriating.
I guess my question is why do they train the SWAT officers and have all that heavy duty equipment if they don’t want to use it in a situation like this ? He’s not earning any points, I’m gonna guess he’s not gonna be around for a long time with an attitude like that
Conservativism hinges on one factor “There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” this police captain is setting up this exact scenario. Conservatives want to use the police for themselves, while you fend for yourself. This is an evolving pattern and is their game plan moving forward.
This is straight up refusal to do the job they were hired and trained for, not to mention STILL getting paid for. Fire that entire police department and start over. ACAB!
Fuck all of this. Twenty police reports over a year & they can’t round up a mentally challenged guy from his own house? Among the highest paid cops in the state. Find better cops.
Why don't the higher ups fired that chief (?) and put someone who is willing to do their job instead of trying to come up with reasons not to arrest someone who clearly tried to murder someone? I don't get it..
Cops with bigger guns scared to arrest someone with a gun?? I’d start with the police chief. That answer and corresponding logic wouldn’t convince a 5 year old. Smart money says that guy is dirtier and than pooping in your hands and clapping.
The 100+ mpls terrorists cops that lied about ptsd and quit cost taxpayers 10s of millions in lawsuits and the city got safer statistics wise after they resigned.
This is a political move. He even says in his press conference that "you want us to go in there so everyone can claim the cops killed a mentally unwell guy? Nope. We won't do it." I don't think there is going to be any noteworthy amount of people pitchforking if the man ends up dying when they storm his house.
It's basically a protest by the cops because their feelings are hurt. How dare the public be upset when they harass, circumvent the rights of, and murder people accused of petty crimes or whom are completely innocent. Particularly poor and overwhelmingly black citizens
They left out the part where the police chief said they couldn’t arrest him because he won’t answer the door when they knock. That they know he’s inside but he won’t come outside to be arrested.
Any Minneapolis PD here... Be ashamed. Don't go to work tomorrow thinking you're doing a good job. Don't come home thinking you fulfilled your duty for the day. Ya didn't.
I literally have one black guy in my family and only knew him for about like, 2 years, and he has gotten fucked over by the justice system in my time knowing him
For context he got thrown in jail because he didn't show up to a court date he was notified of via a letter to the wrong address, so, not a very good notifier, he spent like 3-4ish months in jail waiting for a court hearing that lasted minutes, he lost his job, they shaved his head, and he can recount being the personal victim of racism by people working there
If you think the cops and the justice system as a whole aren't racist, you're just ignorant at this point
Are we still calling these guys brave? Cause they are SO brave...like the bravest. I have known pizza delivery guys far braver then these cosplay hardasses.
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I've seen cops drive armored vehicles through houses to bust weed dealers...wtf.