you'd think. i guess the final obstacle is selecting a jury that is willing to acknowledge the obvious crimes and convict
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
I'm from the Twin Cities and while I've come to better understand how racist they/we are since leaving, this makes me physically ill in a way that's new to me.
― lukas, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
This killed me, so this coffee shop is 2 blocks from my gf's apartment so we usually go over here to get coffee on weekends. Courtney is one of those classic women behind a counter, really fun and sassy and loves talking to everyone and generally just makes the place feel really homey....and it turns out she was his girlfriend đź’”
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAs5ruNHzDr/?igshid=rx680a36n26b
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
All these good people, lives ended or shattered and that piece of shit if still breathing air
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAjUeXTf56s
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
Damn. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/aXPqHINcfA— Hamdia Ahmed (@hamdia_ahmed) May 27, 2020
― j., Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
Wow he rapped with DJ Screw back in the day
https://blog.thecurrent.org/2020/05/minnesota-music-community-mourns-george-floyd-conga-latin-bistro-staffer-and-former-houston-rapper/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
this is never going to stop, but it’s only going to get worse until white liberals and centrists finally come to grips with the reality that an inordinate number of white supremacists join law enforcement so that they can murder unarmed black people and not only get away with it, but be treated as folk heroes by conservative media. And while this does clearly does not apply to every law enforcement officer, a comfortable majority of LEOs know this to be the case and simply do not care.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
Just saw this fascinating 2017 Pew poll while researching a column. Percentage of respondents who think the US has done enough to achieve racial equality:White cops: 92%White public: 57%Black cops: 29%Black public: 12%https://t.co/DfGBApnDYS— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) May 27, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link
a local bookstore posted a thing of themselves writing in floyd's name on the 'names' page in claudia rankine's 'citizen', the one that is designed to be revised as more people are killed.
i knew that was how it worked and my edition is several years old now but i was surprised to see that in the couple dozen new ones, so many were twin cities-located victims. i've had students who skipped class to attend the protests around some of them as they were happening. i guess the surprise was not in the victims, but in their inclusion on the list making it look like the story, even for rankine's general intended american-caught-in-history reader, centered on my home.
since philando castile i've been pointing out to my students that one of the killers graduated from the school they are attending, because when i found that out it struck me how much more urgent it could be to keep teaching this material, for all that it seems kind of marginal (as what it is, and for me to be the one doing it, to the students i usually have). that guy could well have been signed up for just the kind of course i normally teach.
… and brushed it aside with the same confused testy refusal to think that so many of the students bring to it. it's so frustrating to see, even in a setting where they are generally trying to be 'on good behavior', so many people who like to think of themselves as non-racist having their biases and inclinations reinforced by a fundamental thoughtlessness about ostensibly non-racial ideas like who (if anyone) deserves to die, what justice requires, the difference between supporting someone and critically evaluating their actions, the possibility of evaluating actions in a situation independently of the perspectives of 'both' 'sides' to it… the muck makes constructive engagement such a fruitless slog sometimes.
― j., Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/27/u-of-m-president-announces-plans-to-cut-some-ties-with-minneapolis-police-department/
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
I talked to Alondra Cano earlier this evening. Was told she and Jeremiah Ellison and a couple others (Reich & Gordon I think) are working on legislation to defund MPD, hoping to present it to council this Friday. Please email your councilmember and let them know we NEED THIS.— jgarcia (@jasoncomix) May 28, 2020
― j., Thursday, 28 May 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
This is a sad morning.
I live about 8 blocks from the riot at third precinct building, they moved West down Lake Street not South down Minnehaha where I am.
This day has been coming for a long time. MPD has to be held accountable.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
related protests in LA and memphis as well, although no riots. this is going to be an intense summer, i think.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
already seeing the "work within the system" cries
fuck that
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
reports of ppl gathering at a target in st paul, transit is shutting down all buses and trains after 4 today in the cities
― j., Thursday, 28 May 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
I saw Rosedale closed today after reports protesters could be headed there.
― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 28 May 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
is there anything making the rounds about best practices for collective action / protest in terms of Covid safety?
― sarahell, Thursday, 28 May 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
yeah i saw something like that on twitter, lost track of it tho
from the photos there is a LOT of covid safety going by the wayside
― j., Thursday, 28 May 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
Yeah it was so chaotic people are thinking about keeping 6 ft apart
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
apparently university avenue at snelling has been widely looted
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
so many goddamn white people care about Target and riots before they express one jot of sympathy or an ability to empathize
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
capitalism has got white people trained to do unpaid work for them.
― Yerac, Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
"work within the system, guys! c'mon!"
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
the most ignorant comment which i see everywhere is people saying 'target doesn't have anything to do with the police'
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
The President has weighed in
Trump on George Floyd: "I feel very, very badly. That’s a very shocking sight." He adds, "That was a very, very bad thing that I saw. I saw it last night and I didn't like it...what I saw was not good. Very bad."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 28, 2020
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
the local old-white-crank columnist dropped a somber yeats-quoting column fully embracing the obvious conclusion from watching the video which is… borderline inconceivable to me
― j., Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
De-escalation tactic: This officer is letting folks take selfies and examine the scene. Shaking hands with onlookers (protesters?) while those on outskirts scream “F—- the police!” Officer: “I hope he’s held accountable and I don’t even work with him.” pic.twitter.com/cOOBxOY1XX— Dave Orrick (@DaveOrrick) May 28, 2020
― j., Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
was that soucheray? couldn't bring myself to click on that xp
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
― j., Thursday, May 28, 2020 5:35 PM
no idea "Who Goes with Fergus" was popular with the Midwest columnist set.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:45 (four years ago) link
omg i had totally forgotten about that clown xp
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
i drove down hennepin past lake street like an hour ago. fucking surreal. boarded up for blocks as if businesses are expecting a hurricane.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
this won't be news to some of you, but I wasn't fully aware of the SC's role: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/george-floyd-supreme-court-police-qualified-immunity.html
― dip to dup (rob), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
This is good, worth a deep listen:
https://www.topic.com/runningfromcopscolon~colontext=running20from20cops20is20thehave20ended20up20on20camera.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:41 (four years ago) link
It's basically a takedown of that Cops tv show
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
link doesn't work but if it was to the Running From Cops podcast, it is indeed excellent
― dip to dup (rob), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Well THAT was uncalled for. pic.twitter.com/Qdu4LyrZ9U— Jennifer Brooks (@stribrooks) May 29, 2020
― j., Friday, 29 May 2020 02:16 (four years ago) link
Target on ford parkway. Walgreens also had a busted window. I was able to get into lunds to try to get supplies to donate, and all of them were cleared out. Keep doing the right thing twin cities ✊ pic.twitter.com/PeKQ3o992Z— reopening is cowardice (@Ho_nomo) May 29, 2020
Businesses boarding up along grand, heavy police presence. Barricades in front of ace hardware and menards on university.— reopening is cowardice (@Ho_nomo) May 28, 2020
if these are accurate it suggests spread well away from the main commercial drag (though these are still commercial areas) where there was protesting and looting earlier today, and/or neighborhood locals or opportunistic passers-by, as well as deliberate targeting of corporate businesses
― j., Friday, 29 May 2020 02:31 (four years ago) link
Midway on fire pic.twitter.com/8Y5sE0qsBu— Dan Marshall (@DanMarStP) May 29, 2020
― j., Friday, 29 May 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
the smoke is so thick in the air right now
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 May 2020 02:53 (four years ago) link
cops raced by a while ago, shooting at the Walgreens
Scanner: “3rd Precinct has been overrun. Evacuating 3rd Precinct.” From the sounds of it, all officers are being evacuated from the police station at the main protest site.— Libor Jany (@StribJany) May 29, 2020
― j., Friday, 29 May 2020 03:06 (four years ago) link
jesus christ
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
wild footage on https://twitter.com/ur_ninja
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
the comments on that 1st twitter link suggest that the station is on fire
― sleeve, Friday, 29 May 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
watching it burn on tv
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
wow
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:27 (four years ago) link
this is the type of shit I expected years ago.
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
1/ As I learned researching my new history of Minneapolis, there are two important times a gov called the National Guard to Mpls. Knowing these stories help show why this week’s events are not new, but part of the systemic racism built into cities across the country. (cont)— Tom Weber (@webertom1) May 29, 2020
― j., Friday, 29 May 2020 03:37 (four years ago) link
Today I was cleaning up on Lake and I decided to go inside the Target, and some kid was in there in a target uniform doing a bit asking ppl if “they found everything okay” lmao— tommy bayer (@TommmyBear) May 28, 2020
― j., Friday, 29 May 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link