The city of Duluth, Minnesota, is getting a politically correct tune-up: removing the word &#8220;chief&#8221; from government job titles out of cultural sensitivity to Native Americans and removing masculine terms to opt for more &#8220;gender neutral&#8221; language.
“You know, names and language and what we use to call things really matters,” said Duluth Mayor Emily Larson, according to a report from <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2020/06/18/citing-concern-for-indigenous-people-duluth-moving-to-drop-chief-from-city-job-titles/">Twin Cities</a> posted Thursday.
&#8220;It is language that is offensive to people who are indigenous and actually offensive to a lot of people, especially when there is other language available,&#8221; complained Larson, adding, “when a gender is identified, it’s always ‘him.'&#8221;
The report noted that Larson is seeking to update &#8220;Duluth’s language in the city charter to be more gender-neutral and sensitive to other cultures.&#8221;
“It really grounds us in our work, and it can better reflect the work we do now, in terms of more modern language,” the left-wing mayor explained, elaborating on the &#8220;proposed charter modification that will go to the Duluth City Council on Monday,&#8221; Twin Cities reported.
According to Larson, the city&#8217;s chief financial officer, Wayne Parson, will go forward with the new title of &#8220;finance director.&#8221;
As for Duluth&#8217;s police and fire chiefs, no concrete decisions have yet been made.
“When you get to public safety, that language is very built into the framework of associations and peer-to-peer efforts and connections,” Larson explained, noting that Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken and Fire Chief Shawn Krizaj are open to title changes.
“So just finding the right language, our chiefs are interested in that and ready for that, but it is not something that we have really settled on at this point,” the mayor said.
Community relations officer for the city, Alicia Kozlowski, said the word &#8220;chief&#8221; is “oftentimes&#8221; &#8220;a racial epithet, and it turns into a microaggression.”
“We have the opportunity to do better and be better before we are asked,” Kozlowski said.
On May 6, the Duluth Charter Commission unanimously recommended that Chief Administrative Officer Noah Schuchman get a title change.
“It is a language change to more accurately reflect the city that we are and the city we are becoming,” said Larson. “We are dropping the name ‘chief’ with intention and with purpose so that we have more inclusive leadership and less language that is rooted in hurt and offensive and intentional marginalization.”
Keeping in-line with supposed cultural sensitivity, Quaker Oats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/quaker-oats-announces-it-is-changing-name-of-aunt-jemima-due-to-racial-stereotype">announced</a> last week that they will be rebranding and removing the name and imagery of their Aunt Jemima brand goods as not to perpetuate “racial stereotypes.”
“We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype,” said a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/quaker-oats-announces-it-is-changing-name-of-aunt-jemima-due-to-racial-stereotype">statement</a> from Kristin Kroepfl, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Quaker Foods North America. “While work has been done over the years to update the brand in a manner intended to be appropriate and respectful, we realize those changes are not enough.”
“We acknowledge the brand has not progressed enough to appropriately reflect the confidence, warmth, and dignity that we would like it to stand for today,” Kroepfl added. “We are starting by removing the image and changing the name. We will continue the conversation by gathering diverse perspectives from both our organization and the Black community to further evolve the brand and make it one everyone can be proud to have in their pantry.”
However, Larnell Evans Sr., a great-grandson of “Aunt Jemima,” is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-hurts-great-grandson-angered-aunt-jemimas-legacy-will-be-erased">not pleased</a> with the erasure of his great-grandmother’s legacy.
“This is an injustice for me and my family,” Evans, 66, told <a href="https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/aunt-jemimas-great-grandson-enraged-her-legacy-vanishing">Patch</a> reporter Mark Konkol. “This is part of my history, sir. The racism they talk about, using images from slavery, that comes from the other side — white people. This company profits off images of our slavery. And their answer is to erase my great-grandmother’s history. A black female. … It hurts.”
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POLICE LIGHTS

City Removing ‘Chief’ From Govt Job Titles To Be Culturally Sensitive, Going ‘Gender Neutral’

Gender Neutral

Minnesota

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has directed the Minnesota Department of Human Rights to investigate the Minneapolis Police Department, in addition to filing a civil rights charge against the police department in the death of George Floyd. 
The investigation will focus on policies, procedures, and practices from the last decade, in order to determine whether the police department has “engaged in systemic discriminatory practices toward people of color,” the department said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/gretakaul/status/1267896865053442050/photo/1">press release</a>.
“George Floyd should be alive. He deserved to live a life full of dignity and joy,” said Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero. “Community leaders have been asking for structural change for decades. They have fought for this and it is essential that we acknowledge the work and commitment of those who have paved the path to make today’s announcement possible.”
The governor has promised to “use every tool at our disposal to deconstruct generations of systemic racism in our state,” and has asked the public to “watch what we do,” seemingly to signal that his administration will deliver on its promises. 
“It is going to take action from all levels from the neighborhood on up, to get the change we need to see,” continued Walz. “This effort is only one of many steps to come in our effort to restore trust with those in the community who have been unseen and unheard for far too long.”
While the investigation ramps up, the human rights department says it will seek an arrangement with the police department to institute short-term measures to address “systemic discriminatory practices.” The long-term measures will be added later, presumably after Lucero issues her findings. 
An attorney, Lucero previously worked for Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), who is now the Attorney General of Minnesota and has been tasked with prosecuting all cases related to the death of George Floyd, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-ag-says-4-officers-will-be-charged-highest-degree-n1220956">NBC News</a>. 
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/independent-medical-examiner-contradicts-early-findings-officials-update-floyds-death-as-homicide">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and a two-person medical examiner team hired by the family of George Floyd have determined that the 46-year-old Minneapolis man died from homicide. 
In a criminal complaint against former officer Derek Chauvin, prosecutors said preliminary findings from the medical examiner’s office suggested Floyd’s death was caused by several factors, including pre-existing health conditions and potential drug use. The official examiner has since distanced itself from those findings,  determining that Floyd’s death was caused by “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”
Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Friday, several days after the viral video of him pushing his knee into the now-deceased Floyd spread across the nation and world. The other officers involved in the arrest have been fired, but not been charged with a crime. 
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Minnesota To File Civil Rights Charge Against Minneapolis PD, Investigate For ‘Systemic Discriminatory Practices’

George Floyd

Police

Racism

On Friday, former San Francisco quarterback and multi-millionaire racial activist Colin Kaepernick announced a new fund to pay for the legal fees of rioters, whom he dubbed &#8220;freedom fighters,&#8221; destroying often low-income communities and committing acts of violence.
“In fighting for liberation there‘s always retaliation,” Kaepernick posted to Twitter on Friday. “We must protect our Freedom Fighters. We started a legal defense initiative to give legal representation to Freedom Fighters in Minneapolis paid for by [Your Rights Camp],&#8221; an organization founded by the former QB.
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In fighting for liberation there‘s always retaliation. We must protect our Freedom Fighters. We started a legal defense initiative to give legal representation to Freedom Fighters in Minneapolis paid for by <a href="https://twitter.com/yourrightscamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yourrightscamp</a>
For representation or to donate <a href="https://t.co/q0pzAObCiG">https://t.co/q0pzAObCiG</a>
&mdash; Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1266413295206043652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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A day before the post, Kaepernick publicly called to reject civility and embrace a &#8220;revolution.&#8221;
“When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance.We have the right to fight back! Rest in Power George Floyd.”
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When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction. 
The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance.
We have the right to fight back! 
Rest in Power George Floyd
&mdash; Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1266046129906552832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Kaepernick is not alone in promoting financial assistance to criminal rioters, unfortunately.
Politicians like failed presidential candidate Julián Castro, open socialist New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) have all solicited donations to ActBlue, a charity which enables donations be made to &#8220;bail funds,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/donations-protests-actblue-democrats.html">The New York Times</a>.
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Organizers in Minnesota are putting their lives on the line for justice. It’s time for us to show up for them. 
Join <a href="https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AyannaPressley</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RashidaTlaib</a>, and me.<a href="https://t.co/BzDULI4Zxs">https://t.co/BzDULI4Zxs</a>
&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1266496255578038272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Here&#8217;s an extended list of celebrities and politicians who&#8217;ve donated or solicited donations for bail money to such criminals.<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters">Chrissy Teigen</a>Teigen promised <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters">$200,000</a> as bail money for criminal rioters, posting to Twitter: “In celebration of whatever the f*** maga night is, I am committed to donating $100,000 to the bail outs of protestors across the country. The supermodel later upped it to $200,000: &#8220;Ooo they might need more money then. Make it $200,000,&#8221; she wrote.<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters">Steve Carell </a>Carell promised $1,000 to the rioters&#8217; bail via a donation to the “Minnesota Freedom Fund.”According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/style/minnesota-freedom-fund-bail-george-floyd-protests.html">The New York Times</a>, the fund brought in a whopping $20 million in four days.<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters">Seth Rogan</a>Rogan promised $1,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters">Janelle Monae</a>Monae promised $1,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters">Don Cheadle</a>Cheadle promised $1,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-campaign-staffers-donate-to-group-that-pays-bail-in-riot-torn-minneapolis-report-says">Joe Biden campaign staffers:</a> 
“At least 13 Biden campaign staff members posted on Twitter on Friday and Saturday that they made donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which opposes the practice of cash bail, or making people pay to avoid pre-trial imprisonment,” Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-biden-bail/biden-staff-donate-to-group-that-pays-bail-in-riot-torn-minneapolis-idUSKBN2360SZ">reported</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-campaign-staffers-donate-to-group-that-pays-bail-in-riot-torn-minneapolis-report-says">The Daily Wire</a> noted. “The group uses donations to pay bail fees in Minneapolis.”
Kamala Harris
Harris promoted the Minnesota Freedom Fund to her millions of followers on Twitter.
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If you’re able to, chip in now to the <a href="https://twitter.com/MNFreedomFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MNFreedomFund</a> to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota. <a href="https://t.co/t8LXowKIbw">https://t.co/t8LXowKIbw</a>
&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1267555018128965643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-timberlake-ill-help-pay-bail-for-arrested-protesters-ted-cruz-suggests-better-use-of-his-money">Justin Timberlake</a>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-timberlake-ill-help-pay-bail-for-arrested-protesters-ted-cruz-suggests-better-use-of-his-money">Timberlake</a> gave an undisclosed amount to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, writing to Twitter: “Please join me in supporting the Minneapolis protestors by donating to the [Minnesota Freedom Fund]. The freedom fund is combating the harms of incarceration by paying bail for low income individuals who cannot otherwise afford: minnesoatafreedomfund.org.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suck-on-that-abortion-loving-jameela-jamil-posts-expletive-laced-tweet-ripping-clueless-pro-lifers">Jameela Jamil</a>
<a href="https://people.com/crime/celebs-help-pay-bail-for-minnesota-protesters/">Jamil</a> promised $1,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.
<a href="https://people.com/crime/celebs-help-pay-bail-for-minnesota-protesters/">Kehlani</a> 
Kehlani promised $1,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.
<a href="https://people.com/crime/celebs-help-pay-bail-for-minnesota-protesters/">Noname </a>
Noname promised $1,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kaepernick-posts-message-cheering-violent-rioting-denouncing-civility-in-response-to-george-floyd-death">Kaepernick Posts Message Cheering Violent Rioting, Denouncing Civility In Response To George Floyd Death</a>
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Kaepernick’s Paying Rioters’ Legal Fees. Here’s A List Of Celebs, Politicians Paying Their Bail.

Celebrities

Chrissy Teigen

Colin Kaepernick

Justin Timberlake

Riots

During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0q6Kab4zUY">press conference</a> on Saturday morning, Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington explained the deteriorating state of the George Floyd demonstrations over the last several days, noting that thousands of law enforcement officials from various agencies had “assembled the largest civil policing authority in the history of Minnesota.”
“We put together twenty-five hundred public safety folks, between national guard and cops and state troopers and everybody else,” he said. “That is an enormous number of law enforcement people, and we were confronted with tens of thousands of rioters.”
Earlier in the press conference, Harrington described the rioters as “bent on destruction of property, and they were bent on trying to hurt people.”
The safety commissioner also emphasized that the transition from protests to riots has occurred over the last several days, noting that initial demonstrators were peaceful, but that the new scene has been filled with rioters who don’t show “any empathy or any heart” for the community.
“That little group that started out embedding themselves into George Floyd’s memorial service is no longer the little group,” Harrington told reporters later in the press conference. “It is in fact the group that is throwing projectiles, throwing batteries, firing into crowds, and setting fires and attacking firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, sheriff’s department and national guardsman as they seek to provide safety in our communities.”
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mn-governor-points-to-organized-attempt-to-destabilize-civil-society-trump-we-have-our-military-ready">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) announced Saturday he would fully mobilize the Minnesota National Guard and seek “significant support” from the national guards of adjacent states.
“We will pull in assets as we have been doing, and for those Minnesotans who have been wondering, ‘where are the fire trucks, where are the police that are out there,’ the situation was so broad, and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction, that every single person we had mobilized” had been engaged in the situation, said the governor.
President Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday afternoon that he was prepared to provide Minneapolis with military assistance if it was requested, reports <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-military-ready-willing-able-ready-deploy-minneapolis-amid-n1219656">NBC News</a>.
“We have our military ready, willing, and able, if they ever want to call our military. We can have troops on the ground very quickly,” said Trump. “They’re using their National Guard right now, as you know.”
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley have “expressed the department’s readiness to provide support to local and state authorities as requested” and have had two conversations with the Minnesota governor,” reports The Washington Post. However, active duty troops have not been deployed.
According to <a href="https://www.startribune.com/walz-we-re-under-assault-from-outside-agitators/570892512/?refresh=true">the Star Tribune</a>, the governor has institute a curfew effective 8 p.m. CST in response to the widespread destruction, and promised on Saturday morning that any future agitators will face “an overwhelming force of safety, security and peace.”
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Minnesota community members mourned, protested and looted in reaction to George Floyd dying in police custody

MN Safety Commissioner: Twenty-Five Hundred Officers Were ‘Confronted With Tens Of Thousands Of Rioters’

Protest

During a press conference on Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) said that the initial protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd have devolved as a group of outsiders have seized on the situation in an “organized attempt to destabilize civil society.”
While Walz said the protests earlier in the week were largely peaceful, the situation on Friday evening was a “mockery of pretending” it was still about Floyd, with the governor noting that the subsequent riots contained elements of domestic terrorism, ideological extremism, and “international destabilization of how our country works.”
The <a href="https://www.startribune.com/walz-we-re-under-assault-from-outside-agitators/570892512/?refresh=true">Star Tribune reports</a> that the governor also claimed that as many as 4 in 5 rioters in Minneapolis and St. Paul were from somewhere else.
“Whether it be New York, or Denver, or Louisville, or Las Vegas, there is no mayor in America that has the resources to push back on an organized attempt to destabilize civil society with no regard for life or property,” said the governor.
As such, Walz announced that he was fully mobilizing the Minnesota National Guard in addition to seeking “significant support” from the national guards of adjacent states.
“We will pull in assets as we have been doing, and for those Minnesotans who have been wondering, ‘where are the fire trucks, where are the police that are out there,’ the situation was so broad, and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction, that every single person we had mobilized” had been engaged in the situation, he said.
According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-military-ready-willing-able-ready-deploy-minneapolis-amid-n1219656">NBC News</a>, President Trump told reporters on Saturday afternoon that he’s prepared to provide military assistance in Minneapolis if asked.
“We have our military ready, willing, and able, if they ever want to call our military. We can have troops on the ground very quickly,&#8221; said Trump. &#8220;They&#8217;re using their National Guard right now, as you know.&#8221;
The Pentagon also reportedly ordered the Army to prepare several active-duty military police units on Friday evening, in the event that they’re asked to deploy to Minneapolis, according to The<a href="https://apnews.com/cf9947a3ca9f3225f9645fd330403eae"> Associated Press</a>, which spoke to “three people with direct knowledge of the orders.”
“A senior Pentagon official who was” on a phone call with Trump administration officials discussing options on Thursday evening told the news agency that the Insurrection Act of 1807 would be the basis for deploying any military units. The act was last invoked during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, reports the news agency.
But a senior Defense official, “speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue,” told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/05/30/pentagon-offers-active-duty-military-forces-intelligence-help-quell-minnesota-unrest-governor-says/">The Washington Post</a> on Saturday that nobody “in the department is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act.”
The White House also told AP that active-duty troops have not been deployed, and the Pentagon emphasized in a statement that Minnesota has made no requests for troops.
According to the Post, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley have “expressed the department’s readiness to provide support to local and state authorities as requested” and have had two conversations with the Minnesota governor.
The Star Tribune reports that the governor has instituted another curfew effective 8 p.m. CDT and promised on Saturday morning that any future agitators will face “an overwhelming force of safety, security and peace.”
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President Trump Departs White House For Florida

MN Governor Points To ‘Organized Attempt To Destabilize Civil Society’; Trump: ‘We Have Our Military Ready’

Donald Trump

On Friday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner issued a report saying a preliminary autopsy showed no evidence that George Floyd died of strangulation and traumatic asphyxia.
Floyd&#8217;s arrest was captured on video and went viral earlier this week. During the incident, at least one officer is seen kneeling on the 46-year-old&#8217;s neck while Floyd repeatedly tells him he can&#8217;t breath. Floyd died soon following the arrest.
According to <a href="https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/medical-examiner-no-evidence-george-floyd-died-of-strangulation/">My Stateline</a>, the medical examiner said Floyd&#8217;s death was likely a result of a combination of factors, including being restrained by police officers, his underlying health conditions, which included coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease, and potential intoxicants in his system.
“The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death,” a <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6933246/Derek-Chauvin-Complaint.pdf">statement</a> from the medical examiner said.
According to a criminal complaint against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter Friday morning in connection with Floyd&#8217;s death, Chauvin is accused of having his knee against Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/floyd-had-officers-knee-on-his-neck-for-nine-minutes-was-non-responsive-for-almost-three-says-criminal-complaint">The Daily Wire</a> noted Friday.
&#8220;According to the complaint, which was obtained by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-criminal-complaint-trnd/index.html">CNN</a>, Floyd was unresponsive for 2 minutes and 53 seconds of the total 8 minutes and 46 seconds,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;The complaint also says that police officers &#8216;are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a prone position is inherently dangerous.'&#8221;
Since the arrest, all four officers involved have been fired, FBI and state law enforcement officials are actively investigating Floyd&#8217;s death, and President Donald Trump publicly condemned the incident.
On Friday, Attorney General Bill Barr said the video of Floyd’s death was disturbing and &#8220;assured the public that the Department of Justice was investigating his death and whether his civil rights were violated,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/floyd-had-officers-knee-on-his-neck-for-nine-minutes-was-non-responsive-for-almost-three-says-criminal-complaint">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
“Both state and federal officers are working diligently and collaboratively to ensure that any available evidence relevant to these decisions is obtained as quickly as possible,” said the AG in a statement.
A combination of protests and riots erupted in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and New York starting Tuesday. By Wednesday, things turned increasingly ugly. Dozens of looters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-protesters-break-into-target-loot-store-in-response-to-death-of-george-floyd-its-chaos-out-here">destroyed</a> a Target store, grabbing TVs and other goods, filling up carts, and jetting out of the store without paying in MN. Into the night, AutoZone, Target, and other businesses were set ablaze by rioters, too. And at least one man was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disturbing-video-one-killed-in-violent-protests-over-death-of-george-floyd-police-investigating-reports-victim-was-looter-shop-owner-shot-him">shot dead</a> outside a pawn shop.
On Thursday night, the rioting continued to rage: &#8220;People rioting in Minneapolis on Thursday night over the death of George Floyd completely destroyed the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Police Precinct and other businesses before the National Guard arrived on the scene in an attempt to stabilize the situation,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evacuate-the-3rd-precinct-rioters-destroy-minneapolis-police-building-170-businesses">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evacuate-the-3rd-precinct-rioters-destroy-minneapolis-police-building-170-businesses">‘EVACUATE THE 3RD PRECINCT’: Rioters Destroy Minneapolis Police Building, ‘170 Businesses’</a>
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Protests Continue Over Death Of George Floyd, Killed In Police Custody In Minneapolis

Medical Examiner: No Evidence George Floyd Died Of Strangulation; ‘Underlying Conditions,’ ‘Potential Intoxicants’ Likely Factors

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Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar&#8217;s chances of becoming presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden&#8217;s running mate tanked overnight amid reports that Klobuchar &#8220;declined to prosecute multiple officers cited for excessive force,&#8221; including the Minneapolis police officer who was filmed with his knee on George Floyd&#8217;s neck, a claim Klobuchar has since refuted.
That officer, Derek Chauvin, was arrested Friday morning in connection with Floyd&#8217;s death.
Klobuchar served as the Hennepin County attorney, which covers Minneapolis, for eight years. Now, her prosecutorial record is under scrutiny amid reports that Chauvin was one of several officers she passed on making a decision to prosecute, even after Chauvin was involved in the shooting death &#8220;of a man who had stabbed other people before attacking police.&#8221;
&#8220;Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin saw at least 10 conduct complaints during his 19-year tenure before he was fired Tuesday, according to a database that documents complaints against police,&#8221; said <a href="https://theweek.com/speedreads/916926/amy-klobuchar-didnt-prosecute-officer-center-george-floyds-death-left-case-successor">The Week</a> Thursday in a report citing The Guardian, which first pored over the database.
&#8220;Klobuchar did not prosecute Chauvin and other officers involved in the first death, which occurred in October 2006 while she was running for Senate,&#8221; the outlet continued. &#8220;The case was under investigation when Klobuchar took office in the Senate in January 2007, and later went to a grand jury, which declined to charge the officers.&#8221;
Klobuchar refuted the claim that she &#8220;declined&#8221; to prosecute Chauvin&#8217;s case during an interview with MSNBC Friday, but said that she regrets not taking a more aggressive role in officer-involved shootings as a prosecutor.
&#8220;I never declined [Chauvin&#8217;s] case,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It was handled and sent to the grand jury. When I was county attorney, cases we had involving officer-involved shootings went to a grand jury. I think that was wrong, now. It would have been much better if I took responsibility and looked at cases and made a decision myself.&#8221;
Her explanation may come just a little too late to save her chances of becoming vice president. Already this week, racial justice advocates were voicing complaints about Klobuchar, suggesting that Klobuchar, as a prosecutor, had a &#8220;tough-on-crime&#8221; approach that disproportionately targeted minorities for small-time offenses.
Now, those complaints are only amplified, particularly after, as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amy-klobuchar-was-a-tough-on-crime-prosecutor-will-a-diverse-democratic-base-accept-her-record/2019/03/21/739e6984-4057-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html">the Washington Post notes</a>, voters are now discovering that Klobuchar &#8220;declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases in which people were killed in encounters with police.&#8221;
Although there is likely no polling on the issue as of yet, Klobuchar&#8217;s Vegas odds (<a href="https://www.us-bookies.com/election/">via US Bookies</a>) took a hit overnight. She is now at 7-to-1 odds of becoming Biden&#8217;s running mate, well behind Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), with 6-to-5 odds, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), with 5-to-1 odds.
Minneapolis is currently engulfed in protests, many of which have turned violent, in response to Floyd&#8217;s death at the hands of Minneapolis police &#8212; a death clearly captured on a video that went viral earlier this week. Chauvin, the officer seen kneeling on Floyd&#8217;s neck as Floyd struggles and repeatedly tells the officer he cannot breathe, was arrested Friday morning, four days after the incident and after days of demonstrations.
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Amy Klobuchar’s Veepstakes Rating Tanks Amid Scrutiny On Past Case Involving Officer At Center Of George Floyd’s Death

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Correction and update: A previous version of this article incorrectly described Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) as having “declined to prosecute” Derek Chauvin over a 2006 police-involved shooting while she served as Hennepin County’s top prosecutor from 1999 to 2007. As <a href="https://twitter.com/NYTnickc/status/1266374896117899264">clarified</a> by the Hennepin County attorney&#8217;s office on Friday, “Sen. Klobuchar&#8217;s last day in the office here was December 31 2006, and she had no involvement in the prosecution of this case at all.&#8221; Klobuchar likewise addressed the claim Friday, describing it as “<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500214-klobuchar-on-defense-as-floyd-death-puts-spotlight-on-record">absolutely false</a>” in an interview with MSNBC. This article has been revised to reflect this correction and include Klobuchar’s response. 
In an interview with MSNBC on Friday, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) — one of the leading names on presumptive Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden’s vice presidential list — refuted the claim that while serving as Hennepin County’s top prosecutor from 1999 to 2007 she declined to prosecute the officer charged Friday over the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died on Monday after an arrest that involved four Minneapolis police officers. One of the officers, Derek Chauvin, is seen in a video taken by a bystander as holding his knee on Floyd&#8217;s neck for over eight minutes while Floyd tells the officers he cannot breathe. The four officers were fired on Tuesday and Chauvin was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ex-minneapolis-police-officer-arrested-in-connection-with-george-floyds-death">arrested and charged</a> Friday on 3rd-degree murder and manslaughter charges for the death of George Floyd.
Amid scrutiny over her former office’s handling of a 2006 case against Chauvin, Klobuchar slammed the claim that she “declined” to prosecute.
“This idea that I somehow declined a case, which has been reported on some news blogs &#8230; against this officer is absolutely false,” the senator told MSNBC Friday, as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500214-klobuchar-on-defense-as-floyd-death-puts-spotlight-on-record">The Hill</a>. “That investigation continued into a time where I was already sworn into the U.S. Senate,” Klobuchar explained. “It was handled and sent to the grand jury by my successor.”
“I never declined [Chauvin’s] case,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amy-klobuchars-veepstakes-rating-tanks-after-it-emerges-she-passed-on-prosecuting-officer-at-center-of-george-floyds-death">said</a>. “It was handled and sent to the grand jury. When I was county attorney, cases we had involving officer-involved shootings went to a grand jury. I think that was wrong, now. It would have been much better if I took responsibility and looked at cases and made a decision myself.”
Klobuchar’s assertion was confirmed by the Hennepin County attorney&#8217;s office on Friday. “Sen. Klobuchar&#8217;s last day in the office here was December 31 2006, and she had no involvement in the prosecution of this case at all,” the office said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/NYTnickc/status/1266374896117899264">statement</a>.
Klobuchar’s record as prosecutor has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the tragic death of Floyd. The claim that she declined charges against Chauvin followed a report by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/george-floyd-killing-officers-derek-chauvin-tou-thao-investigated">The Guardian</a> on Chauvin’s police record published Thursday.
In the report, the outlet highlights a 2006 officer-involved shooting case in which Chauvin was one of the officers named in a complaint, and which occurred while Klobuchar was still serving as the county’s top prosecutor.
“Between 1999 and 2007, Klobuchar, the state’s then top prosecutor, <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amy-klobuchar-was-a-tough-on-crime-prosecutor-will-a-diverse-democratic-base-accept-her-record/2019/03/21/739e6984-4057-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html" data-link-name="in body link">declined to press charges</a> against more than a dozen officers accused of killing civilians,” The Guardian reported Thursday. “In 2006, Chauvin was one of several officers involved in the shooting death of a man who stabbed others before turning on the police. Although Klobuchar was the Hennepin county attorney at the time of an October 2006 police shooting involving Chauvin, she did not prosecute and instead the case went to a grand jury that declined to charge the officers with wrongdoing in 2008.”
WXII 12 News <a href="https://www.wxii12.com/article/officer-who-knelt-on-george-floyds-neck-had-18-previous-complaints-against-him-police-dept-says/32704375">reported</a> Thursday that Chauvin &#8220;had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the Minneapolis Police Department&#8217;s Internal Affairs.&#8221;
Klobuchar&#8217;s record as a prosecutor came under fire while she was campaigning for president earlier this year after The Associated Press reportedly uncovered new evidence in an investigation into the death of an 11-year-old girl who was killed by a stray bullet while she was at home.
&#8220;The senator has repeatedly highlighted Mr. [Myon] Burrell’s conviction in the 2002 case, in which an 11-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet, as evidence of her history of being tough on crime and seeking justice for African-American communities shaken by gun violence,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-myon-burrell.html">The New York Times </a>reported. &#8220;But the A.P. article quoted one of Mr. Burrell’s co-defendants as saying that he was in fact the gunman responsible for the murder of the girl, Tyesha Edwards. Mr. Burrell, The A.P. reported, has insisted that he is innocent and has rejected all plea deals.&#8221;
The Washington Post highlighted another racially charged case that Klobuchar declined to bring charges in that involved the death of 44-year-old Christopher Burns, an unarmed black man, who died after he was put in a choke hold by law enforcement officers who were responding to a domestic violence call.
&#8220;The focus of the community’s anger was Amy Klobuchar, the up-and-coming attorney of Hennepin County, who had declined to prosecute police accused of using excessive force against black suspects,&#8221; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amy-klobuchar-was-a-tough-on-crime-prosecutor-will-a-diverse-democratic-base-accept-her-record/2019/03/21/739e6984-4057-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html">The Washington Post </a>reported. &#8220;At the same time, she aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses such as vandalism and routinely sought longer-than-recommended sentences, including for minors.&#8221;
At the beginning of March, while she was still running for president, Klobuchar had to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/02/minnesota-klobuchar-rally-canceled/">cancel</a> a campaign rally in Minnesota after a large number of protesters stormed the stage demanding that she drop out of the race due to her record as a prosecutor.
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UPDATE: Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office Refute Claim She Declined To Prosecute Cop At Center Of George Floyd Death

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The president of the University of Minnesota announced on Wednesday that the university will no longer use the Minneapolis Police Department at major events, including the university’s football games.
School president Joan Gabel was responding to the furor that erupted after George Floyd, 46, died in police custody, and a video was subsequently released that showed a police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck after he had been handcuffed. Two other officers helped hold Floyd down; a fourth was speaking with bystanders. All four officers were fired on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demanded that the officers be criminally charged.
On Tuesday, as <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29232412/minnesota-cuts-ties-minneapolis-police-george-floyd-death">ESPN</a> reported, the university&#8217;s undergraduate student body president, Jael Kerandi, demanded that the university sever ties with the Minneapolis police, writing, &#8220;We no longer wish to have a meeting or come to an agreement, there is no middle ground. The police are murdering black men with no meaningful repercussions. This is not a problem of some other place or some other time. This is happening right here in Minneapolis.&#8221;
Gabel wrote a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/uofmn/comments/grusvo/letter_from_joan_gabel_on_death_of_george_floyd/">letter</a> to students, faculty and staff that stated:
<blockquote>Our hearts are broken after watching the appalling video capturing the actions of Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers against George Floyd leading to his tragic death. As a community, we are outraged and grief-stricken. I do not have the words to fully express my pain and anger and I know that many in our community share those feelings, but also fear for their own safety. This will not stand.
Today I am announcing two immediate changes regarding our relationship with MPD.
First, I have directed Senior Vice President Brian Burnett to no longer contract with the Minneapolis Police Department for additional law enforcement support needed for large events, such as football games, concerts, and ceremonies.
Second, I have directed University Police Chief Matt Clark to no longer use the Minneapolis Police Department when specialized services are needed for University events, such as K-9 Explosive detection units.
We have a responsibility to uphold our values and a duty to honor them. We will limit our collaboration with the MPD to joint patrols and investigations that directly enhance the safety of our community or that allow us to investigate and apprehend those who put our students, faculty, and staff at risk.
I write to you to express our overwhelming sadness, and our demands for accountability and justice. Our campuses and facilities are a part of the communities in which they reside. University students, staff, and faculty are day-to-day participants in the life of every community in this state, and we must act when our neighbors are harmed and in pain.
My heart is heavy and my thoughts are with the loved ones and friends of George Floyd.
Let our voices be heard and please take care,
Joan Gabel</blockquote>
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University Of Minnesota: We Won’t Use Minneapolis Police For Major Events

As Minneapolis burned late on Wednesday over the death of George Floyd, Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN), who represents the district, fired off a series of tweets on the matter after previously condemning law enforcement for trying to disperse rioters, saying, &#8220;Our anger is just. Our anger is warranted.&#8221;
On Tuesday, rioters damaged windows, a police car, and sprayed graffiti at a police precinct and were met with police in riot gear who eventually fired tear gas at the protesters, according to <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/05/26/protesters-rally-to-call-for-justice-for-man-who-died-in-mpls-police-incident">MPR News</a>.
Omar responded to the event by writing on Twitter: &#8220;Shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at unarmed protesters when there are children present should never be tolerated. Ever. What is happening tonight in our city is shameful. Police need to exercise restraint, and our community needs space to heal.&#8221;
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Shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at unarmed protesters when there are children present should never be tolerated. Ever. 
What is happening tonight in our city is shameful. 
Police need to exercise restraint, and our community needs space to heal. <a href="https://t.co/vwAIV7t5WJ">https://t.co/vwAIV7t5WJ</a>
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The violence and riots were significantly worse on Wednesday night as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/minneapolis-burns-riots-over-george-floyd-death-lead-to-arson-destruction-of-property-looting">numerous businesses were completely destroyed, stores looted, buildings burnt to the ground, and other acts of violence were committed.</a>
During the violent riots, Omar tweeted: &#8220;I am heartbroken. Horrified at the needless death of George Floyd, another innocent black man murdered by police in our community. Frustrated that we keep finding ourselves in this position as a city. Angry that justice still seems out of reach.&#8221;
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I am heartbroken.
Horrified at the needless death of George Floyd, another innocent black man murdered by police in our community.
Frustrated that we keep finding ourselves in this position as a city.
Angry that justice still seems out of reach.
&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1265865314211856390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Our anger is just. Our anger is warranted. And our priority right now must be protecting one another,&#8221; Omar continued. &#8220;Violence only begets violence. More force is only going to lead to more lives lost and more devastation. We must prioritize the safety of our community. We can rebuild, but we cannot bring back lives.&#8221;
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Violence only begets violence. 
More force is only going to lead to more lives lost and more devastation.
We must prioritize the safety of our community.
We can rebuild, but we cannot bring back lives.
&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1265865577605840903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The first three tweets from Omar were sent out all within the span of a minute. Approximately 20 minutes later, after she started to face backlash over her remarks, Omar added: &#8220;We should and must protest peacefully. But let us end the cycle of violence now.&#8221;
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We should and must protest peacefully.
But let us end the cycle of violence now.
&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1265871068054593536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Floyd&#8217;s death, which happened while he was in police custody, has quickly been overshadowed by media coverage of the violent riots and looting that is happening in the area.
President Donald Trump responded to the matter on Wednesday night by stating that he had directed federal authorities to investigate the matter in an expedited manner.
&#8220;At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!&#8221;
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&#8230;.I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1265774770877902848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz warned residents on Twitter: “The situation near Lake Street and Hiawatha in Minneapolis has evolved into an extremely dangerous situation. For everyone’s safety, please leave the area and allow firefighters and paramedics to get to the scene.”
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The situation near Lake Street and Hiawatha in Minneapolis has evolved into an extremely dangerous situation. For everyone&#39;s safety, please leave the area and allow firefighters and paramedics to get to the scene.
&mdash; Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz/status/1265849420035301384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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As Minneapolis Burns, Ilhan Omar Tweets In Part: ‘Our Anger Is Just. Our Anger Is Warranted.’

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Minneapolis burned on Wednesday night after riots over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody earlier this week, spun out of control and turned violent.
The Star Tribune <a href="https://www.startribune.com/shooting-death-near-minneapolis-protest-george-floyd-calls-for-ex-officer-s-arrest/570804062/">reported</a> that most of the violence came from a massive crowd that was rioting outside Minneapolis’ Third Precinct police headquarters who were &#8220;throwing objects at the building and officers and turning more violent as the night wore on.&#8221;
&#8220;The AutoZone Auto Parts store across from the Third Precinct was set afire. As some protesters tried to extinguish the fire, others danced gleefully in front of the flames and smoke, snapping selfies,&#8221; The Star Tribune reported. &#8220;At the nearby Lake Street Target store, looters were seen leaving with items ranging from large TVs to clothing to groceries. Looting also occurred at Minnehaha Lake Wine &amp; Spirits, at Hiawatha and Lake, and at many other businesses in the area.&#8221;
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Footage from inside the Target that has been looted by rioters in Minneapolis. They are trying to break into the cash registers. <a href="https://t.co/jdFi7HrgTg">pic.twitter.com/jdFi7HrgTg</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1265834047986520069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This is awful out here. No police. Looting continues <a href="https://t.co/087TpNWhPV">pic.twitter.com/087TpNWhPV</a>
&mdash; Karen Scullin FOX9 (@kscullinfox9) <a href="https://twitter.com/kscullinfox9/status/1265791117959798785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Auto Zone store is fully on fire. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GeorgeFloyd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Minneapolis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="https://t.co/vy54fTC6wY">pic.twitter.com/vy54fTC6wY</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1265834473666428928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Looting US Bank <a href="https://t.co/Iai0BrwyhY">pic.twitter.com/Iai0BrwyhY</a>
&mdash; Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxnesterak/status/1265842168880443392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Liz Sawyer, a reporter with the Star Tribune said that all the windows in a strip mall were shattered and people were stealing products from the stores.
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In this strip, no business is spared. Nearly every window smashed. I’ve seen cars packed to the brim with looted goods. Store security alarming won’t stop chirping. <a href="https://t.co/qRcX6c5ky9">pic.twitter.com/qRcX6c5ky9</a>
&mdash; Liz Sawyer (@ByLizSawyer) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByLizSawyer/status/1265860213141385218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sawyer <a href="http://archive.is/zjwLH">added</a>: &#8220;Many of the shops destroyed along this stretch of Lake Street are immigrant-owned businesses — many of which were already struggling during the pandemic. &#8216;Now it’s worse,&#8217; said Roberto Hernandez, who stood guard outside his nutrition store for 5 hours to protect it from looters.&#8221;
CBS Minnesota <a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/hundreds-of-protesters-march-in-minneapolis-after-george-floyds-deadly-encounter-with-police/">reported</a> that the crowd of violent rioters measured in the hundreds and were eventually met by police officers in riot gear who deployed tear gas and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse the mob.
A video journalist with the Star Tribune <a href="https://twitter.com/MDVancleave/status/1265859619592822784">took</a> a photograph of what he described as an &#8220;apartment building under construction&#8221; moments before the building was set ablaze.
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Fire starting near construction site. This is not good at all. <a href="https://t.co/Kqh9BiYrZw">pic.twitter.com/Kqh9BiYrZw</a>
&mdash; Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) <a href="https://twitter.com/rljourno/status/1265854989269958657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The building set on fire at the BLM Minneapolis riot is collapsing now. It looks like the city is just letting fires continue. Firefighters were attacked when they responded to the auto parts store engulfed in flames earlier. <a href="https://t.co/okAsLX7XoZ">pic.twitter.com/okAsLX7XoZ</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1265916781798895616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hard to overstate the destruction at Hi-Lake Liquors. <a href="https://t.co/ajRpvYBZQX">pic.twitter.com/ajRpvYBZQX</a>
&mdash; Liz Sawyer (@ByLizSawyer) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByLizSawyer/status/1265891604478525442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Libor Jany, a reporter for the Star Tribune, noted an incident that he says he heard on a police scanner, tweeting, &#8220;Scanner: A newish silver SUV driving about 50 miles an hour almost hit about 10 officers; the driver may&#8217;ve flashed a handgun at officers.&#8221;
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Scanner: A newish silver SUV driving about 50 miles an hour almost hit about 10 officers; the driver may&#39;ve flashed a handgun at officers.
&mdash; Libor Jany (@StribJany) <a href="https://twitter.com/StribJany/status/1265924946838069248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump weighed in on the matter before the riots descended into total chaos, saying that he has ordered federal officials to quickly investigate Floyd&#8217;s death.
&#8220;At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!&#8221;
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&#8230;.I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1265774770877902848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz warned residents on Twitter: &#8220;The situation near Lake Street and Hiawatha in Minneapolis has evolved into an extremely dangerous situation. For everyone&#8217;s safety, please leave the area and allow firefighters and paramedics to get to the scene.&#8221;
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The situation near Lake Street and Hiawatha in Minneapolis has evolved into an extremely dangerous situation. For everyone&#39;s safety, please leave the area and allow firefighters and paramedics to get to the scene.
&mdash; Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz/status/1265849420035301384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8216;I Can&#8217;t Breathe&#8217; Protest Held After Man Dies In Police Custody In Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS BURNS: Riots Over George Floyd Death Lead To Arson, Destruction Of Property, Looting

Four Minneapolis police officers involved in an arrest Monday that resulted in the death of an African-American man have been fired, a decision the city&#8217;s mayor declared &#8220;the right call.&#8221; Ahead of the announcement of the officers&#8217; termination, the mayor gave an impassioned statement condemning the officer shown in a viral video with his knee on the neck of the man for having &#8220;failed in the most basic, human sense.&#8221;
In a disturbing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/darnellareallprettymarie/posts/1425401580994277">video</a> streamed on social media Monday (warning: graphic content), a Minneapolis police officer, who is white, is shown kneeling on a handcuffed black suspect&#8217;s neck for multiple minutes while the man pleads with him to get off, saying repeatedly that he “can’t breathe.&#8221;
As reported by the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/four-minneapolis-police-officers-fired-after-man-dies-video-shows-officer-kneeling-on-neck/570763352/?refresh=true">Star Tribune</a>, the sequence of events that resulted in the ultimately fatal arrest caught on video began at around 8 p.m. Monday, when officers were called to Cup Foods over an alleged attempt to use a counterfeit bill. Police say they found a man, George Floyd, who met the description of the suspect.
Video streamed on Facebook Live shows Floyd lying face down on the ground, an officer kneeling on his neck while Floyd pleads with him to get off so he can breathe and informing the officers that &#8220;my stomach hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts.&#8221;
&#8220;By then, several other witnesses had gathered on the sidewalk outside of Cup Foods, with several recording the scene on their phones,&#8221; the Star Tribune notes. Some of the witnesses eventually yell at the officer to get off the suspect. Floyd eventually stopped moving.
On Tuesday afternoon, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced that the four officers involved in the incident have been fired. &#8220;Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated,&#8221; Frey announced on Twitter. &#8220;This is the right call.&#8221;
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Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated.
This is the right call.
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As reported by the Tribune, along with being fired, the officer who is shown in the video kneeling on Floyd&#8217;s neck is also now being investigated by federal authorities for &#8220;possible civil rights violations.&#8221;
After the video first surfaced, Mayor Frey delivered an impassioned statement condemning the officer&#8217;s actions. “Being Black in America should not be a death sentence,” <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorFrey/status/1265259100327358468">said</a> Frey. “For five minutes, we watched a white officer press his knee into a Black man’s neck. Five minutes. When you hear someone calling for help, you’re supposed to help.&#8221;
&#8220;This officer failed in the most basic, human sense,&#8221; he stressed. &#8220;What happened in Chicago and 38th last night is awful. It was traumatic. It serves as a reminder of how far we have to go.&#8221;
&#8220;For the better part of the night, I’ve been trying to find the words to describe what happened,” said the mayor. &#8220;All I keep coming back to is this: this man should not have died. What we saw is horrible. Completely and utterly messed up. The man’s life matters. He matters. He was someone’s son, someone’s family member, someone’s friend. He was a human being and his life mattered.&#8221;
&#8220;Whatever the investigation reveals, it does not change the simple truth: he should still be with us this morning,&#8221; Frey added. &#8220;I believe what I saw and what I saw is wrong on every level. This does not reflect the values [Police Chief Medaria] Arradondo has worked tirelessly to fulfill. To our Black community, to the family: I’m so sorry.&#8221;
High-profile lawyer Benjamin Crump, who has taken on other major cases, including Ahmaud Arbery&#8217;s,<a href="https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1265303494086582272"> announced</a> Tuesday that he has been retained by the Floyd family and has condemned the actions of the officers as &#8220;not only police brutality&#8221; but &#8220;murder.&#8221;
&#8220;Forgery is NOT a crime punishable by death,&#8221; Crump <a href="https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1265261066663145472">tweeted</a> Tuesday along with a 2-minute clip of the graphic video. &#8220;This is not only [police brutality] it is MURDER! First Eric Garner, now this. We must put an end to the senseless killing of our Black men!&#8221;
&#8220;We all watched the horrific death of George Floyd on video as witnesses begged the police officer to take him to the police car and get off his neck,” Crump said in a written <a href="https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1265305256365305858">statement</a> Tuesday. &#8220;This abusive, excessive and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by the police for questioning about a nonviolent charge.&#8221;
Crump is calling for the four officers involved to be <a href="https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1265377311555309568">arrested and charged</a>.
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Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman promised a &#8220;thorough&#8221; but &#8220;expedited&#8221; investigation into the incident. &#8220;We promise a thorough, expedited review consistent with our on-going commitment to justice,&#8221; said Freeman in a statement Tuesday reported by the Tribune. &#8220;Every person is entitled to fairness; no person stands above the law.&#8221; Freeman noted that his office is also consulting with the U.S. Attorney’s Office on the case.
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Video Showing Black Man Killed During Arrest; Mayor Gives Impassioned Statement

University of Minnesota Law School professor Francesco Parisi thought he’d met the right woman outside his condo in September 2014. That night, he and Morgan Wright had sex and began a relationship that would end with lawsuits and accusations that would leave the professor’s life in shambles.
Early in the relationship, Parisi and Wright entered into a real estate venture that would partition off part of the professor’s condo for his lover to use as a studio, Fox 9 <a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/law-professor-falsely-accused-of-rape-wins-defamation-case">reported</a>. The deal fell apart and legal proceedings began, which would take place “over the next year as Parisi tried to evict Wright from the property,” the outlet reported.
In June 2016, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Wright’s eviction. Just days later, Fox 9 reported, she went to the Minneapolis Police Department and claimed Parisi had raped her on January 22, 2015 – 18 months before her eviction was withheld.
Wright had never previously made any such allegations in all the court filings between the couple, which included requests for restraining orders. Now she claimed that 18 months earlier, Parisi “had anally raped her, smashing her face into a concrete floor,” Fox 9 reported. She also claimed “the attack left her with three broken teeth, a prolapsed rectum, and a damaged colon.”
As Fox 9 reported, there “was no evidence, not even medical reports, or corroborating accounts from people she might’ve told about the attack.” Further, Wright claimed Parisi tried to run her over with his car in broad daylight in downtown Minneapolis.” Again, no evidence existed to back up her claim, and the accusation was “nearly identical to those she made a decade earlier against an ex-husband who is now deceased,” the outlet reported.
John Braun, Parisi’s attorney, told Fox 9 that a Minneapolis police officer Wright first told declined to send the case for prosecution. “Morgan Wright came back six months later and found another police officer and the whole thing started over again,” Braun said.
Despite a complete lack of evidence, Parisi was arrested and charged with raping Wright and trying to run her over. His bail was set at $500,000 and he spent three weeks in jail, missing his mother’s death. Parisi was released days after his mother died in his native Italy and the charges were dropped for lack of evidence. It didn’t matter, Parisi was already seen as guilty by many of his female law school students. “Enrollment in his classes dropped by 60 percent with some classes cancelled,” Fox 9 reported.
The Internet still is loaded with articles about the allegations as if they are true. “Even after those charges were dropped, people Google my name and only see a professor accused of so many crimes,&#8221; Parisi told Fox 9.
Parisi eventually sued for defamation. It was discovered that Wright told many, many more lies than previously thought.
“She lied about having a degree in music from Julliard, about being a doctor, and having other advanced degrees,” Fox 9 reported. “She has also claimed her father was former U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskhold, who was a bachelor, likely gay, and died in a plane crash. She even adopted his name. And while Wright claims to be destitute and on disability for a seizure disorder, she lives in a luxury downtown condo and is known to drive a Mercedes convertible.”
Parisi, despite winning a $1.2 million defamation suit, perhaps the largest in Minnesota history, is still marred by the false allegations.
“I used to be the popular guy at parties,” he told Fox 9. “I’m Italian, I bring the good wine. I don’t get so many invitations now.”

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He Was Falsely Accused Of Rape By His Ex. He Just Won The Largest Defamation Case In Minnesota History.

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Thousands of churches across the nation — Catholic, Lutheran, nondenominational, and more — are saying no to governors still curtailing Americans&#8217; First Amendment rights under the guise of &#8220;safety.&#8221;
In Minnesota, over 700 Catholic and Lutheran churches acquired assistance from a law firm, <a href="https://www.becketlaw.org">Becket Law</a>, to stand their ground against the infringement of their religious freedom, informing Democratic Governor Tim Walz that they will be re-opening their churches on May 26 with or without his consent.
Similarly, a movement headed by megachurch pastor Brian Gibson dubbed &#8220;<a href="https://peaceablygather.com">Peaceably Gather</a>&#8221; has reportedly gained steam with thousands of churches across the country signing on to reopen their houses of worship despite lockdown orders.
&#8220;Minnesota Catholics and Lutherans tell [Governor Tim Walz] they are reopening churches on May 26 — after the Governor announced malls, salons, tattoo parlors, &amp; casinos can open, but churches can’t,&#8221; Becket Law announced Wednesday. &#8220;The leadership of over 700 Catholic and Lutheran churches, represented by [BECKET Law] &amp; [Sidley Law], told [Governor Tim Walz] and [Attorney General] Keith Ellison that the First Amendment doesn’t let the government put churches at the back of the line during reopening.&#8221;
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The leadership of over 700 Catholic and Lutheran churches, represented by <a href="https://twitter.com/BECKETlaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BECKETlaw</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/SidleyLaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SidleyLaw</a>, told <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a> and AG <a href="https://twitter.com/keithellison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@keithellison</a> that the First Amendment doesn’t let the government put churches at the back of the line during reopening. <a href="https://t.co/KfQJ9IbS0n">https://t.co/KfQJ9IbS0n</a> (2/8)
&mdash; BECKET (@BECKETlaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/BECKETlaw/status/1263243345905713154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Minnesota Catholic Conference and The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in Minnesota sent Governor Tim Walz <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/becketnewsite/LCMS-cover-letter.pdf">separate</a> <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/becketnewsite/Letter-to-Governor-Tim-Walz-May-20-2020-R.pdf">letters</a> today announcing that they would be resuming worship services on May 26 despite Governor Walz’s current COVID-19 executive order which allows retailers to operate at 50 percent capacity but caps church worship services at ten people,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.becketlaw.org/media/minnesota-churches-tell-governor-walz-resuming-person-worship-services/">press release</a> from the law firm stated.
&#8220;Governor Walz’s latest re-opening order allows the Mall of America to open its doors to those seeking retail therapy but disallows churches from providing spiritual healing to their congregations,&#8221; the law firm argued. &#8220;At the same time, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty sent Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/becketnewsite/Becket-Letter-to-Governor-Walz.pdf">a legal letter</a> explaining why continuing to keep churches closed violates the First Amendment. Also representing the Catholic and Lutheran Churches is global law firm Sidley Austin LLP.&#8221;
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&#8220;Earlier this afternoon, the Catholic Bishops of Minnesota announced that they would resume public masses beginning May 26,&#8221; reads the letter, signed by Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Bemard A. Hebda. &#8220;The attached letter from the Bishops to their faithful, explaining the decision, was posted on all six of the diocesan websites.&#8221;
&#8220;We do not take this step lightly,&#8221; the letter continues, adding that it&#8217;s of &#8220;concern&#8221; &#8220;that we still are without a clear roadmap, metrics, or definite timeline from your administration about a phased re-opening.&#8221;
&#8220;Executive Order 20-56 &#8230; seems to have taken a step backward, imposing an explicit prohibition on faith-based gatherings where none had existed,&#8221; Hebda writes. &#8220;Your willingness, at the same time, to allow a &#8216;click forward&#8217; for other sectors and activities on your dial-many of which cannot be classified as essential as the life of faith, prompts us to consider it necessary to move forward. We certainly remain ready to work with your administration as events unfold and circumstances change.&#8221;
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The letter notes that Catholics &#8220;voluntarily suspended our public worship without anyone&#8217;s direction or your executive order. Now, in light of the relevant information available, and based on the public activities that your administration is now allowing, we have concluded that many of our parishes are ready to safely resume Mass, albeit in a limited way, next week.&#8221;
&#8220;We feel compelled by pastoral need to provide our people with an opportunity to come together on pentecost, before the Easter season concludes,&#8221; the letter adds, &#8220;we hope that the care with which we have prepared for a return to in-person worship will publicly manifest that we continue to share your goal of protecting lives and safeguarding the well-being of the community during this challenging time.&#8221;
This Sunday, Pastor Gibson is headed to a church in the blue state of Illinois to preach to the faithful. According to the pastor, the church he&#8217;ll preach at has a mostly immigrant congregation that fled religious targeting.
On PeaceablyGather.com, the movement offers pro-bono services and advice from First Liberty Institute, a non-profit law firm with a focus on religious freedom. &#8220;Their services will be provided to you free of charge,&#8221; the site says.
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Thousands Of Churches Stand Up To Democratic Governors’ Lockdown Orders: We Are Opening. Period.

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On Wednesday, Minnesota&#8217;s Democratic governor unveiled the state&#8217;s new timeline for its &#8220;Stay Safe&#8221; plan, which includes the mandate that places of worship not be allowed to hold any types of services for more than 10 people — whether inside or outside — while simultaneously allowing restaurants to serve up to 50 customers at a time in outdoor dining areas.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted not only in a devastating economic crisis in the United States but a massive civil rights debate amid state and local mandates effectively prohibiting American citizens from exercising their constitutional rights, including First Amendment-protected rights of &#8220;the free exercise&#8221; of religion and the right to &#8220;peaceably to assemble&#8221; and &#8220;petition the government for a redress of grievances.&#8221; Several state and local mandates prohibiting &#8220;non-essential&#8221; entities from operating have ended up including churches, and some officials have even cracked down on churches providing safely socially distanced &#8220;drive-up&#8221; services.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) heaped fuel on the religious freedom fire on Wednesday in his unveiling of the state&#8217;s &#8220;Stay Safe&#8221; plan beginning June 1.
As noted by the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/minnesota-governor-allows-50-people-in-restaurants-but-limits-churches-to-10?fbclid=IwAR1YEoxp0_lwtdRxHSef_MXwDhJfN2IUMMTNpdX-LxKIBiDRbMzBuixWpm8">Washington Examiner</a>, Walz announced that while restaurants will be able to host up to 50 customers in their outdoor seating areas, churches will remain restricted to serving just 10 congregants at a time, whether indoors or outdoors.  The only remaining concession to churches is that they&#8217;re allowed to hold &#8220;drive-up&#8221; services, in which worshippers must remain in their cars and tune in to the message.
The restrictions on the number of people served by churches at one time includes funeral services and weddings.
Speaking about the glaring inconsistency in the state&#8217;s policy for restaurants versus places of worship, Walz offered a self-contradictory explanation about the &#8220;predictability&#8221; of who will show up at the various venues.
&#8220;I think, and I&#8217;m hearing strongly on this, of trying to figure out how we make that happen because I think the logic behind it, and I think, again, it was the predictability of who&#8217;s there,&#8221; said Walz, as reported by the Examiner. &#8220;But I think you could argue, &#8216;Boy, I see the same people every Sunday at my congregation and, in fact, the Smiths sat in the same pew every year for 30 years, so we know exactly where they&#8217;re at and we know exactly where they are.'&#8221;
&#8220;I just want to say that I think there is a very strong sense of urgency for us to figure this piece out around churches,&#8221; he assured residents. &#8220;And I say that about all the businesses, but I do think these pieces of people&#8217;s lives ⁠— we need to try and get it around. So, Dave, I would just tell you, I think it goes with the predictability piece of it. I will, again, say that I don&#8217;t think that it&#8217;s perfect, and I think there&#8217;s some things that we have to still continue to figure out.&#8221;
As detailed in Minnesota&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://mn.gov/covid19/for-minnesotans/stay-safe-mn/stay-safe-plan.jsp">Stay Safe</a>&#8221; plan page on the state government&#8217;s website, in Phase II (starting June 1; end date to be determined), several changes are taking place in which some social distancing measures are eased. Among them are the following:
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<li>Restaurants and Bars: Location: Outdoors; Capacity: 6 ft of distance must be maintained, not to exceed 50 customers; Reservations: Required; Masks: Required for workers, strongly recommended for customers</li>
<li>Places of Worship, religious services, weddings, and funerals: Indoors: 10 or less; Outdoors: 10 or less, or drive-in services per MDH guidelines</li>
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In Phase III, the places of worship will be allowed only 20 people indoors and a maximum of 100 for outdoor services:
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<li>Restaurants and Bars: Indoor dining with capacity restrictions and social distancing requirements [outdoor capacity presumably at least the 50-customer limit outlined in Phase II]</li>
<li>Places of Worship, religious services, weddings, and funerals: Indoors: 20 or less; Outdoors: 6 ft of distance, max of 100, must follow MDH guidance; Masks: Required for workers and attendees</li>
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The problem of the apparent targeting of places of worship has been widespread during the lockdown. In Illinois, several churches have filed a Federal lawsuit challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker&#8217;s &#8220;Five Point&#8221; COVID-19 plan banning gatherings of more than 50 people for religious services until  &#8220;Phase 5,&#8221; which would be triggered by the creation of &#8220;a vaccine or highly effective treatment widely available or the elimination of any new cases,&#8221; which may not occur until 2021. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-churches-sue-after-governor-says-religious-services-may-not-resume-for-up-to-a-year-under-coronavirus-plan">The Daily Wire</a> highlighted, like Minnesota&#8217;s plan, Pritzker&#8217;s &#8220;Five Point&#8221; treats places of worship unfairly:
<blockquote>[C]ritics of the plan were quick to point out that while Pritzker&#8217;s roadmap allows for individuals to crowd in retailers, restaurants, and even marijuana dispensaries (many of which have never closed, because they are listed as &#8220;essential&#8221; businesses in Illinois&#8217; coronavirus plans) but creates a de facto ban on the free exercise of religion, particularly when religious services require large gatherings or the sharing of food or drink, or feature practices not considered &#8220;orthodox&#8221; under Pritzker&#8217;s plan.
Critics also suggested Pritzker was looking for a &#8220;miracle cure&#8221; that may never come.
“While there is always a possibility that some miracle cure may emerge, that is entirely uncertain and should not be the basis for setting policy, especially policy in relation to our communities of faith,” Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society told CNS last week. &#8220;[Pritzker] has at least brought churches out of the abyss of ‘non-essential,’ but he has not fully elevated them to the heights of being an ‘essential’ business or operation.&#8221;</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bet-you-stay-home-now-hypokrits-church-that-refused-to-close-during-lockdown-gets-burned-down-investigated-as-arson">‘Bet You Stay Home Now Hypokrits’: Church That Refused To Close During Lockdown Gets Burned Down, Investigated As Arson</a>
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Minnesota Governor: Restaurants Can Have 50 People, Churches Just 10

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A Minnesota weatherman is out of a job shortly after he reposted a comment from a local rabbi that compared protesters who want the economy to reopen so they can go back to work to Nazis.
Sven Sundgaard was a meteorologist for NBC-affiliate KARE-TV in Minnesota until last week. The station cited “continued violations” of the its “news ethics” policy and others as the reason for the firing, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/minnesota-nbc-station-fires-weatherman-after-repost-slamming-reopen-protesters-as-nazi-sympathizers">reported</a>.
“Due to continued violations of KARE11’s news ethics and other policies, we have made the decision to part ways with Sven Sundgaard,” the station posted on Facebook. “We hope you continue to turn to KARE 11 for your news, traffic, weather and more.”
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The outlet did not specifically say the Nazi comparison led to Sundgaard’s firing, but the posting came shortly before his firing. KARE president and general manager John Remes <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2020/05/01/kare-tv-fires-sven-sundgaard-over-alleged-news-ethics-violations/">told</a> the St. Paul Pioneer Press that he would “have no comment, other than what was publicly posted.”
Sundgaard had reposted an online message attributed to Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, which described lockdown protesters as “white nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants,” the Press reported.
Sundgaard’s background, according to the Press:
<blockquote>Sundgaard and his boyfriend, Robert McEachren, have been <a href="https://www.facebook.com/explorewithsven">hosting live online events</a> while working from home where they would talk about various topics, including politics.
Sundgaard interned at KARE in 2002 while he was pursuing his meteorology degree at St. Cloud State University and joined the station in 2006 after a stint at KBJR-TV in Duluth.
A native Minnesotan, he was born in St. Paul and raised in Cottage Grove.</blockquote>
The Star Tribune <a href="https://www.startribune.com/kare-11-fires-sven-sundgaard-claims-ethics-violations/570127522/?refresh=true">reported</a> that Sungaard had been previously outspoken on politics, such as in 2015, when he condemned a protest against former President Barack Obama that included a Confederate flag.
“Hate and racism,” Sungaard told the paper at the time. “I had a great-great-grandfather who fought in the Civil War in the 38th Iowa Infantry. Injured because those, what’s the word we should use, morons and racists in the South wanted to preserve their way of life. They lost.”
“Actually what I’ve likened it to, and I don’t think it’s an exaggeration, let’s pretend that Germany were a state in the U.S. and they still wanted to fly the Nazi flag. Get real,” he added.
As The Daily Wire’s Amanda Prestigiacomo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-unrest-from-ca-to-ny-thousands-across-nation-turn-out-for-lockdown-protests">reported</a>, protests have broken out across the country, and while many pundits have characterized protesters as people who simply want to go to the beach or get a haircut, the protests are actually to get the economy to reopen so people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus lockdown can go back to work and start earning a living again. More than 30 million people have filed for unemployment since the shutdowns began.
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Minnesota NBC Station Fires Weatherman After Reposting Comparison Of Reopen Protesters To Nazis

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We are living through an unprecedented time in modern history. COVID-19, which originated in the Hubei province in China, has infected more than 2.2 million people worldwide, and led to the deaths of over 158,200 people. In the United States, the virus has sickened 715,000 people, leading to more than 37,600 deaths.
Allow me to lay out some basic positions so that it may be clear for those who might only read the first few paragraphs of this op-ed before leaping to the comments section with the swiftness of a cheetah in order to excoriate me for what I’m about to say.
There is no doubt that the pandemic spread of this virus is in part the fault of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). There is no doubt that some in the mainstream press have attempted to use the pandemic to harm the president politically. There is no doubt that certain governors and mayors have used a heavy hand and unfairly targeted certain people in implementing some of the isolation policies in place during this time.
Despite all these obvious statements, I’m troubled by the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/protesters-gather-minnesota-governor-mansion-coronavirus-lockdown">protests</a> outside the governor’s mansion in Minnesota and in <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/grahamallen_1/status/1250485450801737728?s=21">other localities</a> across the country. Not because I disagree with the message being sent; not because I believe that all state governments are acting appropriately in their handling of pandemic policies; but because the majority of the protesters, many of whom appear to be on the Right, are not following basic, established protocols as it pertains to the spread of COVID-19.
This may seem silly, but it’s deadly serious. Conservatism is supposed to be the ideology of personal responsibility, the ideology of intelligent liberty, yet the behavior I see outside the governor’s home is anything but responsible or intelligent.
Video footage from the event outside the governor’s mansion in Minnesota shows a throng of protesters, <a href="https://www.startribune.com/rally-urges-gov-tim-walz-to-liberate-minnesota/569736462/">estimated</a> by the St. Paul police to be about 800, most of whom aren’t wearing face coverings, and most of whom aren’t appropriately distancing themselves from one another.
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Pandemonium outside the Minnesota Governor’s Residence.
Horns are blaring. A few hundred people are here. Many chant “Open Up!” <a href="https://t.co/xMGUtTjYQB">pic.twitter.com/xMGUtTjYQB</a>
— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheoKeith/status/1251197214636023810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
How many of these protesters have elderly, immunocompromised, or otherwise medically vulnerable relatives and friends to whom they might bring the virus following their demonstration? How many of the protesters themselves are in vulnerable groups?
If we are to complain, often rightfully so, about the crushing fist of government in this pandemic, how does it look that we protest by refusing to abide by the most basic, easy to follow guidelines as it pertains to not spreading this virus? It’s not as if we cannot protest while wearing a face covering and maintaining appropriate distance from one another. Neither of these things inhibits our being able to express grievance with state governments’ handling of lockdown procedures.
The protest outside the governor’s mansion, in combination with the way in which the media will cover it, creates the impression that conservatives and defenders of rights are unintelligent or unwise, and that those who want to properly balance their constitutional rights with the implementation of certain public health orders don’t care about the safety and wellbeing of those around them who may become ill as a direct result of their actions.
It’s a bad look, and one that conservatives don’t need to be associated with right now.
If we are to exercise our right to protest egregious government overreach, let us do it in such a way as to show that we are the ideology of personal responsibility and intelligent liberty. Let us protest for our rights as Americans without looking like fools in the process.

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On Tuesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey <a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/03/10/minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-proclaims-march-10-abortion-provider-appreciation-day/">proclaimed</a> March 10 as Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Frey stated that his action was taken to honor the local abortion provider, Whole Woman’s Health, saying, “Every day, abortion providers like Whole Woman’s Health deliver high quality care in the face of harassment and threats to abortion access at the federal and local levels. I’m proud to recognize today as Abortion Provider Appreciation Day to celebrate Whole Woman’s Health as an essential part of our community.”
Frey tweeted, “The professionals who ensure women can access safe reproductive healthcare do so despite threats of violence &amp; the persistent push to undermine Roe v. Wade. That’s why today is Abortion Provider Appreciation Day in Minneapolis.” March 10 was chosen because on March 10, 1993, Dr. David Gunn, an abortionist in Pensacola, Florida, was shot and killed.
<a href="http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/archbishop-instead-of-abortion-providers-twin-cities-should-honor-people-who-create-a-culture-of-life/?fbclid=IwAR0Q-gdTZNddjwTtF9Sb3e2gNcFXq_NR6gQlbqLvtsLJG9OPXTJ0YBgVm6E">Responding</a> to Frey’s announcement, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was “profoundly saddened,” asserting:
<blockquote>Given that each human life is created in the image and likeness of God and has value, to honor those who purposefully end such life is an affront not only to our Creator but to the foundational values of civil society. There is no way around it — abortion kills children. What gives me hope, however, are the countless women and men of goodwill who tirelessly give of themselves to accompany women in crisis pregnancies, love and assist moms and babies, and work to create a culture of life in our communities and in our world. It is those people we should be honoring.”</blockquote>
Frey’s announcement followed the St. Paul City Council unanimously <a href="https://stpaul.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4344161&amp;GUID=D5740140-A6C0-4027-869B-9A3BD238EC33&amp;Options=&amp;Search=&amp;FullText=1">passing a resolution</a> to recognize Abortion Providers Appreciation Day in St. Paul on March 4.  The <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2020/03/04/st-paul-city-council-approves-abortion-providers-appreciation-day/">Twin Cities Pioneer Press</a> reported, “The timing of the resolution — which drew no public discussion — was no accident. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday took a case involving a Louisiana law that requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals no more than 30 miles away.”
The resolution stated, “The Supreme Court of the United States now contains a majority of Justices who may not interpret the Constitution to provide protection for the right to end a pregnancy and may overturn or severely limit Roe v. Wade, which includes the threat of women patients and abortion providers being arrested and sent to jail.”
The case in question, June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Russo, was explained by <a href="https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/june-medical-services-l-l-c-v-gee/">The Constitutional Accountability Center</a> this way: “In June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Russo, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold Louisiana’s Act 620, a law which requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, is in conflict with the Supreme Court’s 2016 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.”
Whole Woman’s Health’s background was this, as explained by <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-274">oyez.org</a>:
<blockquote>In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2 (H.B. 2), which contained several provisions related to abortions. One such provision required that any physician performing an abortion have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where the abortion was performed, and another provision required that all abortion clinics comply with standards for ambulatory surgical centers.</blockquote>
Between February 26 and April 5, Catholics in St. Paul and Minneapolis mark the <a href="https://plam.org/call-to-action/40-days-for-life-twincities/">40 Days for Life Twin Cities</a>, an annual Lenten prayer campaign to end abortion.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden chalked up an unexpected win on Super Tuesday, taking Minnesota just one day after receiving an endorsement from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
Biden is projected to take the state by double digits over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who was slated to win the state just a week ago after posting an incredible two-to-one victory over the former Veep in the Nevada caucuses. All that changed last Saturday after Biden won a commanding victory in South Carolina and &#8220;moderate&#8221; Democrats began the process of consolidating.
Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out Sunday and Klobuchar, who was the easily the favorite to take her home state, ended her campaign on Monday, endorsing Biden at a rally in Dallas, Texas.
It did the trick. Biden &#8220;won a surprising come-from-behind victory in the Minnesota Democratic presidential primary Tuesday night, edging out Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, long a champion of progressive activists in the state,&#8221; according to the <a href="http://www.startribune.com/biden-edges-sanders-in-minnesota-primary/568463642/">Minneapolis Star-Tribune</a>.
&#8220;Biden had finished fourth in a Star Tribune/MPR poll on February 23, trailing Klobuchar, Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Sanders finished second in the same poll, closing in on Klobuchar,&#8221; the outlet reported late Tuesday, as results rolled in. &#8220;Sanders, who won the Minnesota caucuses four years ago, had been seen as a strong favorite to carry the state again, the more so after Klobuchar exited the race. Backed by state Attorney General Keith Ellison and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sanders maintained a strong grassroots organization in the state, and held a large rally in St. Paul on the eve of the election.&#8221;
Sanders also campaigned much harder in Minnesota than Biden, but Minnesota voters, the Star-Tribune says, made up their minds in just the last few days, electing to follow Klobuchar&#8217;s lead and cast a ballot for Joe Biden. Many of the state&#8217;s top Democrats, who had already endorsed Klobuchar, quickly shifted their endorsements to Biden, giving him a leg up on the eve of the all-important primary.
Biden won decisive victories in some of the state&#8217;s most progressive districts, besting Sanders in Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Twin Cities&#8217; suburbs by an average of ten points. He also won among Democrats who listed &#8220;health care&#8221; as their top priority in the 2020 election, even though Sanders offered a much more comprehensive &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221; universal health care plan. Biden has campaigned on tweaking the Affordable Care Act &#8212; legislation that he largely regards as a success.
The argument that Biden was a better pick to take on President Donald Trump seemed to resonate even with progressives.
“I’m obviously more concerned about the bigger goal, which is getting Trump the hell out of office,” one former Sanders voter told the Star-Tribune. “In the last couple of days, though — I went back and forth a lot, because I do like Bernie the best. And it’s sort of felt like everyone has been pumping Biden up. I guess I listened to them.”
Notably, support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) barely registerd in Minnesota, echoing a trend across the the country. Warren came in a distant fourth in the state. &#8220;Bloomberg, who has been pouring millions of dollars of his own money into his campaign, hired several dozen Minnesota staffers and opened a handful of offices statewide, and he campaigned in the state twice in recent months,&#8221; the Star-Trib said.

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A Guatemalan woman who was convicted and sentenced to to 12 1/2 years in prison after a 2008 Minnesota crash in which four children aged 9 to 13 were killed, then was deported in 2016 after serving eight years of her sentence, was arrested by federal immigration officials who found she had reentered the United States.
Olga Franco del Cid, 35, was arrested at her home in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, on Tuesday, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7738899/Guatemalan-woman-deported-conviction-deadly-school-bus-crash-arrested-entering-US.html">The Daily Mail</a> reports. The <a href="http://www.startribune.com/guatemalan-who-killed-4-in-2008-cottonwood-minn-bus-crash-arrested/565550162/?refresh=true">Star-Tribune</a> reported of the 2008 accident:
<blockquote>Responders at the scene found Franco del Cid behind the steering wheel, her right foot wedged under a crumpled dashboard near the accelerator. Her attorneys argued that her boyfriend was the one driving the van and fled because he didn&#8217;t want to be deported to Mexico. They argued that he was thrown out of the van on impact, and Franco del Cid was thrown into the driver&#8217;s seat.</blockquote>
The Daily Mail added, “At least 10 people were hospitalized for injuries suffered when the minivan broadsided the school bus after turning right on a country road. The bus rolled on its side and crushed the hood and cab of a pickup truck.” As <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2008/02/20/school">MPR News</a> noted at the time, the pickup driver, James Hancock, said from his hospital bed to the Star Tribune, &#8220;I saw the maroon van run a stop sign; it blew over the railroad tracks and hit the bus, sending it sliding into me. The next thing I knew, they were hauling kids out and it was chaos.”
In the crash, which got national attention, Hunter Javens, 9, and his brother Jesse Javens were killed along with Emilee Olsen, 9, and Reed Stevens, 12, of Marshall, as <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2008/02/20/school">MPR News</a> noted. MPR added:
<blockquote>Emilee&#8217;s mother, Traci, is a physical education teacher at the school. Reed&#8217;s mother, Kandy, is a former teacher. Lakeview Schools Superintendent Sheldon Johnson read a message from Kandy Stevens. &#8220;She wants people to know that Reed was a young man who loved God, his country and his family,&#8221; said Johnson.  &#8220;And he also loved his football family.  We know that he is with the Lord, and we ask all parents to give their kids an extra hug, tonight and every night.&#8221;</blockquote>
As the<a href="https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/crime-and-courts/4792392-ICE-arrests-woman-involved-in-fatal-2016-Minnesota-school-bus-crash"> Duluth News Tribune</a> reported of Franco del Cid, &#8220;She was convicted on 24 separate charges, including four counts of criminal vehicular homicide, and sentenced to more than 12 years in prison &#8230; While she was in prison, Franco del Cid began corresponding with Jerome Harvieux, now 36 and living in Maple Grove. The couple married in 2009 and they have a child together, but Harvieux filed for divorce in October, according to court documents.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/local-news/2018/02/illegal-immigrant-convicted-in-causing-crash-deported-in-2016/">The Marshall Independent</a> added, &#8220;During the trial, the defense argued that Franco del Cid’s then-boyfriend, Francisco Sangabriel Mendoza, was really driving the minivan that hit the school bus, and that the crash threw her toward the driver’s seat. Mendoza fled after the crash &#8230; The Pioneer Press reported that Franco del Cid’s marriage (to Harvieux) didn’t necessarily mean she could stay in the country — she would still go through a deportation hearing either during her sentence, or after it was complete.&#8221;
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City Removing ‘Chief’ From Govt Job Titles To Be Culturally Sensitive, Going ‘Gender Neutral’

Minnesota To File Civil Rights Charge Against Minneapolis PD, Investigate For ‘Systemic Discriminatory Practices’

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MN Governor Points To ‘Organized Attempt To Destabilize Civil Society’; Trump: ‘We Have Our Military Ready’

Medical Examiner: No Evidence George Floyd Died Of Strangulation; ‘Underlying Conditions,’ ‘Potential Intoxicants’ Likely Factors

Amy Klobuchar’s Veepstakes Rating Tanks Amid Scrutiny On Past Case Involving Officer At Center Of George Floyd’s Death

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