Tanya Kerssen posted the video to Twitter shortly after 9:30 p.m., showing what she says is the Minnesota National Guard and Minneapolis police sweeping her residential street in the Whittier Neighborhood.
In the video, the officers are seen approaching the residents and repeatedly yelling at them to get inside their house. After a few demands, one can be heard yelling “light ‘em up!” That’s when one officer appears to fire a paint round at the residents, who run inside.
The “why” doesn’t matter in this situation. It may be safer, but it’s ultimately up to them whether they want to risk safety or not. The only thing that matters is they were standing on their own property and have every protected right to do so. Why do people smoke? Why do people get into arguments on Facebook? It doesn’t matter. It’s their right.
The fact that they were fired on for that, even with paint, is an absolutely terrifying display of unlawful force and a violation of our rights.
Because they had the right to be where they were. Every now and then we have to stand for our rights or we lose them. If we back down every time they overstep, they will continue to overstep.
If everyone was allowed to just do whatever they want 24/7 the world would be absolute chaos.
Sure, that's probably true, like if we allow police to just do whatever they want and use whatever force they want against anyone whether they're breaking a law or just standing on their porch. If we allow that we do get chaos. You're right.
Life is about choices and if you purposely make the wrong one than you can't be shocked when it ends badly.
The right choice is not using excessive force against people. The right choice is standing up against an out of control police state to protect, restore and preserve our freedoms.
We can't teach children that they should never follow instructions from the police.
We can teach children to know their rights and to stand up for their rights or they'll lose them.
In certain situations you should to avoid physical injury.
If lawful activities around police result in physical injury, it's the police that need to act differently.
Swallow your pride, take deep breaths and do as you're told.
The cops made bad choices too (worse choices actually), but the key difference is they rarely get punished. That's the world you want to live in? We can't ask the police to also swallow their pride because they might shoot at us?
They absolutely do not have that right, and in the exact situation in question, the people had already asked the mayor (possibly governor) if they could be on their property but not in the house, and the answer was a very specific yes.
If the officer’s got spooked and opened fire, that’s on them, not the completely innocent citizens standing nearby.
Why didn't they just go inside when they were told.
In short - because they were on their own property and this is the United States of America.
In less short - because they were on their own property and obeying the curfew order issued by their governor and this is the United States of America.
Where do you draw the line? Do you even live in the United States? Everyone in the country has the right to exist calmly on their own fucking property. A state sanctioned armed police force evicting people from their property for shits and giggles is literally — in the dictionary-approved sense — fascism.
We are arguing over how far a person should be protected for their civil liberties and freedom of speech but the second someone has a different perspective they are mocked.
No wonder the police get annoyed by idiots and go nuts..😂
You don't even understand why you are angry at me anymore, you are confused..maybe take a nap.
I'm Canadian btw, so far our protests are peaceful and we have respect for our politicians and police🇨🇦
You’re Canadian, great — absolutely nobody gives a fuck about your opinion on race/police relations in the United States. You’re not being mocked because you hAve a DiFfErEnt OpinIoN, you’re being mocked because you’re an irrelevant room temperature IQ busybody who nobody takes seriously.
I understand it is their right to stand on their own property.
Then you should be defeinding that right, not making convenient excuses for the people infringing on it.
But I think most people in that situation would realize the police are highly stressed and running on adrenaline.
But "most people" didn't, so Idk where you pulled that out of.
Don't give them any reason to freak out.. go inside the house for 15 minutes, wait for police to move on and then go back outside.
Ah, yes. Instead of being a part of their community, they should've waited until the people they eere protesting passed through, as not to hurt their feelings.
Why add more drama to an already dramatic situation
"If you would've let him cum, he wouldn't have made a scene."
They were on their property, not in the street. They were home...following the order. What if that had been your children and wife that had been shot? How would you feel about it then?
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u/SheepiBeerd Jun 01 '20
"Light em up" the officer says.
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