Friday, May 29, 2020

Night 4, George Floyd Protests/Probable All-Stop Condition

  • The main officer in the death of George Floyd, now-fired Derek Chauvin, was arrested and charged today with third-degree murder and manslaughter.  One, at least three days too late.  Two, I don't think it's going to matter.  Three, I don't think he survives to see trial.  Four, I don't think this is third-degree. 
  • First reported site of outside protests tonight appears to be the Barclay Center in Brooklyn.  Oh boy, if THAT goes up...    
  • And confirmed reports the Brooklyn protest is already getting testy.  Pepper spray, batons, etc.  
  • Now unconfirmed reports the CNN Building in downtown Atlanta is being made a protest site.
  • Oakland is preparing protests tonight as well.  That would be my second candidate for the next big violent flare-up.
  • Not even the National Guard was clear on a mission, and the head of the Minnesota National Guard was not happy nor comfortable with that fact when activated this morning.  They now have "law and order" orders, according to Tom Hauser of KSTP.  Another part of his report has said they have cleared the area of the Third Precinct, but the fact is that the riot successfully felled the civilian law enforcement of at least a portion of a major American city.   
  • Universal all-ages 8 PM to 6 AM curfew in Minneapolis, at least the next two nights.  And who or WHAT is going to enforce THAT?   
  • The protests have hit Washington DC.  The White House is on lockdown.
  • Atlanta is going up.  Police cars destroyed outside the CNN Center.  CNN Law Enforcement Expert James Gagliano is calling for state and Federal augmentation.  Very real chance the CNN Center might be lost by the end of the weekend at the rate things are going.     
  • At least one Secret Service intervention as the situation outside the White House gets increasingly tenuous.
  • They're about to lose the 84th and 88th Precincts in Brooklyn -- New York City is under a "Code 3".  At least one officer is reported "down" at the 84th.  Rumors of police being shot.  Oh, dear God, no...    
  • The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta has been breached and is probably being ransacked.
  • San Jose is going violent in some pockets.
  • Reports now coming in that police equipment is being stolen in St. Paul and being used against the police -- and the Minneapolis police and the National Guard are in retreat in Minneapolis, neither the tear gas nor the curfew of any effect. 
  • Louisville news crew tear-gassed to try to get them away from covering the protests.

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