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BREAKING: Few quick bursts of

artappraiser — Fri, 29 May 2020 04:00:13 +0000

In reply to Velshi: The Third Precinct

BREAKING: Few quick bursts of gunfire coming from near 3rd Precinct @MinneapolisPD. My security team tells me it sounds like an assault rifle. No police in sight. Moving locations. #NBCNews
— Morgan Chesky (@BreakingChesky) May 29, 2020

Velshi: The Third Precinct

artappraiser — Fri, 29 May 2020 03:35:21 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

Velshi: The Third Precinct Minneapolis Police Station is now on fire pic.twitter.com/rVrPf6ZOxr
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 29, 2020

Protesters gain access to a Minneapolis police precinct and set fires in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. https://t.co/GdfSK4gpW6
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 29, 2020

In real life, almost nobody

artappraiser — Fri, 29 May 2020 03:01:41 +0000

In reply to This is so unspeakably sad.

In real life, almost nobody wants their town and their livelihoods burned down. It's not a polarized issue, even if social media promotes it as one. https://t.co/BwyabXr1zi
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

The people destroying businesses and causing harm are a small minority but they're being conflated with the protesters by both passionate advocates and opponents on social media..there's actually very little overlap.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

Edit to add two more tweets added to his thread

I really regret seeing media personalities and other people earning large salaries defending the destruction of communities out of some sense of moral outrage identity. That's self-serving. It isn't actually thinking about a compassionate response. And it's...
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

...failing to understand that, like in many similar circumstances in the US and across the world, a small minority of people exploit these situations to commit crimes for their own benefit, not to bring about any kind of political change.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 29, 2020

These officers were said to

artappraiser — Fri, 29 May 2020 02:56:41 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

These officers were said to be responding to a report of a forged check. And somehow that non-violent claim ended with a man begging to be allowed to breathe. https://t.co/F8cOffcPSa
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 29, 2020

Minnesota's Attorney General:

artappraiser — Fri, 29 May 2020 01:33:20 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

Minnesota's Attorney General:

What we’re dealing with is not an isolated case. We’re dealing with a systemic problem...the state needs permanent, deep systemic change. pic.twitter.com/QMe1OKNRKm
— Attorney General Keith Ellison (@AGEllison) May 27, 2020

When George Floyd was tragically killed, National conversation focused on justice for him, systematic change. Focus must return to where it belongs; distracting conduct must cease; Police must restrain their response. Protesters need to center #JusticeForFloyd
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) May 28, 2020

This man doesn’t look like any civil rights protestor I have ever seen. Looks like a provocateur. Can anyone ID him? “Suspicious Man Breaks Window & Starts Minneapolis Riots” - YouTube https://t.co/e1lNAabWcb
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) May 28, 2020

Those are the three latest tweets, more at his feed.

Street protests, fires, and

artappraiser — Fri, 29 May 2020 00:28:03 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

Street protests, fires, and looting in response to George Floyd’s death that the hands of police. @jessecordweber speaks with Criminal Defense Attorney @EsqPhil, Law Professor Kirk Burkhalter and Law & Crime's @BuckEsq about the case tomorrow at 2pm ET. https://t.co/qHT03sKkEv pic.twitter.com/vsJ8NY7G5A
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 29, 2020

I’m always amazed how many

artappraiser — Thu, 28 May 2020 23:15:53 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

I’m always amazed how many people think police brutality is only something minorities should be concerned about. American police kill more white people alone in a year than European countries do over the course of decades.
— Thomas Chatterton Williams (@thomaschattwill) May 28, 2020

This is so unspeakably sad.

artappraiser — Thu, 28 May 2020 21:28:01 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

This is so unspeakably sad. If the pattern of past riots hold, residents of this area will suffer economically for decades as a result. https://t.co/JQ5GkL9BC1
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) May 28, 2020

Andrew Yang:

artappraiser — Thu, 28 May 2020 20:07:52 +0000

In reply to #TakeAKnee for real: cop knees black guy to death over nonviolent crime

Andrew Yang:

If a man casually snuffs out another man’s life on film he should be tried for murder.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) May 28, 2020