dagblog - Comments for "In Minneapolis, Armed Residents Set Up Patrols Amid Calls to Defund the Police" http://dagblog.com/link/minneapolis-armed-residents-set-patrols-amid-calls-defund-police-31945 Comments for "In Minneapolis, Armed Residents Set Up Patrols Amid Calls to Defund the Police" en Portland had the highest http://dagblog.com/comment/286460#comment-286460 <a id="comment-286460"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/minneapolis-armed-residents-set-patrols-amid-calls-defund-police-31945">In Minneapolis, Armed Residents Set Up Patrols Amid Calls to Defund the Police</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Portland had the highest number of homicides of any single month in three decades. The police are tied up defending a courthouse that rioters are trying to burn down for...reasons<a href="https://t.co/7XfBJ6Lhjn">https://t.co/7XfBJ6Lhjn</a></p> — Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/1290019146823094273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 01:04:42 +0000 artappraiser comment 286460 at http://dagblog.com Makes me recall the old days http://dagblog.com/comment/286011#comment-286011 <a id="comment-286011"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/minneapolis-armed-residents-set-patrols-amid-calls-defund-police-31945">In Minneapolis, Armed Residents Set Up Patrols Amid Calls to Defund the Police</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Makes me recall the old days when it was popular to object to this neighborhood militia kind of thing</p> <blockquote> <p> Zimmerman was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_watch" title="Neighborhood watch">neighborhood watch</a> coordinator in his gated community; Martin was temporarily staying there and was shot there.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman#cite_note-Rally-18">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman#cite_note-designated_watch-20">[20]</a> The Twin Lakes Neighborhood Watch program was not registered with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Neighborhood_Watch_Program" title="National Neighborhood Watch Program">National Neighborhood Watch Program</a>, but was administered by the local police department.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman#cite_note-21">[21]</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>from wikipedia on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman">George Zimmerman</a></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jul 2020 02:34:24 +0000 artappraiser comment 286011 at http://dagblog.com