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How Tim Walz allowed BLM rioters to wreak havoc on Minneapolis

2024 Presidential Election,Tim Walz,Black Lives Matter,Minneapolis,Minneapolis Police Department,Minnesota

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'Many at MPD believe he was one of main reasons they had to watch one of their precincts burn in 2020.'

By Thursday, May 28, 2020, riots had plagued the city of Minneapolis for over three days. The Black Lives Matter rioters focused much of their attention on the Minneapolis Police Department's 3rd Precinct as officer Derek Chauvin, who was later convicted of killing George Floyd, had been assigned to that station.

The day after the video of George Floyd being arrested by Chauvin went viral, May 25, rioters attacked the 3rd Precinct and would continue to do so until the thinly stretched officers were ordered to evacuate the building on Thursday. As scenes of their retreat and the fire that consumed the front of the station were blasted across the American media, many people were asking: Where is the Minnesota National Guard?

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