{"id":71342,"date":"2019-05-21T06:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=71342"},"modified":"2019-05-21T06:24:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:24:10","slug":"just-another-evening-on-the-vomit-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=71342","title":{"rendered":"Just Another Evening On The Vomit Comet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to police dispatch, a &#8220;crowd of 8-10 men with hammers and iron bars&#8221; attacked people on the Green Line (aka &#8220;Vomit Comet&#8221;) platform on the East Bank, at the U of M.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019 05 17 U of M Hammer Attack East Bank LRT Station by CrimeWatchMpls\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F623159451&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Alpha News:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A person who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CrimeWatchNE\/posts\/2394572397231773?comment_id=2394612897227723&amp;reply_comment_id=2394945807194432&amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D\">claimed<\/a>&nbsp;on social media to have been at the station when the incident occurred said that the group of males had \u201chammers and bars,\u201d and that they seemed to be \u201cattacking anyone who looked like they had money or were white.\u201d The witness, who said he isn\u2019t white, said he didn\u2019t want to \u201c[take] on a bunch of dudes with blunt objects,\u201d and that he \u201churried an older white lady away\u201d and they walked a few blocks to catch a bus.<br><br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There is considerable effort on the part of local progressives to discredit the story &#8211; as it comes from conservative Alpha News via those neocon tools, the Minneapolis Police Scanner and U of M Pollice Departments.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2019\/05\/20\/after-report-of-threats-at-umn-green-line-station-police-stop-7-fleeing-juveniles-2-found-with-metal-pipes\/\">Pioneer Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Police responding to a report of a group threatening people at a light-rail station at the University of Minnesota stopped seven juvenile males who fled from the Minneapolis platform, a university representative said Monday.<br>Two males who were carrying metal pipes were identified through video surveillance and witness descriptions, said Lacey Nygard, a University of Minnesota spokeswoman. Police issued them citations.<br><br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That first paragraph has had the local PC police all a-twitter:  &#8220;Only <em>two<\/em> had pipes, not ten hammers&#8221;, because thugs never throw away pipes and crowbars when the police are chasing them, naturally. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to police dispatch, a &#8220;crowd of 8-10 men with hammers and iron bars&#8221; attacked people on the Green Line (aka &#8220;Vomit Comet&#8221;) platform on the East Bank, at the U of M. 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