{"id":77096,"date":"2021-03-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=77096"},"modified":"2021-12-15T16:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T22:06:27","slug":"the-darkness-before-more-darker-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=77096","title":{"rendered":"The Darkness Before More, Darker Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The news is full of stories about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/minneapolis-leaders-address-concerns-over-unrest-during-chauvin-trial\">preparations for Monday&#8217;s opening of the Derek Chauvin trial<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signally, all those preparations seem to involve fortifying <em>government <\/em>buildings.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes Minneapolis City Hall, <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2021\/03\/04\/chauvin-trial-minneapolis-spending-645k-for-barriers-around-city-buildings-police-precincts\/\">where taxpayers are paying a <em>lot <\/em>of money to fortify a building<\/a> wherein most of the City Council members believe the <em>expectation <\/em>of public safety is a privilege. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As to protecting the small businesspeople?  Residents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Additionally, Sasha Cotton, the director for the city\u2019s new Office of Violence Prevention, said her department is working with the city\u2019s Neighborhood and Community Relations Department on a preparedness toolkit\u2014which includes safety tips and best practices, among other information\u2014to help neighborhoods and residents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;preparedness kit&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, smoke &#8217;em if you got &#8217;em.  You&#8217;re on your own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again.   Government has its priorities.  Government <em>is <\/em>government&#8217;s priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it&#8217;s OK &#8211; because city officials are pointing out the precedent they&#8217;re concerned about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not May 25.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Never Waste a Crisis!&#8221;   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A city&#8217;s agony is just another excuse to feed into the blood libel that there is a massive wave of &#8220;white supremacist right wing violence that&#8217;ll dwarf 9\/11&#8221; waiting out there, any day now.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news is full of stories about the preparations for Monday&#8217;s opening of the Derek Chauvin trial. Signally, all those preparations seem to involve fortifying government buildings. That includes Minneapolis City Hall, where taxpayers are paying a lot of money to fortify a building wherein most of the City Council members believe the expectation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17,51],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-77096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-and-punishment","category-minneapolis","category-liberal-tyranny","tag-chauvin-trial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77097,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77096\/revisions\/77097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}