Minneapolis police note that they were kept from the crime scene of a recent shooting near \u201cGeorge Floyd Square\u201c near 38th and Chicago in south Minneapolis, and that parts of the \u201ccitizens committee\u201c that have turned the area around the intersection into a de facto \u201cautonomous zone\u201c contaminated the evidence that could be used to try to prosecute the perps, if they are ever found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple of the inspectors involved have emailed a few members of the student Senate\u2026 um, City Council.<\/p>
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To give the minimum possible credit where it is due, and indicate how very low the actual bar is, Councilman Andrea Jenkins seems to have a veered close to something within rifle shot of common sense in her response:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jenkins told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS she supports the memorialization of George Floyd Square and wants it to become a permanent fixture as she and others on the City Council pursue racial justice and police reform. But she does not condone any action which inhibits police investigations.<\/p>
‘We want justice for everybody and it concerns me and I am not happy with what I read in the email,’ said Jenkins. ‘To somehow disrupt or delay that kind of response is completely irresponsible and an obstruction of justice.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
My fearless prediction; Jenkins will be castigated as a conservative reactionary, and will have a primary opponent from the left. be castigated as a conservative reactionary, and will have a primary opponent from the left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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