Bystander injured by a rubber bullet at the bus stop near the third precinct, things are still escalating there. Hiawatha and lake blocked per police scanner #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
I'm not on the ground, I've got an ear on the scanner cause a lot of folx can't even do that. But if you can keep an ear out, here's an in browser option. I don't report anything I don't see or hear from the scanner or see on livestreams. https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/27929
From Kare 11 livestream, you can see the fence they built around the building and how boarded up the building is, and a line of police visible in top left. Not pictured, officers in roof shooting less lethal rounds into the crowd
Hearing police on the scanner say there are about 400 protesters out front of the third precinct, they've got a lot of backup on the way ETA 30min
Police being called down off the roof of 3rd precinct, reporting stones and bottles being thrown
Police have given up high ground, front doors of precinct building have been breached. Larger projectiles being thrown MPD scared they'll lose control of the building, prepare for pushback if you're on the ground in Minneapolis
Stating protestors now have the high ground as they have claimed the top of the liquor store
Police stating they won't use aerosols from inside out, barricades in North side of building are completely down
Nobody is covering the front entry, fence they built today is down, they can't push people back or get them out, marking rounds are authorized
Per scanner black ball rounds are having no effect. Police will be making swift moves to clear the front gate area soon
Police are taking heavy bursts of rocks and bottles from protestors at windows and from roof of liquor store, no officers injured that I've heard.
They're going to majorly push the crowd very soon attempting to get them across the street. Hearing loud chants coming through scanner. 10-15min ETA still on reinforcements. This is going to be a big clash, I fear.
Police aren't masked up yet but having officers ready their equipment, I would expect a large amount of aerosol weapons and supression tactics and it's making me crazy to not have eyes on this cause I hope folx came prepared. They're assessing wind direction right now.
35 officers en route via bus approaching from 32nd, heading straight for the front of the precinct
2mins out. CS is prepared to deploy.
3 triple chase ordered. Police ordered to din protective masks
They're held up by horse teams needing more time to tack up. Other officers have arrived
Mounted units heading to alley sounds like, they're going off channel for further instructions
All of my love to everyone risking their lives to demand justice from this corrupt police force today. All of it. They're still staging in the alley they're going to push to secure the front, hardest
Again three gas grenades being shot soon from the south, wind going SE take cover
They're going to be pushing north up minnehaha, sending horses up the alley next to the building, and pushing for the front entrance and north breached barricade
Gas is ready to deploy
Protestors are stealing and moving barricades
"now would be a good time for chemicals" per scanner
Gas delivered
Police concerned they're weak at the back, don't know which unit they're all yelling now
Mobile field force attempting to take and hold minnehaha and lake
Saying the maneuver was almost 100% effective but I don't have eyes. They seem to be rebuilding a double line of barriers like last night, only a single line for a bit, while they retrieve more pieces.
police just said they're vulnerable at Minnehaha and Lake and they're sending more cops over to retrieve those barricades
Calling for 40mm operators, calling for protection for horses. Lots of scrambling, no available cars to help Horses
They aren't all armed up for 40mm rounds yet, more gas deployed per Facebook live
Another volley of gas ordered
Numerous office s getting hit with bottles and rocks and they will not mice. Delivering g two more triple chase
They will not move. Sorry for typos I've got a lot of activism relayed trauma and my partner's watching video in the background and wow the screams.
They're securing the barricade in the north side with zip ties
They're checking around behind the crowd and planning to deploy gas from another angle as the wind has shifted
They're trying to push the crowd East on lake. 10 more police about 10 minutes away, they're going to deploy more gas
The group is reassembling faster than they can disperse them and they're off channel again
"group has assembled to what it was before on Minnehaha and Lake"
The police don't know the protestors are coming at them to push them back with a dumpster, yet. 2 black/blast balls deployed, could use help IDing those rounds
Not sure what all they're throwing at the crowd right now, it's garbled. Gas and whatever these blast/black balls are. Grey and yellow smoke at once happening
They're asking for a third car team and another mobile force and they're going to try to take the dumpster
Ten officers just arrived in back lot. Sounds like flashbangs, numerous officers being hit with rocks
Ten more officers entering the station. Fifty people currently looting target. Nobody around to help. Might be a good time to go grab snacks for the front lines ✌️
See also camping gear and more carts cause that really fucked with em.
Reports of a tavern being looted right now. They have four triple chase left holding and they seem scared. Unsure if that's the last four or just the last in this round
Two triple chase incoming
Gas delivered
Constant stream if bottles and rocks nobody can shoot 40mm from north side currently and they're trying to pull officers to that area
"gas extremely effective" if you are an ally, and ablentonriaknit, get down there with milk and milk of mag and get it as far in as you can even if you drop and run. They're gonna gas them till they run out. Also need clean masks and protective eye gear ASAP if you can spare
MPD IS LOW ON BLACK BALLS AND TRIPLE CHASE
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