Tuning in to the Hennepin County Public Safety scanner feed again... https://twitter.com/dreadpiratejene/status/1265775751271452676

Cops assessing wind direction assessment. It’s blowing towards target in a perfect direction.

Cops are putting on gas masks and preparing for deployment of tear gas

35 more cops are arriving in 30 seconds

Unit 1280 is in position to deploy CS

“Deliver three triple chase on my command” re: tear gas

Cops are about to attempt to push the crowd from the front of the 3rd Precinct towards the Target parking lot

35 officers coming up the alley

Holding in alley

Further instructions coming over phone call

Officer asking for second swat team

Swat is trying to get their van inside the perimeter

Plans to set up a double barricade once the crowd is pushed away from the precinct

Officer inside the perimeter offering to deliver gas

Reinforcements four minutes away

Unit 1101 is being trapped, doesn’t think they can wait four minutes

Unit 1281 is ready to deploy gas. Ordered to standby

Protestors stealing barricades and moving them south

Officers taking back barricades

“Now would be a good time for chemicals”

“Deliver, deliver, deliver”

Tear gas deployment has been ordered

Chemicals almost 100% effective

Cops are setting up barricades and trying to guard them

“Deploy again if needed on Lake” re: more gas

“We need a car team, they’re throwing rocks”

“Taking quite a bit of rocks and bottles”

These cops don’t know zip ties aren’t effective for securing barricades

Officer requesting another round of gas deployment

Numerous officers being hit. More gas coming

Order to deliver gas made

Officers “doing much better now”

Protestors are reassembling

Wind direction has changed and that’ll dictate how effective chemical deployment is

Officer requesting to deploy more gas, supervisor would not approve request

Crowd throwing rocks again, numerous officers hit

Numerous rocks thrown, two black balls deployed.

More balls. Possibly saying “blast ball” and not “black ball”

“The yellow smoke wasn’t ours”

More blast balls deployed

“We’re getting more rocks”

More blast balls deployed

“Numerous officers being hit with rocks”

Fifty people looting the Target

Blast balls deployed

Male hit in head with rubber bullet, waiting for rescue

Officers getting hit with a constant stream of rocks. Requesting to deploy last four chemical rounds

Requesting more 40mm rounds

Supervisor ordered deployment of 2/4 chemical rounds

“Gas extremely effective”

Protestors using stolen carts to build makeshift barricade

Officers low on blast balls and chemical rounds

“It’s all property and we are outnumbered so we are not going in”

More rocks coming in, another blast ball deployed

More officers being hit

More rocks being thrown

There’s never a shortage of rocks!

Officers resupplying

Officers requesting to fire more gas

Deployment successful

More rocks being thrown at officers

Two people (not cops) on top of three story building

Multiple rocks again, officers being hit, request more gas

“A bunch of looters entering Target off the railroad tracks”

The officers tasked to respond to the looting were getting pelted by rocks and forced to regroup

“We are NOT going to deliver any more CS at this time” re: gas

“You guys do realize they’re listening to these radio transmissions, right?”

“Can we get another supply of these canisters, Mark 9, delivered to the line please”

“They’re building a fortification in the middle of the street”

“Large amount of orange smoke coming from in front of Target”

Blast balls deployed

More blast balls deployed

“Several marking rounds deployed”

“Smoke coming from Target, don’t think it’s a fire but someone better check”

“Fireworks and smoke grenades in front entry of Target”

“Individual dropped off large backpack in front of officers”

Officers evacuating from area

“Multiple drones above head”

“They’re coming at us pretty quick”

“Multiple blast balls”

Multiple blast balls to cover officer retreat

“They’re pretty jacked up. Help”

Reports of Black male with a long gun or a handgun in front of precinct.

How the fuck can you not tell the difference?

Officer reporting a long gun and a hand gun, black gloves, walking down street

“We got him, he’s right in front of the liquor store”

*just to reiterate, I’m tweeting according to the police scanner*

Scanner went down

How the fuck does the scanner go down for everyone the second before they’re about to engage with a “Black man with a handgun and long gun”?

It’s back up

“We’re taking flares”

flares>rocks

“Most of the projectiles are coming from the alley” “everyone on the sidewalk is blocking us from shooting the 40mm”

I’m logging off in 15 minutes. You can continue following through this app or other apps

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/5-0-radio-police-scanner/id356336433

“There are a bunch of Molotov cocktails getting ready to throw”

!!!!!!!!

“They basically own the liquor store now”

Green Blazer suspected to contain pipe bombs

Shouldn’t have to be said but you don’t use pipe bombs when all your comrades are congregating around the target.

On the other hand, if you’re a terrorist...

Also have no confirmation of pipe bombs. Police suspect there might be some in a nearby vehicle

Second witness said they’re making multiple Molotov cocktails inside the liquor store.

Quit snitching

Cops are scrambling to get fire extinguishers for 3rd Precinct. Witness who snitched on Molotov cocktails claims they overheard someone state they have pipe bombs

We are going to stand down on what we originally were going to think... stand by for a “mission” ~supervisor

White male with an assault rifle walking around

And a brown handgun in waistband

Appears to have a 50-100 round drum

I’m logging off. @AbeReviate has offered to continue live tweeting.

Stay safe, Minneapolis comrades

https://twitter.com/abereviate/status/1265809797510651905?s=21 https://twitter.com/AbeReviate/status/1265809797510651905

Heard there were cops on the roof. Bet that changed real damn fast