#Minneapolis burning is a reminder that police are only able to dominate with the consent of the public. There's not enough of them to stop a people united in rebellion against their violence. They will, however, certainly hurt more people as they attempt to maintain control.

And out comes the universal playbook, How to Suppress Modern Rebellions in America:
- good protesters vs bad
- outside agitators
- "faith leaders" to quell anger
- community trauma of police killing "compounded by violence" (prop destr)
- "peace" + patience = justice
#Minneapolis

Such talking points are all geared toward gaining consent from enough people so that state violence can reestablish itself as the dominant force in the streets. Politicians, police chiefs, government-friendly NGOs, corporate media cajole the masses into compliance.
#Minneapolis

Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo coopts the language of civil liberties/social justice. He acknowledges police contribute to a "defecit of hope" but repeatedly uses the phrasing that protests "compound the trauma." Healing and grieving are only acceptable responses.

Of course, how is a community ever supposed to truly heal if police are contributing to a deficit of hope, day in and day out, decade after decade? Just stand around and be sad, accept the bullshit?

Cleverly, chief says those expropriating items from stores are "robbing" from the community, as if the merchandise was being held in a neighborhood storage facility freely accessible to all.  As part of the divide and conquer strategy, he cites safety concern for elderly/youth.

Peaceful protesters versus "different group" of troublemakers "compounding the trauma."

It's rich when he says he cannot allow criminal acts that threaten safety and traumatize the community, that preserving life is his #1 priority, while his killer cops run free.
#GeorgeFloyd

Here's corporate media pushing the outside agitator narrative. The chief cosigns with absolutely no proof. Chief promises that faith leaders and others who already supported him will be out in streets to tamp down anger.

#Minneapolis, beware of anyone from the DOJ Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program who approaches you. Twice I've seen them approach family and identified protest organizers after uprisings and disruptive protests. They are full of shit.
https://cops.usdoj.gov/ 

The DOJ COPS program will try to set up a meeting with you. They'll say the protests are counterproductive to justice, the Feds are on it, just calm down and be patient, but their true mission is only to restore "civil order" and Feds won't do anything.
#Minneapolis #GeorgeFloyd