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Local journalists in Minnesota dug through the records, and the initial assertions by officials there—and in Washington—appear to have been wrong.
The available data so far indicate arrests mostly in-state.
Yeoman’s work by @b_stahl. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/kare-11-investigates-records-show-arrests-mostly-minnesotans-as-george-floyd-protests-riots-continue-minneapolis-st-paul/89-73f3e0e8-0664-41d5-8d3e-4467d04da7cb
The available data so far indicate arrests mostly in-state.
Yeoman’s work by @b_stahl. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/kare-11-investigates-records-show-arrests-mostly-minnesotans-as-george-floyd-protests-riots-continue-minneapolis-st-paul/89-73f3e0e8-0664-41d5-8d3e-4467d04da7cb
It’s important to faithfully report the best available information as it emerges and test the data against official statements.
As the story itself states, what is available now is only a partial picture.
As the story itself states, what is available now is only a partial picture.
Read the report for the limitations of the data:
* “Small sample” size.
* Incomplete, local records.
* Suspicion from authorities that some people arrested gave phony addresses.
This kind of shoe-leather reporting starts providing a factual basis for the national discussion.
* “Small sample” size.
* Incomplete, local records.
* Suspicion from authorities that some people arrested gave phony addresses.
This kind of shoe-leather reporting starts providing a factual basis for the national discussion.
