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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">https://www.kare11.com/article/n...
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">https://www.kare11.com/article/n...
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.
