This is not ok, @MnDPS_DPS is creating a false narrative- what’s going on has nothing to do with “urban warfare.” The protesters aren’t part of a sophisticated network- they’re people demanding their rights and that police not kill black men! 1/ https://twitter.com/mndps_dps/status/1266865889552588801

But accusing protesters of being part of a sophisticated network borrows the language security orgs use to describe #terrorists. This is not an accident. This framing is meant to delegitimize the protests and draws on really racist concepts of scary brown men 2/

Policing is not the same as warfare. Police aren’t warriors or soldiers. The laws and norms that govern behavior are totally different-or at least they should be. Protesters are not the “enemy.” But that is exactly how Minneapolis DPS has framed the situation 3/