Bodycam shows Minneapolis officers 'hunting' civilians during Floyd protests

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/10/05/bodycam-shows-minneapolis-officers-hunting-civilians-during-floyd-protests/

Another batch of body camera videos released Tuesday show how Minneapolis police officers became increasingly militaristic in their attempt to clamp down on protesters five days after George Floyd was killed.

They mocked some demonstrators and sought out others who were breaking curfew and fired rubber bullets indiscriminately at them. They made racially tinged remarks, mocked the working press and celebrated direct hits with their rubber bullets. As citizens hurled insults at the officers — saying this is exactly the sort of behavior they were protesting — MPD officers continued to fire on people as they fled.

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More than a year after the protests, no officers have been disciplined — except for an officer who violated MPD policy by speaking to a reporter anonymously — and multiple class action lawsuits against the city are pending, including one brought by journalists. An outside review of their response is also being done by a Chicago firm.

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The videos show Sgt. Andrew Bittell — the leader of the SWAT team that fired at Stallings — puncturing the tires of vehicles earlier that night, telling his unit they need to puncture two tires because people can easily change one flat tire.

Clearly, the department needs more money for training, more money for more personnel, and more money for body cameras, because when cops know their actions are being recorded, they'll act better, or so I hear.

[TheRealNorth]

1. The department needs to be torn down and rebuilt....

This fish is rotting from the inside.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Yep. It's a system that can't be reformed.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

2. Time to "Hayes Pond"

the Minneapolis Police.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Criminal abuse of authority.

Fire them. Charge them. Try them. Lock them up.