Blueleaks : Police Focused on Unfounded Threats Amid Protests
▻https://theintercept.com/2020/06/26/blueleaks-minneapolis-police-protest-fears
Newly leaked documents reveal that, in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, local and federal law enforcement agencies repeatedly told police in Minnesota that they were under attack. The fears stoked by the warnings appear to have set the stage for the police’s escalating, violent response to the protests, including the widespread use of tear gas, percussion grenades, and rubber bullets, sometimes fired at close range. The documents show that law enforcement leadership warned of potential (...)
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