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‘The precinct is on fire’: What happened at Minneapolis’ 3rd Precinct — and what it means

A timeline........

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/06/30/the-precinct-is-on-fire-what-happened-at-minneapolis-3rd-precinct-and-what-it-means

It was 9:53 p.m. when a Minneapolis police officer sent out an urgent call to the other officers who remained in the 3rd Precinct.

“We need to move. We need to move,” he shouted over the police radio. 

Protesters were breaking into the back of the station, and officers were preparing to take an unprecedented step in American policing: to abandon their precinct building.

“The front has been breached,” an officer called over the radio just before they fled. “They’re coming in. They’re coming in the back.”

In a dramatic exit, a squad car rammed through a gate near the station in south Minneapolis, leading a motorcade racing from the parking lot. Patrol officers in riot gear left on foot, hurrying past a jeering crowd hurling rocks and fireworks.

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Those who advocated for sacrificing the precinct hoped that it would cool tensions. They were wrong.

Friday night was even worse, even though that was the day the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged Chauvin with murder.

“It did nothing to quell anything,” Sgt. Sherral Schmidt, a leader of the police union, said of abandoning the station.

Frey said that he can’t know if the outcome would have been different had he acted sooner or tried another strategy. “But, clearly, the murder of George Floyd has sparked a whole lot of anger and sadness,” he said.

There is a difference between a verbal or contractural guarantee and one that is very obviously 100%.

Leaders make miscalculations at times of course as they think "Well, they don't really mean it.".

Hitler was surprised when France and GB actually declared war and stayed in it.  There was no way at the time for them to do much to help Poland, French troops did wonder into Germany for a bit, and then backed up.

as long as the steel isn't coming from China

So the guy who ran against the current Florida governor almost won. He's now in rehab for drug addiction. Serious stuff. He almost won!!

Is this where we are?

For alcohol abuse, which started after his loss. 
If I lost a popularity contest to Ron DeSantis, I'd probably do the same.

So the guy who ran against the current Florida governor almost won. He's now in rehab for drug addiction. Serious stuff. He almost won!!

Is this where we are?

Buddy just look at the White House if you want to know where we are.

For alcohol abuse, which started after his loss. 
If I lost a popularity contest to Ron DeSantis, I'd probably do the same.

Weak, and not factual at all.

This is the hill you want to die on?

The literal answer to your question is to make Mexicans walk a little further before they cross. 
The broader answer is that if a fence or wall has an end, you simply go around.  A gap - you go through.  If it doesn't have either, you go over or under or through.  It's a path of least resistance thing, obviously. 

They simply don't want that least resistant path to be in front of American drivers on the 805 for the illusion of safety.  We all know about that - the illusion. 

You're smarter than this and you're letting your politics get in the way. 

Pot meet kettle.