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Shortly after the incident, rumors began to circulate on social media that police shot and killed as many as two black men. A crowd of around 100 people formed and marched to the police station, reportedly intending to take it over.
The chief said the crowd was acting on “misinformation, bad information and just flat out lies.”
originally posted by: CryHavoc
No that's not a mistype.
So, the rumor was that 2 Black Kids were shot by Police in St. Paul, MN Sunday Night.
Turns out it was a Police Officer who was shot. By a Black Kid. Who ended up arrested. A Kid whose father called the next day and thanked the Police for not killing his child.
No good deed goes unpunished - who the F would start a rumor like that with everything else going on?!?
A St. Cloud police officer was shot in the hand early Monday by a teenager who was resisting arrest, an encounter that ignited rumors of two black men being hit by police gunfire followed by swift rebuttals from civic leaders.
The encounter with the 18-year-old occurred about 12:10 a.m. and ended in the 1000 block of S. 10th Avenue, according to police. The officer was hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
The shooting comes in the midst of global outrage over the deaths of two black men in recent weeks during encounters with white police officers. Three weeks ago in Minneapolis, George Floyd died after officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee pinned to Floyd’s neck for roughly 8 minutes. Late last week, a white police officer in Atlanta chased and fatally shot a black man.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: tinktinktink
rumors began to circulate on social media
I saw it on CNN, but here's an article.
Hi 911 whats your emergency?
someones been shot!!
Ok sir no problem can you tell me the race of the victim?
Yes it was a police officer!
Ok sir at this time we feel it is our responsibility to ignore calls involving whites and police
but
Sir you should vote democrat next time
originally posted by: Phage
It should be noted that the OP has been heavily edited.
originally posted by: StratosFear
As some become more and more desperate to appear to be victims you`ll see more of that Smollet framing crap happening. The frothing masses wont care about truth.