Hours after Maxine Waters told people to be more confrontational there was a drive-by shooting of the National Guard in Minneapolis, USA.
Minnesota National Guard was fired upon early Sunday morning in a drive-by shooting in Minneapolis, one Guardsman was taken to the hospital.
This incident happened just hours after Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) told people to be “more confrontational.” Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district since 1991.
A national guard and Minneapolis PD neighbourhood security team were fired upon early Sunday morning in a drive-by shooting near Penn Avenue and Broadway in Minneapolis.
The shooting occurred on or about 4:19 a.m., as a light-coloured SUV fired several shots at a Minnesota OSN security team providing neighbourhood security. No team members were seriously injured.
Two NationalGuard members did sustain minor injuries from the incident. One Guardsman sustained an injury from shattered glass requiring additional care and was taken to a local hospital to receive treatment. The other Guardsman received only superficial injuries.
“I am relieved to know none of our Guardsmen was seriously injured,” said Maj. Gen. Shawn Manke, the Adjutant General of the MN National Guard. “This event highlights the volatility and tension in our communities right now. I ask for peace as we work through this difficult time.”
As protests intensified in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, a group of Black men joined the crowd intent on keeping the peace and preventing protests from escalating into violence.
Hundreds of people have gathered outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center police station every night since Sunday, when former Officer Kim Potter, who is white, shot the 20-year-old Black motorist during a traffic stop. Despite the mayor’s calls for law enforcement and protesters to scale back their tactics, the nights have often ended in objects hurled, tear gas and arrests.
The Black men at the edge of the crowd wear yellow patches on protective vests that identify them as members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, a group formed to provide security in Minneapolis’ north side neighborhoods during unrest following the death of George Floyd last year. They are not shy about casting a forceful image — the group’s Facebook page features members posing with assault-style weapons and describes itself as an “elite security unit” — but on Friday the Freedom Fighters didn’t appear to be armed and said they intended only to encourage peaceful protesting.
As several people began to rattle a fence protecting the Brooklyn Center police department, the Freedom Fighters communicated to each other over walkie-talkies. They declined to say how many are in their group.
