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Former Independent photojournalist covering politics, protests, riots, crime

May 20, 2023, 6 tweets

Minneapolis Warehouse District:

Man was killed last night after being pushed resulting in him falling onto the LRT track into the path of an oncoming train. Video by Rayal Robertson.

#MplsDowntown

There were reports of an altercation and MPD confirms they are investigating the death as a homicide. Suspect was reported as a BM, medium build, white t-shirt, black pants, red shoes with white bottoms, royal blue blanket around his shoulders. Occurred at 5th and 1st street last… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Minneapolis Mayor Frey recently…

There have been countless robberies and acts of violence committed on the light rail and platforms, yet the only time we heard from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on the issue was in a tweet after a trans person was attacked this past February: “We will not tolerate acts of violence… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Governor Walz certainly didn’t release a statement or tweet about the murder of a teenage boy that occurred in broad daylight at the Nicollet Mall station last August either.

I’m getting followers sending me some screenshots of some local MPLS accounts who find the fact that I shared this video disturbing, accusing me of sharing “snuff” - I post content that needs to be visually seen and not sugarcoated especially when it comes to crime. This is the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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