Last night’s police operation against #DaunteWright protesters was run by the Hennepin County sheriff, according to the mayor of Brooklyn Center in a presser just now.
During the #NoDAPL movement at Standing Rock, Hennepin County sent a force of deputies that was the vanguard of some of the more brutal attacks on water protectors: unicornriot.ninja/2016/police-mi…
Brooklyn Center, MN is under a 10 PM - 6 AM curfew tonight.

Presumably, Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson will again be the Incident Commander directing the behavior of officers from the various LEO agencies.
Today, Brooklyn Center Mike Elliott called last night’s use of gas by police under Hutchinson’s command “not a humane way of policing.”

Mayor Elliott also said police ordering media covering the protests to leave was “absolutely, unequivocally unacceptable.”

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