On the same day that tension arose after the city dismantled George Floyd Square (aka: The Minneapolis Autonomous Zone) police shot & killed another person. This could very well lead to more rioting.
Im monitoring the situation and I’ll go provide coverage if needed.
Playing this by ear & monitoring the situation. I dont have the expendable funds I had in April when I covered the previous riot & the Derek Chauvin trial, & Im only going to book a hotel in the city for this if it looks like it'll escalate
Currently it appears small & isolated
Looks like my week is about to take an unexpected turn. I think I’m going to book a hotel and cover the unrest.
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Heading to the city to cover unrest in Minneapolis following the death of Winston Smith. I should have some video uploaded within an hour or so. If you’d like to support my independent journalism please check the links below.
There’s currently just a very small crowd gathered outside the location where Winston Smith was killed, although the ones who are here have blocked off the intersection on all sides using vehicles and trash containers.
So far it’s peaceful.
A physical brawl just broke out with some people threatening to shoot others.
A few months ago I caught slack for calling out Zombaekillz. She was leveraging her race for free stuff & it was painfully obvious what she was doing, but when myself & others spoke up she cried victimhood & the gaming media leapt up to defend her.
In the media’s rush to defend her they published various articles & more, even giving her the title of streamers to keep an eye on, & naturally she blew up cuz of it (even getting twitter verified despite her small size).
Within a very short period of time she gained a ton of influence. Even being the leading cause of why the Pogchamp emote on twitch was removed. This from someone with less than 13k twitter followers & a twitch following of 13k.
Okay. Fuck Returnal. Was three hours into a run, had a great build, heading towards the 5th of six boss fights, looking like I’ll beat the game &…. It crashed. And given the game doesn’t save or have a system in place for if it crashes, I lost ALL that progress. Fuck that.
Following the crash my game is now experiencing a glitch where doors won't open. Trapping me forever within this room. Even the teleportation pad can't be interacted with. This has happened twice in a row. Rebooting the game/console does nothing.
Yesterday this game was on track to get an 8/10 in my review, today it's dropping digits by the second.
This thread begins day two of my Minneapolis uprising coverage. In a very short amount of time the verdict will be read in the Derek Chauvin case. Depending on what the jury decides, tonight could be insane. Wish me luck.
This thread begins day one of my Minneapolis uprising coverage. I’ll be on the streets for up to 12 hours a day as I scurry around to catch any and all fallout/chaos from the end of the Derek Chauvin trial.
I can’t guarantee that anything exciting will happen this week, but I’m on the street nonetheless, so if you’d like to support my independent journalism, I have a few ways to do so:
The defense lawyer is making a really compelling final argument in this Derek Chauvin case.
After being forced to take a break in the middle of his closing argument, upon returning there’s a technical issue that is preventing the defense lawyer’s PowerPoint from working again. He’s now trying to carry on without it.
Oof, bad luck.
The prosecution is getting in their final say, and the dude is speaking very well. This jury deliberation could easily lead to a hung jury. I can see how various members could lean towards either side. My guess though is that Chauvin gets the manslaughter charge.