Saturday night in Minneapolis. Once again, I witnessed several fights and assaults outside the Gay 90s and Augie’s where just the night before three people were shot.
This has been the location of multiple fights, assaults and shootings the last several months downtown.
1/7
This has been the location of multiple fights, assaults and shootings the last several months downtown.
1/7
While recording one fight, I was caught in mace deployed from police - THEN shots were fired just a few blocks down on Hennepin outside the Saloon.
Other fights broke out that I just didn’t feel safe approaching given how volatile the energy was on the streets.
2/7
Other fights broke out that I just didn’t feel safe approaching given how volatile the energy was on the streets.
2/7
The city felt out of control - having just come out the previous night that left 10 people shot within 12 hours...
I almost hadn’t felt this much disorder since the riots; the atmosphere was just incredibly chaotic as other crime broke out in Uptown and Dinkytown.
3/7
I almost hadn’t felt this much disorder since the riots; the atmosphere was just incredibly chaotic as other crime broke out in Uptown and Dinkytown.
3/7
One fight would start just as one just as one would end.
Police would arrive on foot and deployed mace where they could in trying to break up the rowdy crowds off the streets.
And there were a few scares, at times people would run, believing there to be someone w/ a gun.
4/7
Police would arrive on foot and deployed mace where they could in trying to break up the rowdy crowds off the streets.
And there were a few scares, at times people would run, believing there to be someone w/ a gun.
4/7
One incident I was close to had people initially scattering and running away, thinking there was a gun, but it turned out to just be a violent assault in the Gay 90s parking lot with the victim carried away, his hands and face bloodied (seen in video).
5/7
5/7
Racing, cars running lights, driving into oncoming traffic - sometimes blatantly in front of officers on foot trying who were trying to contain crowds on Hennepin. Lots of taunting police. Twerking in streets, blocking traffic. I also saw no arrests. The streets were wild.
6/7
6/7
Throughout the city via @CrimeWatch there were robberies at gun point, a carjacking in Uptown, and multiple repeated incidents of people hit /shot at by fireworks - injured in Dinkytown / U of M area - and one report of a shooting that had people running in the area.
7/7
7/7
In the first clip wanted to note there was a fight left of me and behind me too.
And I should have captured it, but I saw patrons of the Hotel peering through the windows, wide eyed, just staring at the crowds/fights break out. Don't think they'll be staying there again...
And I should have captured it, but I saw patrons of the Hotel peering through the windows, wide eyed, just staring at the crowds/fights break out. Don't think they'll be staying there again...
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