The post office for my zip code is on fire.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

And I can hear the NG helicopters. This is just surreal.

[dware]

1. Keep your head down and stay safe. nt.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I'm not all that close to the commotion but just knowing it's going on

is pretty disturbing.

[Demovictory9]

2. what city?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Minneapolis

[sarisataka]

3. The police backed by the Guard are moving in

Channel 4 showed a lot of them, I believe heading down Nicollet from the north

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. About damn time they showed up.

The protests were peaceful until now but a bank has been set on fire as well as the post office. Both of these buildings are right next to the 5th precinct building. I think the Office Depot store has been looted, too. This is crazy.

[msongs]

5. just the protestors visiting your neighborhood nt

[EllieBC]

7. Why the post office????

Seriously. That makes no sense and is cutting off ones nose to spite ones face.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Because it's there, I suppose.

[Cha]

8. Oh I'm so Sorry, TVO :( Who in the hell is doing this destruction?

Might it be false flag?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I don't know. A large, entirely peaceful group has been walking

down Lake Street from the site of last night's protests, and there haven't been any problems all evening until now. I am wondering whether there aren't anarchists or agents provocateurs, the sorts who often turn up during protests.

[Cha]

24. I'm strongly wondering that, too..

I hope the truth comes out.. since I don't have a clue I'm not going to speculate anymore except to say we've seen them take advantage before.. "..anarchists or agents provocateur..".

[Skittles]

10. that is just fucking STUPID

seriously

[OhioChick]

30. Agreed n/t

[Freethinker65]

11. Damn

[bamagal62]

13. I think there are some

People doing the destruction that have a different agenda.

[dalton99a]

14. Hibachi Buffet is gone

Link to tweet

[BannonsLiver]

15. Bummer to attack our postal service

They’ve got enough problems.

[Cha]

25. :( Precisely.

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. Stay safe.

I'm in Chicago watching it and it's scaring me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. I'm fine, not really close to all of this, but I can hear the helicopters

and the flash-bangs in the distance. And it pisses me off that the post office is on fire even though I only ever get ads in the mail.

[msongs]

18. btw a post office is federal property, giving the feds permission to respond nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. They could, but I doubt they will over a small branch office.

I don't know yet how much damage has been done.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

21. Federal offense to damage a post office. Excuse for tRump intervention?

Seems very suspicious to me. I'm betting outside forces are at play.


KY...........

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Probably it's just collateral damage, being close to the police station.

It's a very small building, not much bigger than a gas station. I don't think they'd bother with it.

[frazzled]

22. There was some kind of fire at the post office in my neighborhood

This was maybe four or five years ago. Not arson or anything, don’t know what happened. But it took more than two years to reopen it.

Instead of walking three blocks to the P.O. had to get in the car and drive to one. Mostly, I missed the ladies that worked there.

Sorry for your loss. This is getting out of hand. I lived in southwest Mpls. for 14 years, and this is all hard to believe.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. My post office this morning:

[Cha]

28. :( That's awful.. AG Ellison believes they are "..outside agitators.. "

Link to tweet

[Blue_true]

29. Is that thing at the very top of the pole in the picture a camera?

If so, maybe it caught good information.

[DesertRat]

27. omg I'm so sorry