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   Chips Loral  wrote in news:v9fu6o$3upo8$1   
   @dont-email.me:   
      
   >   
   > In your own home, on your own front porch, watching the gestapo sweep   
   > the otherwise peaceful and empty neighborhood streets when:   
   >   
   > https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1823207131769643490   
   >   
   > Gov. Tim Walz had his police use paintball guns to shoot Minnesota   
   > residents if they broke curfew by being on their porches during CoViD   
   >   
   > "Get in the house!   
   >   
   > Light 'em up!"   
   >   
   > That right there is as bad as Cruella Whitmer's fascism, and even a   
   step   
   > farther to complete Orwelian destruction of rights.   
   >   
   Lies.  NOT peaceful street.   
      
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   No, Tim Walz Did Not Enforce A MN COVID-Curfew With Paint Ball Rounds   
      
   A May 2020 video where law enforcement shot paintball rounds at   
   Minneapolis residents is going viral, accompanied by false claims.   
      
   Police in riot gear advance on protesters near the 5th Police Precinct,   
   Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the   
   death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis   
   police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)   
      
   MINNEAPOLIS — Misinformation surrounding a May 2020 video recorded in   
   Minneapolis is going viral as political opponents target Gov. Tim Walz,   
   the newly-minted running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris.   
      
   A video from May 30, 2020, shows law enforcement sweeping a small,   
   residential street in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis.   
      
   Authorities at the time were tasked with enforcing an 8 p.m. curfew in   
   Minneapolis issued by Walz, who was seeking to quell the riots and   
   violent protests that began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd on   
   May 25, 2020.   
      
   In the video, officers yell at a group of residents to "get inside,   
   now!" several times. The group was standing inside a residential porch   
   and remained there for the moment.   
      
   Seconds later, one officer yells: "light 'em up!' and a paint round is   
   fired at the porch. The group of people rushes inside in fear.   
   Find out what's happening in Southwest Minneapoliswith free, real-time   
   updates from Patch.   
      
   The distressing video quickly circulated locally at the time. Many   
   Minnesotans criticized the police for the action, while some blamed the   
   residents for not going inside quickly enough.   
      
   Then, the video was resurfaced Tuesday on X and other social media sites   
   with little to no context.   
      
   Users incorrectly claimed the police were enforcing a COVID-19 lockdown   
   in Minnesota. Other users falsely said Walz "ordered" police to shoot at   
   residents.   
      
   The police action was not related to COVID-19 lockdowns, and there is no   
   evidence that Walz asked officers to shoot paintballs at residents.   
      
   https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/no-tim-walz-did-not-   
   enforce-mn-covid-curfew-paint-ball-rounds   
      
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