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The '''DFL riots''' were triggered by the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground in an allegedly "non-lethal" choke hold approved by the city's Democratic administration.<ref>https://www.lawofficer.com/neck-hold-used-by-minneapolis-officer-was-approved-by-department-policy/</ref> The neck hold used by the [[Minneapolis]] cop was approved by the city's [[Democratic party|Democrat administration]].<ref>[https://www.lawofficer.com/neck-hold-used-by-minneapolis-officer-was-approved-by-department-policy/</ref>  According to the Minneapolis Police Policy Manual, the restraint used was a "Non-deadly force option" and training is given to officers on the maneuver. <ref>https://archive.is/Avjb5</ref>  Minneapolis has not elected a [[Republican]] mayor since 1957; all police chiefs entrusted with overseeing police training, conduct, and community relations in six decades have been appointed by Democrat mayors, with the approval of a Democrat majority city council, and elected by Democrat voters.

The '''DFL riots''' were triggered by the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground in an allegedly "non-lethal" choke hold approved by the city's Democratic administration.<ref>https://www.lawofficer.com/neck-hold-used-by-minneapolis-officer-was-approved-by-department-policy/</ref> The neck hold used by the [[Minneapolis]] cop was approved by the city's [[Democratic party|Democrat administration]].<ref>[https://www.lawofficer.com/neck-hold-used-by-minneapolis-officer-was-approved-by-department-policy/</ref>  According to the Minneapolis Police Policy Manual, the restraint used was a "Non-deadly force option" and training is given to officers on the maneuver. <ref>https://archive.is/Avjb5</ref>  Minneapolis has not elected a [[Republican]] mayor since 1957; all police chiefs entrusted with overseeing police training, conduct, and community relations in six decades have been appointed by Democrat mayors, with the approval of a Democrat majority city council, and elected by Democrat voters.

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[[White]] [[Antifa]] [[liberal]]s were identified as smashing windows at an Autozone car parts store and Wendy's restaurant where the violence originated.<ref>https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1265906786541830144</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/vtzsYFs-2Qc</ref>  ''Jacobin'' magazine, described as "the closest thing to a flagship publication of the [[DSA]] left",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1195/walking-the-tightrope/ |title=Walking the Tightrope |last=Creegan |first=Jim |date=22 March 2018 |website=[[Weekly Worker]]|access-date=}}</ref> asked,  

[[White]] [[Antifa]] [[liberal]]s were identified as smashing windows at an Autozone car parts store and Wendy's restaurant where the violence originated.<ref>https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1265906786541830144</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/vtzsYFs-2Qc</ref>  ''Jacobin'' magazine, described as "the closest thing to a flagship publication of the [[DSA]] left",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1195/walking-the-tightrope/ |title=Walking the Tightrope |last=Creegan |first=Jim |date=22 March 2018 |website=[[Weekly Worker]]|access-date=}}</ref> asked,  

{{quotebox|"Should we care about the looting of stores like Target and Autozone? ...Should we participate in this ritual condemnation even though our media consistently treats identical acts of property destruction by sports fans as simply revelry and exuberance, and corporate looting of working-class communities as business as usual? No.... until working people of all races unite against capitalists and their repressive apparatus, it is a good thing that bosses, government officials, and the police who protect them are sometimes reminded that black lives matter through a little proletarian fury."<ref>https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/george-floyd-minneapolis-uprising-police-brutality/</ref>}}

{{quotebox|"Should we care about the looting of stores like Target and Autozone? ...Should we participate in this ritual condemnation even though our media consistently treats identical acts of property destruction by sports fans as simply revelry and exuberance, and corporate looting of working-class communities as business as usual? No.... until working people of all races unite against capitalists and their repressive apparatus, it is a good thing that bosses, government officials, and the police who protect them are sometimes reminded that black lives matter through a little proletarian fury."<ref>https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/george-floyd-minneapolis-uprising-police-brutality/</ref>}}

[[File:Ellison Antifa.jpeg|left|350px|thumb|Minnesota [[Attorney General]] Keith Ellison with Luis Enrique Marquez, a notorious leader of the Portland ANTIFA.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-keith-ellison-photographed-with-portland-antifa-leader-deletes-pro-antifa-tweet/</ref>]]

[[File:Ellison Antifa.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Minnesota [[Attorney General]] Keith Ellison with Luis Enrique Marquez, a notorious leader of the Portland ANTIFA.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-keith-ellison-photographed-with-portland-antifa-leader-deletes-pro-antifa-tweet/</ref>]]

Fires, looting,<ref>https://streamable.com/6fouwt</ref> and violence spread to [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] and nationwide from the burning of the Autozone store, Target, and Wendy's. Both the Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors identified the vast majority of arrests of leftwing rioters the first night were from out of state;<ref>https://www.fox9.com/news/twin-cities-mayors-vast-majority-of-violent-rioters-are-from-out-of-state</ref> crossing state lines to incite riot is a federal offense.  

Fires, looting,<ref>https://streamable.com/6fouwt</ref> and violence spread to [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] and nationwide from the burning of the Autozone store, Target, and Wendy's. Both the Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors identified the vast majority of arrests of leftwing rioters the first night were from out of state;<ref>https://www.fox9.com/news/twin-cities-mayors-vast-majority-of-violent-rioters-are-from-out-of-state</ref> crossing state lines to incite riot is a federal offense.