Minnesota Capitol is secure, but Public Safety head warns lawmakers to tone down rhetoric
After Wednesday s siege on the U.S. Capitol, Minnesota s Commissioner of Public Safety John Harrington said the Minnesota Capitol has upped its safety protocols, but warned lawmakers to tone down the violent rhetoric. Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | ×
Minnesota s Commissioner of Public Safety John Harrington, right, is seen with Gov. Tim Walz in this March 2020 file photo. (Forum News Service)
ST. PAUL After violent supporters of President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, in an effort to stop Congress certification of the 2020 election, Minnesota s state Capitol will see tighter security.
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | Dec 21, 2020 | News | 14
In the months since riots erupted in Minneapolis this summer, state and federal court documents have told a story that largely contradicts the widely disseminated narratives from Republican and Democratic politicians of what happened in that chaotic week.
President Donald Trump blamed the violence in Minneapolis on radical leftists, saying “antifa” led the riots. Gov. Tim Walz warned that Minneapolis and St. Paul were “under assault” by an “organized attempt to destabilize civil society.” Other public officials said waves of out-of-state agitators descended on the Twin Cities and caused the bulk of the violence.
But documents in dozens of state and federal criminal charges, reviewed by the Star Tribune, present a much more complicated narrative of splintered and disorganized crowds with no single goal or affiliation, and in some cases contradictory motives, that vastly outnumbered police and took advantage of a law