Feb 18, 2021
Minneapolis is getting ready for what might transpire when the trial of Derek Chauvin starts in a couple of weeks. Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd on May 25. Floyd died after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 8 minutes while Floyd, a Black man, handcuffed and lying on the ground, protested he couldn’t breathe.
Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted in days and nights of rage and rioting, culminating in the looting and burning of businesses in both cities, and the torching of the Minneapolis Third Precinct police station, while city and state authorities, at first, decided to stay out of protestors’ way.
Rochester man charged with arson makes first federal court appearance
The 25-year-old Rochester man charged with arson in connection to a Minneapolis pawn shop fire last month made his first appearance in U.S. District Court Tuesday. 10:14 am, Jun. 17, 2020 ×
MINNEAPOLIS The Rochester man charged with arson in the fire of a Minneapolis pawn shop in the days after days of protests in the Twin Cities made his first appearance in U.S. District Court Tuesday afternoon.
Montez Terriel Lee, 25, made his first appearance on a single count of arson in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis via video conference. U.S. Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz ordered Lee be held until his detention hearing on June 18, according to court records.
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Waiting for the Umbrella Man or someone like him, cont’d
I’ve been wondering whatever happened to Umbrella Man. According to the officer who swore out the affidavit supporting the search warrant issued on the Umbrella Man suspect’s cell phone this past July, Umbrella Man was responsible for the vast harm inflicted on the Twin Cities in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. As I noted yesterday, Libor Jany’s page-one Star Tribune story of July 28 first reported the alleged centrality of Umbrella Man according to Minneapolis police officer Erika Christensen in “Minneapolis police say ‘Umbrella Man’ was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting.”
Two More Minnesotans Admit to Torching Minneapolis Precinct HQ
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Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News) - Four Minnesota men have now pleaded guilty to federal charges for their involvement in the arson fires that destroyed the Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct Headquarters.
Federal prosecutors say 25-year-old Davon Turner and 23-year-old Branden Wolfe each admitted today to one count of conspiracy to commit arson. Both men are from St. Paul. Wolfe is scheduled to be sentenced April 22nd and Turner s sentencing hearing has been scheduled on May 13th.
According to court records, Wolfe admitted lighting an incendiary device, namely a Molotov cocktail, that Turner used to start a fire after breaking into the building. Wolfe then pushed a barrel into another fire already said in the building in an effort to provide it with fuel.