Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota fell to their knees and pulled away over a fatal police shooting – only to return when they learned it was a white motorist who, according to police, was shooting at police.
Dozens of people gathered outside Tim Walz’s mansion in St. Louis on Sunday. Paul’s protest was filmed by Fox 9 reporter Mitti Hicks as they kneel for a moment of silence about initial rumors about the fatal shooting from Sunday at 3 p.m.
“Protesters kneel after hearing an officer was shot at Burnsville,” Hicks tweeted about the wild, armed carjacker in the suburbs.
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“This information has NOT been confirmed, but this group says they are on their way there,” Hicks said.
The man killed is believed to be a white man in his twenties who stole a car from a woman and then shot at police officers as they chased him, Burnsville police said.
Traffic camera footage shared by KARE11 showed the suspect jumping out of the still-moving stolen car, then running into the road and apparently aiming his rifle at an approaching SUV, before being shot by ‘multiple’ pursuing officers.
The BLM marchers, who were plagued by the local police-related deaths of George Floyd and Daunte Wright, were soon informed that the latest shooting incident was not suitable for protest.
The protesters turned back and instead left for Brooklyn Center – the town where Wright died – “because they first needed more information about what happened in Burnsville,” Hicks said in an update about an hour after her initial video.
The protesters immediately responded from their planned protest action to a rush to a verdict.
“For an armed motorist ?????? Are people so stupid ????” one answer person to Hicks’ video, while Amanda Felske said that the group planned to “only immediate loot / riot !!” without getting the facts.
Brendan Hartmann, meanwhile, pointed out that the youngest suspect had shot at police.
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“Kneel them for the wonderful work these officers have done to protect the community from a mad man with a gun, ‘he asked the protest group.
The Burnsville motorist has yet to be identified. No police were injured and no reports of injuries were reported.
“All Burnsville police officers carry body cameras and camera data will be handled by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) which will lead the investigation,” the force said.
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