A black man in Brooklyn Center last night stood up to the Antif/BLM agitators last night who were looking for a confrontation with police, and furiously told them “Don’t you dare start this s***!”, trying to get them to de-escalate tensions:
“Don’t you dare start this s***” A man briefly tried taming the line of umbrellas, standing between them and police and discouraging agitation of the police #BrooklynCenter pic.twitter.com/V0qNdrqpyV
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) April 15, 2021
Unfortunately this man’s efforts didn’t pay off, as the umbrella brigade continued to escalate with police:
Officers launch flash bangs at the crowd and spray a wall of umbrellas pushing up against the fence #BrooklynCenter pic.twitter.com/7OLUnwpCfE
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) April 15, 2021
Police are currently pressed up against the fence, deploying chemical spray and other non-lethal munitions against the crowd #BrooklynCenter pic.twitter.com/vdUcHK9kXc
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) April 15, 2021
Police eventually came out to play, pushing these agitators back:
A massive line of Minnesota State troopers just push through in front of the station #BrooklynCenter pic.twitter.com/I6t2rTQA76
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) April 15, 2021
Minnesota State Troopers take up position outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, pushing the crowd into residential blocks again tonight #BrooklynCenter pic.twitter.com/9hzoAdSvMX
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) April 15, 2021
The National Guard showed up too:
National Guard pulled in next to the apartment buildings across from the police station, the crowd scattered into the neighborhood here this Wednesday night #BrooklynCenter pic.twitter.com/j844RopUAA
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) April 15, 2021
The DC Examiner reports that 24 people were arrested last night, but that most of them were arrested for breaking curfew. And the madness continues…