Sounds like he did the best that could be reasonably expected of a person in that position.
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It's also important to know that he couldn't legally send in the national guard with out Fry (Minneapolis mayor) declaring an emergency and requesting it. Walz more or less browbeat Fry into getting that; while at the same time ensuring a safe space for legitimate protestors instead of agitators who just wanted to set shit on fire. (right wing terrorists, and anarchists.)
Just as an aside, most of the anarchists I know are not about property destruction in that type of situation, but instead crowd defense (for example, unarresting and anti tear gas treatments).
Yup, anarchists come in all sorts of flavors. Reducing them to a single point of view or even political philosophy is folly.
Most of the agitators we’re from out-of-state and mostly of the militant right variety.
I experienced both sides. I was out there protesting every night the first weekend after Floyd was murdered. Friday night the cops and NG were present, but they didn't intervene and didn't stop any vandalism. Saturday they set an 8pm curfew and NG started tear-gassing at about 8:15pm. At the time I thought it was despicable that they were gassing even those of us who were marching peacefully. The government can murder people but we can't walk down the street in protest?
Then I went to work on Monday (I was leading therapy groups with teens) and they were saying they felt scared all the time. Humvees on their street, gunshots, fires, people screaming, talk of civil war. Then I understood why Walz was saying, "The people of Minneapolis deserve to feel safe." The protests continued during the day, and at the provocateurs couldn't hide in a crowd of 50,000 people.
Over time I've come to think that Walz couldn't have had a better response to what happened, and he was willing to be the bad guy. Jacob Frey was a scared little boy the entire time (still is) and had no fucking clue what he was doing (still doesn't) without Walz.
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