Minnesota

 
An undercover Minnesota cop was caught on camera threatening a man and shoving his camera into his face when asked for his badge number after he and his partner mistook him for a vulnerable missing person.
“911,” officer Benny Williams told 36-year-old St. Paul resident Andrew Casey before physically confronting him.
“I work for St. Paul police, bitch,” Williams added.
Williams also threatened to tow Casey’s legally parked car for recording him, and spat on him.

About a year ago, Pew released a survey about party affiliation in the U.S. One conclusion you would have drawn is that registered voters who identify as independent might soon outnumber both Republicans and Democrats-- combined.

Imagine that you are walking out of your neighborhood Walmart when you are stopped and accused of theft, after paying for everything in your cart.  Gina Lescarbeau does not have to imagine, because that is exactly what happened to her on July 21, 2017, at the Walmart in Burnsville, Minnesota located at 12200 River Ridge Blvd, Burnsville, MN 55337  telephone number (952) 356-0018.

There are six counties that make up MN-02 but the vast majority of voters are in the suburbs and small towns just south of Minneapolis and St Paul in Dakota County. Obama took Dakota County both times he ran and won MN-02 both times as well. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken won those suburbs as well-- and the congressional district.

Mortuary maggots, Aztec wolves and "My Axe" + this day in history w/Live Aid and our song of the day by U.N.K.L.E. on your Morning Monarchy for July 13, 2017.

Mystery mountains, digging up Dalí and denying parole + this day in history w/Baryshnikov defects and our song of the day by Three For Silver on your Morning Monarchy for June 29, 2017.

A memorial including a photo of Philando Castile adorns the gate to the governor’s residence where protesters demonstrated in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6 shooting death of Castile. (AP/Jim Mone)
A transcript released Tuesday by Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reveals that former officer Jeronimo Yanez originally told investigators he shot Philando Castile seven times because the smell of marijuana made him fear for his life.

(ANTIMEDIA)  — A transcript released Tuesday by Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reveals that former officer Jeronimo Yanez originally told investigators he shot Philando Castile seven times because the smell of marijuana made him fear for his life.

Philando Castile’s crime was being born a black man in an age where bigotry and racism should be a thing of the past and yet it oozes and seeps out from the cracks and the holes in the façade, that is used to disguise it under the guise of Law and Order.
Philando Castile
Just a few days after Independence Day on July 6th, 2016 Philando, Diamond Reynolds, and their little girl were returning home from shopping when they encountered Officer Jeronimo Yanez , the person that would end Philando’s life and forever changed Diamond and his little girl’s lives in just 62 seconds.

Another attack, towering infernos and the Dark Knight dies + this day in history w/the Manson trial and our song of the day by The Black Angels on your Morning Monarchy for June 15, 2017.