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Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council, noted that talk of defunding the police quickly generated national and international headlines and that there was immediate fallout.

“That had a really measurable impact on economic vitality for our city,” said Cramer. “Measured by companies that had leases that wanted to tell their broker, ‘Get me out of here.’ Measured by companies that were looking at coming into Minneapolis that put that on pause. Measured by investors who paused or canceled outright investments in new projects…It really was a pretty dramatic effect.”

Cramer could not cite details, noting that brokers and others who were providing the information did not want to identify specific companies or deals.

But Cramer added: “Nobody’s making this up.”

According to information gathered from tenant representation firms, within less than six weeks a total of 45 companies have either canceled plans to move downtown or are actively scouting space in the suburbs. Per the real estate insiders, 13 of those companies have more than 100 employees; one has over 600 employees.

The numbers gathered by the Downtown Council show:

10 suburban or out-of-state employers have canceled searches for downtown office space
8 downtown companies have chosen to relocate to the suburbs, citing safety concerns
27 downtown companies are either considering or are actively seeking space in the suburbs to leave downtown
A two-page summary of the anecdotal information that the Downtown Council collected to share with public officials included numerous dire stories, including:

“Five firms that were looking for office space in downtown (from outside of downtown) have eliminated downtown Minneapolis as an option. Two large firms (over 100 employees) that were looking to move to the Twin Cities from out of state, and had Minneapolis on their list of options, have canceled plans to do so due to the unrest.”
“Large institutional investors who provide the majority of the capital to both market rate and affordable housing developments have already slowed down or paused on new investments in Minneapolis.”
“We are hearing from our equity investors, that they are either very skittish or simply excluding investment in Minneapolis right now.”

Quote (Goomshill @ Jul 31 2020 04:06am)

In another example of "WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SEEN THIS COMING";
https://tcbmag.com/minneapolis-downtown-council-defund-the-police-rhetoric-killing-deals/?fbclid=IwAR2eKAcaPKiaxXl8EXurGWJr8iccGUWczXkyEnA9Qn63n5X8g18a-2V8mAQ

The Minneapolis Downtown Council Business Association is reporting a mass exodus of companies and realtors seeking to flee from downtown to relocate either into the suburbs or leave the state.
One of the most cited immediate reasons was the "Defund the police" proposals at the city council

Quote (Ghot @ Jul 31 2020 03:13am)

Welcome to smoldering Somalia, Minnesota.

I feel sorry for the good people trapped in this growing... festering boil of a city.


/e Hell, I feel sorry for the people of Minnesota. This is gonna "grow" and infect large portions of the state.

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Sgt. Daniel Perry said he fired at Garrett Foster out of self-defense after Foster allegedly raised an assault rifle toward Perry, according to a statement from the attorney obtained by The Washington Post.
According to the statement, Perry was driving for a ride-share company in downtown Austin on the night of July 25 when he turned a corner toward a protest he did not know was taking place.
At that point, the attorney says protesters began beating on Perry's car. Foster then allegedly approached the car window holding an assault rifle.
The attorney said that Foster gestured with the gun for the driver to roll down the window and Perry did so because he "initially believed the person was associated with law enforcement."
Perry realized Foster was not an officer after which Foster allegedly raised his rifle at Perry. The attorney said Perry perceived that as "a threat to his life" and fired at Foster using a handgun he kept in his car.

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Perry's attorney said that the Army sergeant has served in the military for eight years, including a tour in Afghanistan. He is not facing any charges at this time, The Post reported Friday.
"We simply ask that anybody who might want to criticize Sgt. Perry's actions, picture themselves trapped in a car as a masked stranger raises an assault rifle in their direction and reflect upon what they might have done if faced with the split second decision faced by Sgt. Perry that evening," Dallas-based attorney Clint Broden said in the statement.
Foster's mother had said her son and his fiancée had been participating in Black Lives Matter protests in downtown Austin last Saturday. She added the couple had been for about the last 50 days.

Quote (Goomshill @ Jul 31 2020 10:22am)

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/509987-fort-hood-sergeant-says-he-shot-and-killed-armed-black-lives-matter

first statement from the guy in austin who shot the BLM rifleman in self defense;

Quote (thundercock @ Jul 31 2020 03:52am)

Looks like a BBQ that his people would partake in.