3 North Mpls. Businesses Destroyed By Fire Overnight; Arson Suspected

Investigators think someone intentionally set an overnight fire in north Minneapolis. It damaged three businesses near 44th and Penn Avenue North.
Reg Chapman reports (2:06).
WCCO 4 News at 6 – June 1, 2020

[AgiDaKinG]

Riots breaking out all over the country with people burning cars and buildings... meanwhile Minnesota news "We suspect it was arson"

[ForceMaximus]

Arson Suspected

YOU THINK???!??!!??

[jimmijames]

I hope who did this is found and charged to the fullest extent of the law. These people are monsters.

[titsmcghee]

I suggest ya’ll buy a gun to defend yourself, your family, and your property. Yes Black Lives matter, but my life matters as well if you come up to my car rioting breaking my windows and threatening me, my family, and my business it’s fight or flight mode. I hope everyone stays safe out there.

[jeremymadden]

Why are they destroying local business.
Its not going to bring back George Floyd

[malikothman]

I’m sure a few owners are burning down their stores to collect insurance

[joanne]

Full credit to the neighbors that called the alert.
And thank you to those Community Workers. - may you all stay safe.

[durwoodeverett]

Mr. President Trump do what you have to stop this

[luzenlaoscuridad]

To you all pray, get enough food and water, because things are getting worst daily and might not be the end of it yet. If that continues, all businesses are gonna shut down and no one will be allowed to buy anything or not being allowed to get out of your house. Pray pray pray...for God's protection.

[malcomk]

Break public property means our next year's tax, whatever the category is, will increase and eventually become burden on everybody. Break private properties, insurance claims will increase and again, the insurance cost will increase for everybody. Sorry, but the government and the rich companies, NEVER lose money. Only the poor people who serve them, will lose money. Don't let the criminals break anything!! Because after all, partially that's out of your pocket.

[albertalbert]

I was 17. A friend and I had been walking home early one morning.  Long story short, a few cops thought it fun to beat us up. It was unjust, it was wrong, it was police abuse.  This was my 2nd taste of police brutality. 


About a week later, I made napalm and blew up the police station. I confessed,   took my sentence and got through that part of my life.  ( all of this can be confirmed in the historical archive of that town) ( pre internet days)


But, it was not the only time. A police chief in the town I grew up in, ( he was  the principal of the grade school I had went to at the time). I was 6 years old.. The teacher said I stole her wallet.  I did not.  I was kept after school every day. Made to kneel in the principals office for hours, , berated, slapped, threatened and yelled at every day for days. During all of these extended stays at school,   I got to go home at the end of the day to get my ass kicked by my alcoholic father. The teacher did eventually find her wallet in a different purse at her home. I was 6 years old!

There are other stories and, , I ain't crying over this. It did however cause me to understand rage.

I am a male in his mid 50's now. .. those memories,   that anger ... it is always there. Just under the white skin I wear.

[Cory_Springer]

Are you sure the building didn't have preexisting conditions?

[Godzillamovie]

🎼And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.🎼

[michaela]

Protect your community, nice job folks!

[jennyyang]

OMG some people need to grow the f up! This isn't how you guys want to remember George this way. I understand that this is beyond the worst tradegy that no one wants to go thru, but we all must learn how to move on in a good way. Stop destroying your city. People still need to make a living!!! So tired of all of this. Enough is enough.

[rglab]

I was wondering when they were going to hit north Minneapolis.

[jasond]

“For helping to keep the damage contained”

*Buildings destroyed*

[joeschmidt]

People are not destroying businesses in their own community. It’s these people coming from other states or other communities doing this. This shit needs to stop!

[Cyno]

If you had a business rival or enemy, this would be the best time to sabotage them.

[sacshellpolk]

This news anchors favorite word is "lawlessness", yet he didn't say it.