Jaleel Stallings shot at the MPD; a jury acquitted him of wrongdoing

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Jaleel Stallings thought he was being shot at from an unmarked van by white supremacists. Only after he returned fire did he learn they were MPD officers.

He was charged with attempted murder, but police body cameras helped exonerate him: https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/09/01/jaleel-stallings-shot-at-the-mpd-a-jury-acquitted-him-of-wrongdoing/… @deenafaywinter

Jaleel Stallings shot at the MPD; a jury acquitted him of wrongdoing - Minnesota Reformer
Jaleel Stallings was accused of trying to kill Minneapolis cops five days after George Floyd’s death, but he was recently acquitted by a jury of all charges.
minnesotareformer.com
7:23 AM · Sep 1, 2021

https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/09/01/jaleel-stallings-shot-at-the-mpd-a-jury-acquitted-him-of-wrongdoing/

Before the white, unmarked cargo van of the Minneapolis Police Department drove down Lake Street, an officer gave Sgt. Andrew Bittell his orders: “Drive down Lake Street. You see a group, call it out. OK great! F*** ’em up, gas ’em, f*** ’em up.”

Bittell turned to his SWAT unit in the van and said, “Alright, we’re rolling down Lake Street. The first f***ers we see, we’re just hammering ’em with 40s,” according to body camera footage described in court documents. He was referring to “less lethal” plastic projectiles sometimes called rubber bullets or 40mm launchers or rounds.

It was nighttime, just five days after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Protests and riots had raged for days and laid waste to businesses along Lake Street and the Third Precinct police station. By May 30, protests had ebbed but a curfew was in effect.

At 17th Avenue and Lake Street, around 10 p.m., the SWAT team saw a group of people outside the Stop-N-Shop gas station. Bittell told the driver to head toward the station and said, “Let ’em have it boys!”

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[MagickMuffin]

1. I guess everyone still has their jobs.

Enforcers are deranged beyond comprehension.

[Bev54]

2. I wish I could say this is so unbelievable but it is totally believable

Time for him and others to sue the shit out of the police dept. The only white supremists roaming the streets was these cops.

[NickB79]

3. Rocking a Mini Draco? Nice

It's basically an AK-47 assault rifle with the stock and barrel chopped off, but legally classified as a pistol and not full auto, only semi.

That short of a barrel would have been throwing fireballs with each shot. Bet the cops needed new underwear after that 🤣

[Beaverhausen]

4. "...hammering 'em with 40s" What does that mean?

thanks!

[NickB79]

5. Cops were firing 40mm rubber bullets from grenade launchers

Part of the wonderful "let's repurpose military hardware for police use" push over the last 20 yr.

And a 40mm "less-lethal" round can still take out eyes, shatter testicles, or even kill.