The chairman of the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party wrote a column praising the rioters who burned down the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct during the collapse of law and order following the murder of George Floyd last year.
As Townhall reported at the time, rioters had surrounded the 3rd Precinct and were trying to break into the building so they could set it on fire with the officers still inside. Mayor Jacob Frey (D) ordered the building to be evacuated instead of providing reinforcements. Once the officers were gone, the mob was able to set the building ablaze.
Once they achieved their long-desired goal, rioters and looters continued their rampage through the city at the expense of business owners and residents.
In a column published last Monday, Devin Hogan wrote all of this was the fault of the city’s police department and falsely claimed police attacked protesters without reason on May 26: