Accepting a police chief’s award, Alex Mingus removed his sweatshirt to reveal a “Smash White Supremacy” tee.
A Minnesota man’s life-saving actions made him the center of praise and the recipient of a police award for valor, but the ceremony quickly changed course when he decried St. Paul Police officers’ inaction at the crime scene.
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“That was a potential of 18 people, 18 people could’ve stopped to help preserve life, but 18 people chose to go to a potential threat — and I recognize the man had a pistol, and we didn’t know what he was doing,” Mingus said, HuffPost reported.
Mingus concluded by saying “we keep ourselves safe,” not the police, and that he doesn’t “rock” with them. “Riots work,” he contended.
TheGrio has reached out to Chief Ellison for comment. He is currently out of the office and has limited access to his email, according to an automatic response.
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