A reporter was doing a live feed from George Floyd Square when gun shots rang out from a drive by shooting.
Philip Crowther is an international journalist that was speaking about US police reform when multiple gun shots rang out at George Floyd Square, an area where the Police are not allowed to patrol.
From our vantage point we see one broken window, apparently from one of the shots fired. Consensus among reporters here at George Floyd Square was that we heard anywhere between a dozen and two dozen shots fired.
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) May 25, 2021
Below is the moment the gunshots rang out.
Here’s the moment shots were fired near George Floyd Square earlier this morning. pic.twitter.com/NIWRBr6b9Y
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) May 25, 2021
One reporter had her phone smashed because she took a picture of the bullet holes in the store front.
George Floyd Square very quiet again now. But a fellow reporter just had her phone smashed because she took photos of a storefront hit by a bullet. pic.twitter.com/Ei6QtfUiHd
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) May 25, 2021
ABC News also happened to be live during the gunshots and what occurred was almost dystopian.
This is dystopian
A reporter comes under fire at the George Floyd memorial and the @KARE11 anchor cuts away to talk about police reform pic.twitter.com/Sywj8e1gud
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 25, 2021
Minneapolis authorities did not send in social workers after the shooting.
“Social workers” are not a solution. Defunding & abolishing parts of the police in Portland has resulted in skyrocketing murders & shootings. https://t.co/6fxsPODDc1
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 25, 2021
George Floyd’s family did meet with President Biden rose their fists in the rose garden, then called for new laws and police reform.
After private meeting with Pres. Biden, George Floyd’s brother Philonise calls on Congress to pass George Floyd Justice In Policing Act: “If you can make federal laws to protect the [national] bird, which is the bald eagle, you can make federal laws to protect people of color.” pic.twitter.com/yTYRaHyAug
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 25, 2021
