What is Minneapolis Covering up?
Video by Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek
Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek
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This video documents a concerned individual's observations of the escalating homelessness situation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It showcases the widespread presence of encampments, reports of fires, and drug use in public spaces, including near a children's park. The video also touches on a protest outside a hospital and features interviews with locals expressing concerns about the situation and the perceived inaction of local government officials. The creator's primary goal is to highlight the severity of these issues that he believes are underreported or misrepresented by mainstream media.
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(11,746 characters)Last fall, I filmed a video on just how bad the homeless situation had gotten in Minnesota. Uh, and over the winter, there have been a number of new fires that have broken out. Actually, more than what you typically would see. The thing is is people like me are kept far away from these fires. We're not allowed to even come close to film these fires. And at first you would think that's just logical, etc., etc. But as a demolition contractor that tears down, burned down houses, the level of security around these things was beyond anything that I've seen in my years of experience. And this notice from the Minneapolis Police Department was just recently sent to me. Here it says, "Minneapolis police officers are working to maintain public safety by preventing homeless encampments from forming within city limits. Um, earlier this year, Minneapolis Police Department Chief Brian O'Hare issued a special order to address this urgent public safety concern. The violent crime surrounding encampments is an urgent urgent public safety threat," said Chief O'Hare. This order is a critical step in preventing new encampments from forming. However, we also need long-term solutions to address underlying issues impacting those living in these encampments. I'm going to show you guys the footage of the closest anybody has gotten to these encampments yet. We're not allowed in and they cordon off the blocks, city blocks around. I was able to fandangle my way to be able to walk next to one of the burnedout encampments. And city folk are probably not going to get this next part, but some of you country folk may understand what I'm about to say. Out in the country, when we have an invasive species taking over an area, one of our fields or the woods or whatever, we do what's called a controlled burn. That means that we strategically light the fire taking the wind into consideration so that we get the fire to move in a very set direction without it going turning into a wildfire. There's controlled fires all over the nation occurring even while we're speaking. And as I was walking by this burned out campground, I noticed I noticed that the house next to it had zero damage. I noticed how the perimeter had zero damage. And I'm looking at going going, is this just a wild fire that somehow was able to be be contained within this one block and not damage anything around it? Or was there more strategy to it? You guys watch the only video that you will ever see, the closest you will ever see getting to one of these burnedout encampments and let me know if any of this strikes a chord with you. Sounds like a homeless encampment has broken out in fire and uh we're going to go check it out. Let's see what's going on. Looks like there's other news here right now. Now, the powers that be have the area cordoned off for blocks around where the fire actually occurred. So, there's no clear line of sight and no capability for news cameras, even with telescoping lens, to get a good view of the action, but in a moment, we're going to walk right by it. Has it been cleared up? Is everybody okay over there? I just watched you on YouTube yesterday. Can I cross over there? You're hoping to cross over over there right now? Yeah. Can I walk? Yeah. Can I Not right now, but once they remove the tape. Okay. He said that we could walk by it after they remove the tape. But they don't remove the tape until everything has already been cleaned up and cleared completely out. See if we can't get Howdy. Hey, I'm with the media. Can I go in there and check it out? No. Okay. What's going on? Everybody. Okay. Can't comment on anything. Okay. What's that? Know that it's all okay. Thank you. You couldn't hear him. That was just a hard no with no explanation whatsoever. But there's more than one way to skin a cat. Let's see if we can't get a different angle. Yeah, you can see it right in there. To be very clear, the first amendment in the Bill of Rights allows us freedom of speech, religion, and then the third thing is freedom of press and protections against government overreach. Now, the two people walking in front of me are from mainstream media. Let's see if they've got any info. Were you guys able to see anything in there? I didn't see too much. No. I guess they were kind of putting her out. Hey, you guys live around here? No. Oh, I just heard a homeless encampment. A bunch of propane tanks went up. This is police. Yeah. Yeah, that's the police. Police. He He says the a bunch of propane tanks went up. A bunch of propane tanks went up, right? I believe so. Yeah. Yeah. Now they're going to clean it up, but we're not allowed to get any closer. As a demolition contractor that's taken down many burned down houses, it's always a shock and a surprise if there's zero damage to the structures around them. They almost inevitably have heat damage. This one is different. Do you live in Minneapolis? I live here. Oh, where do you live? Uh, two blocks behind. Two blocks. Two blocks. What do you What do you mean by it's a big problem? The problem. You You've noticed other homeless encampments. What's that? Uh, I don't know why the problem. Because I live behind you. Yeah. You lost a boat. Yeah. Do you have any of these by you? Yeah. You do? This was a fire started by propane tanks. It should have been especially hot and especially explosive. Yeah. Lucky that house didn't go up next. I don't know what today for the this What's that? I know what today for this problem. You don't know what? I'm sorry. I know what today for this problem. Yeah, it is because of this. Yeah. Few months few months ago. Yeah. I don't know. Somebody stolen my money. A few months ago, somebody stole your money. My money stole in my house. In your house? Yeah. Broke in and took it? Yep. I had report. The police say I had anything. Now what? So you reported it? Yeah. Reporting? No. No. I had nothing. Well, it's cuz they can't keep up. Yep. There's it's not even close to being possible for the police to keep up and actually to do what they got to do. They've their force has been cut in half. Um they can't recruit. Nobody wants to go back to work because they're worried about doing their job and and getting thrown in the the huskal. It's it's not a problem that uh with what we're currently doing is going to get fixed. We all do. All right. Thank you. Have a good day. You, too. So, this is the only footage that any news outlet or media has ever been allowed to film this up close. One of the things to look at is the tarps on the outside of the fence are all still intact. And that yellow house in the background, zero fire damage. And this should have been one extremely hot fire. It's basically all kindling mattresses and pillows and blankets and tarps combined with propane accelerate propane tanks exploding. But in this upper corner there's there's a still a yurt that is functioning still set up. So the wind had to be blowing the opposite direction. So that yellow house should have no you should have seen fire damage for sure on that yellow house. Another thing to note, as a demolition contractor that's done tons of fire damage cleanups, never once have I ever seen an area cordoned off for blocks around an incident. Typically, they'll just cordon off the front yard and let people stand on the opposite side of the street and watch what's happening. But in this case, you're not allowed to get even close to the action. Hey, can I come in and check it out? What's that? Can I come in and check it out? No, not yet. Not Not yet. How much How long do you think? Close it up a little bit. Like, wait. Okay. Thank you. You're going to see next is the cleanup crew coming in. They're going to be coming right around the corner here in just a moment. And only after the cleanup crew has come in and completely stripped the site bare do the barricades come down and the police tape come down. Minneapolis public works is going in. Let's take a look around Minneapolis at some of the stuff we didn't get to cover in the last video. All right, we're going right into the heart of a protest. Let's see how peaceful this goes. This is a pro Palestinian protest, but it's not the protest that should raise alarms. It's the fact that it's being done right outside the entrance to a hospital for critical care for newborn babies. So, mothers that are having issues and need the absolute exceptional best care in Minnesota go to this hospital right here. And this is what they see out their front door. Smoke in the air. And how's it going, Eric? Omar. So, I mean, it never works any app. Uh, I'd find school awkward kneeling on the side. Yeah, it was it was really something. And not far from that hospital, here's a corner bus stop where the guys under the blankets are doing crack. I did show this on the last video, but I'm slowing it down this time so you can see it a little bit clearer. And doing the crack right there in the bus stop is one thing, but the fact that it is directly across from a park, a playground where the neighborhood people bring their children makes it an entirely different thing. I've slowed this down and I've zoomed in. This is the entrance to the park, but you can also see the area where the homeless get together and also do their drugs, right where the kids are playing. Right next to the playground. Right next to the freaking play playground. And it's not like there's all giant encampments everywhere. There's everywhere you look, there's just this. You You drive a couple blocks and you see stuff like this. or just drive ahead 50 feet. That dude's just slumped in the bus station. He's on heroin. That's what heroin does. And this is a guy taking a crap on a sidewalk and pulling his pants up. Welcome to Minneapolis, the town of Mayor Jacob Fry and the home of Governor Tim Waltz. Yeah, I couldn't film that out. I think even the people of Minneapolis are sick of our governor because here's a sign in Minneapolis. It says, "Governor Waltz, resign for your blank crimes." Meanwhile, Governor Waltz is in Wisconsin and Iowa holding town hall meetings. I guess he's not done with this country yet. Outside of the homeless encampments, the city of Minneapolis is littered with vacant buildings that have been shut down because of COVID. Garbage just laying around everywhere and homes that are boarded up and completely closed and sealed shut. Okay, go ahead. I don't want to get hit, but And of course, you have the pop-up homeless encampments that spring up wherever they can land. My question is, if the city of Minneapolis has a determined effort to remove the homeless from the city, where are they going to go? The powers that be that are now trying to clean this up. This was perfectly fine and status quo for the last four years until it started to look bad for them. Now, they want to remove these folks, but they're not giving us any indication of what they're doing to help them. Where are they putting these folks? They're just moving them out. I got an incredible amount of hate and threats from the first video I did about what was going on in Minneapolis. I've even been told so far that I would be hunted down if I ever showed my face in Minneapolis again. The thing is, if you don't know a problem exists, you can't begin to fix it. So, at some point, we've got to at least become aware of what's happening in the communities around us. And when I seen what was going on in Minneapolis, I knew people weren't being told the truth. And that's when I made it my mission to at least show you what the mainstream media wasn't and to get you thinking about what is happening and to look at things a little different. But that's all I've got on this video. God bless and go get him, you guys.
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