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Fire Encampment Investigation

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What is Minneapolis Covering up?

What happens here

The creator drives to a site where a fire reportedly occurred at a homeless encampment. He approaches a police line and asks an officer if he can enter, but is denied. He then proceeds to find an alternative viewpoint from a bridge overlooking the site. From this vantage point, he observes the aftermath of the fire, noting that a nearby yellow house appears to have no fire damage, despite the intense heat and potential explosions from propane tanks in the encampment.

Goal: Document a recent fire at a homeless encampment and assess the extent of the damage.

Tools and materials

  • Camera/Phone — Recording footage of the scene
  • Vehicle Ford F-150 — Transportation to the fire site and for recording from inside

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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…

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