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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Ep 184 | RIOTERS BURN DOWN Minnesota: Racial Tensions High

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Riots that began in Minnesota are now taking place throughout the country, with widespread civil unrest sometimes manifesting itself in violence and looting. Is it possible to condemn this destruction while also condemning the treatment of George Floyd? Lauren shares her thoughts on this issue, as well as the recent pushback by President Trump against Twitter and Section 230. Stop the stress and anxiety your debt is causing. Get a FREE personalized debt consultation today at https://FreedomDebtSolutions.com/Lauren Experience the next evolution of sleep. Go to https://Purple.com/Lauren, and use promo code ‘LAUREN’ to get $150 OFF any mattress order of $1500 or more. Go to https://Bambee.com/Chen to schedule your free Human Resources audit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to the show and thank you so much for tuning in. We have a lot to talk about today. It kind of seems like the world is on fire right now or at least one place definitely is. We are of course going to be talking about the riots happening in Minnesota, then Trump finally takes on social media with a new executive

0:26.7

order. We're going to be looking at that together. First off, Minnesota, last week we spoke about the death of George Floyd, very tragic, and basically

0:35.9

what happened if you're not up to date with the situation is that video footage of a police officer,

0:40.5

I think his name is Derek Chauvet if I'm pronouncing that right was

0:43.9

seen kneeling on Floyd's neck during an arrest for about nine minutes after which

0:48.5

Floyd did die so once that video got out, people were understandably furious.

0:54.1

There were calls for him and the other officers involved to be fired, obviously, and then

0:59.4

arrested, those calls turned into protest.

1:02.1

The protest quickly kind of turned into looting and now things have pretty much devolved into full on rioting in Minneapolis and the surrounding areas as well from the sounds of it.

1:12.4

We have some footage of

1:13.9

what's happening on the ground right here. Markin's on fancy.

1:25.0

Oh, wow.

1:27.0

Holy cow. She got a knife.

1:44.0

Oh, uh,

1:46.0

get out of it.

1:48.0

Get out here.

1:50.0

It's a bit of a mystery to me, frankly, how stealing from stores and burning down your own community equates in any way to getting justice for George Floyd, but hey're we're going to be trying to

2:03.3

unpack this whole situation together. Before we do though I want to tell you folks

2:07.7

about freedom of financial. The anxiety and stress caused by debt is

2:11.6

overwhelming.

2:12.8

I've been there and I'm sure most of you watching this have as well.

2:16.4

Unfortunately, it's a common thing.

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