From the first 911 call, moments after Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot at their home in the early morning of June 14, police knew a masked gunman was impersonating an officer, had targeted a politician and was on the move.

Yet it would take 10 hours for law enforcement to systematically alert lawmakers to the exact nature of the danger they faced. Communication across a patchwork of agencies was also spotty, leaving some officials unaware of the threat for hours and raising questions about whether the suspect, Vance Boelter, could have been caught earlier.

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    State Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson said that “law enforcement did an admirable job of trying to respond and make sure they were doing their very best in this case.”

    No cops didn’t do an ‘admiral job’. They did the same fucking thing as Uvalde cops did … sat on their asses and did nothing while people were being shot.

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    So basically they were lucky he was dumb and went back to hide in the woods right near his house. He could have left the state and went into hiding with that kind of lead time.

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    there will be no fort sumter this time. the civil war will be a silent approval of behavior through “bad apples”.

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      Absolutely. We can see the recent civil wars of other nations as a guide. There won’t be a clear dividing line between each side.