Minnesota police confirm slashing car tires of reporters, others during Minneapolis protests

Minnesota's Department of Safety and the Anoka County Sheriff's office acknowledged Monday that their troopers and deputies had knifed the tires of several parked, unoccupied vehicles in Minneapolis during protests against the police killing of George Floyd. Video from May 31 protests had captured unidentified law enforcement officers slashing tires, as Mother Jones documented. "State Patrol troopers strategically deflated tires ... in order to stop behaviors such as vehicles driving dangerously...