Minneapolis Police and Hennepin County Attorney’s Confusing Explanation for Project Veritas Election Tweets and Extremist Propaganda within MPD

What started as an inquiry with the Minneapolis Police Department over their handling of personnel who may be radicalized by online propaganda, ended with serious questions about the Department’s ability to manage its own staff and take responsibility for its role in spreading disinformation.

The Minneapolis Police Department’s Twitter account, just before the 2020 general election, informed their followers that they were taking seriously allegations made by Project Veritas that the Ilhan Omar campaign was “ballot harvesting.” The MPD’s account currently has 63,000 followers.

These allegations were rapidly debunked by local Fox9 investigative reporter Tom Lyden who aired an interview in which the subject states that Project Veritas producer, James O’Keefe offered a bribe to participate in the propaganda video. As they do with every propaganda video they produce, “[Project Veritas] deliberately left the full context on the cutting room floor.”

The MPD’s tweet, although clearly spreading disinformation, much akin to that which radicalized those who stormed Congress on January 6th, remains online. No retraction, apology or promise to do better going forward…