Minneapolis: Body found in wreckage of pawnshop burned during George Floyd riot – IOTW Report

Minneapolis: Body found in wreckage of pawnshop burned during George Floyd riot

Star Tribune:

Authorities found the charred body of a man in the wreckage of a south Minneapolis pawnshop, nearly two months after the building was torched in the rioting that followed George Floyd’s death.

Investigators from the Minneapolis Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the state fire marshal’s division were acting on a tip when they discovered the body Monday morning in the rubble of Max It Pawn, at 2726 E. Lake St., according to Police Department spokesman John Elder.

“The body appears to have suffered thermal injury and we do have somebody charged with setting fire to that place,” said Elder, adding that city homicide detectives had taken over the investigation. He said that the victim’s identity would be released by medical examiners after an autopsy is completed, along with the precise cause and manner of death. read more

20 Comments on Minneapolis: Body found in wreckage of pawnshop burned during George Floyd riot

  1. How many people have died and been injured since this whole thing started. How many people’s livelihoods and businesses have been destroyed? Last time I checked this hasn’t brought Mr. Floyd back.

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  2. Hunter
    JULY 22, 2020 AT 11:16 AM
    “Must have been a COVID death because these were peaceful protests.

    Oh wait, COVID didn’t have any effects during the protests.

    Dang it, now what do we do?”

    DEFAULT = BLAME TRUMP

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  3. …I can tell you from experience that it really isn’t that easy to tell a burned, still, silent person from a burned room where all the burned stuff has heaped onto the floor and destroyed any sense of shape, especially since badly burned arms and legs are reduced to flippers and the roasted flesh cracks and fills with fly ash and all the recognizable facial features are lost about the same time the heat pops the eyeballs, and they probably aren’t face-up anyway and covered in detritus….that said, after 2 months, that’s gonna have a VERY distinct smell, and a pawn shop doesn’t have any other rotting meat to confuse it with…

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  4. WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC BURN VICTIMS. DON’T LOOK IF YOU’RE SENSITIVE. NOT KIDDING.

    …just a taste of what a burned human can look like..

    https://i2.wp.com/itsgoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/852117301_174558.jpg?w=720&ssl=1

    …and another…

    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zemRfF__8XY/Vp3Pnkk0FXI/AAAAAAAAA4E/BpxeQwGX1qM/s280/burnedbody.jpg

    …a little easier in a car, but still not all that human looking at first pass..

    https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f10/160559d1272650933-leave-body-burned-child-trunk-car-ni-i.jpg

    …and THESE are the CLEANED UP versions. Try this in a partly collapsed room in a huge-ass building full of smoke and smoulder even WITHOUT people trying to kill you just outside and see how you do….

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  5. manbearpig
    JULY 22, 2020 AT 6:36 PM
    “Are they still doing things like investigating crimes and pursuing justice in Minneapolis?”

    …sure they are. You try to defend yourself against a rioter or say something bad about Islam, they’ll be ALL over THAT shit, and if there’s no “hate crimes” they’ll make one up for you while U wait, no problem…

    https://patch.com/wisconsin/milwaukee/assault-near-wisconsin-protests-investigated-hate-crime

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  6. Supernightshade JULY 22, 2020 AT 4:11 PM

    …I can tell you from experience that it really isn’t that easy to tell a burned, still, silent person from a burned room where all the burned stuff has heaped onto the floor and destroyed any sense of shape, especially since badly burned arms and legs are reduced to flippers and the roasted flesh cracks and fills with fly ash and all the recognizable facial features are lost about the same time the heat pops the eyeballs, and they probably aren’t face-up anyway and covered in detritus….that said, after 2 months, that’s gonna have a VERY distinct smell, and a pawn shop doesn’t have any other rotting meat to confuse it with…

    And I get told – TMI – with my dead animal control stories…

    Yee! :-O

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  7. Supernightshade JULY 22, 2020 AT 4:11 PM

    “…I can tell you from experience that it really isn’t that easy to tell a burned, still, silent person from a burned room where all the burned stuff has heaped onto the floor and destroyed any sense of shape, especially since badly burned arms and legs are reduced to flippers and the roasted flesh cracks and fills with fly ash and all the recognizable facial features are lost about the same time the heat pops the eyeballs, and they probably aren’t face-up anyway and covered in detritus….that said, after 2 months, that’s gonna have a VERY distinct smell, and a pawn shop doesn’t have any other rotting meat to confuse it with…”

    And I get told TMI with my dead pest stories. YEE!

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