KSTP has finally weighed in on “#pointergate”:
Law enforcement sources alerted KSTP-TV to a photo they believed could jeopardize public safety and put their officers at risk, especially given the recent increase in gang violence. Multiple sources from several law enforcement agencies told 5 Eyewitness News the photo had the potential for undermining the work they are doing on the streets. 5 Eyewitness News blurred the individual’s face and did not name the group he was working for because police called into question only the judgment of Mayor Betsy Hodges.
KSTP ran a story Thursday night that accused the mayor of “flashing a known gang sign” in a picture with a community activist. Minneapolis’ chief of police was with the mayor during the event.
On Twitter, people called the story about KSTP’s story “#pointergate” and posted other photos of people flashing known signs.
Our pre engagement photos – showing the love sign. Must be gangsters? #pointergate pic.twitter.com/w8O58vlyNs
— Gary Cunningham (@Khaaliss2) November 7, 2014
God and Adam flashing gang signs. #pointergate pic.twitter.com/HpgVtBh7fp
— Guante (@elguante) November 7, 2014
Am I in a gang with @MayorHodges? Oh, I'm not? Because I'm white? Come on @KSTP #pointergate pic.twitter.com/Cauw9qrAOt
— Ellen C. Anderson (@ellencanderson) November 7, 2014
My 7-month-old daughter flashes gang sign at @Twins game. #pointergate pic.twitter.com/WvmGueuYsv
— Daniel Sellers (@dsellers22) November 7, 2014
Minneapolis police have exposed an effort to recruit my daughter into some kind of baking gang. #pointergate pic.twitter.com/ebY5BL4L9W
— John Lesch (@johnlesch) November 7, 2014
OMG I am in a gang with a bald eagle #pointergate pic.twitter.com/pwPoBVzVwQ
— Kevin Hoffman (@panopticon13) November 7, 2014
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