Jessie Ebertz stopped tears as he stood in front of a metshift memorial honoring the democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband killed last week.
“Minnesota feels a little like a safe shelter,” says Ms Ebertz, a government employee living in the state capital, “because we kept respecting each other here.”
“It was blown out of water.”
The death of Hortman and his husband Mark, sent a shockwave to the state. They were shot dead early on Saturday morning to a man who was disguised as a police officer.
The Democratic Lawmaker in State John Hoffman and his wife also injured – they are expected to live.
But attacks, showing political inspiring, stimulating state reputation for goodness, good respect and respect, a characteristic Wikipedia: “Minnesota Nice”.
Prosecutors also said that suspect Boelter also visited two other homes early on Saturday searching politicians.
The biggest person on Sunday Sunday when Boolter was acquired near his house in a mountain area, and small villages about twenty cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.
Many teaches Mrs Hortman known for his ability to work with Republican colleagues, including recent to pass a state budget.
On Monday in the city of Talkal Talun Station that WCCO has replayed one of his final interviews, jointly accompanied by companions, which of other things they are talking about when they are going to accompany along.
The idea that this friendly state of the high midwest escape the political rancor more often tipping elsewhere, a publication of the conservative center of the American tank.
Center office has fired last year on what tank officials are called political attack. Nothing charged with crime.
“Some people in Minnesota allow politics to guide their thinking and how they feel about their neighbors, their friends and their relatives.
In extreme cases, which cause serious actions. Many new studies indicate that political violence has increased across the US, reaching level not seen since the 1970s.
Reuters have a long 300 political cases stimulated since January 2021 riot in the capital. A 2023 study from Brennan Center for justice, a left lead-leaning institute, found 40% of the State Lawmakers have experienced threats or attacks in three years before.
Despite the widespread fear, aroused by two killing attempts against Donald Trump and 2021 US capital in the capital of November 2024 Selection selection on November 2024.
But the relationships have been tight since that vote.
In April the residence of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, burned. Politics shows that they have been encouraged to kill a health care executive of New York and two Embassy employers in Washington.
In Washington, US congress members are scheduled to obtain emergency repairs about this week’s security.
Here in Minnesota, many people have been guilty of what they mean by the state politicians in a place facing his mountains and capacity to avoid disability in national politics.
Despite the evil of the attacks at the moment, within the construction of the Capitol has a small visible sign of heavy security – and no metal detector – on Monday afternoon.
Among the mourners, many of Hortman’s relatives put flowers in front of Chetes House Chamber, where a table is full of bouquets and signs that read “changes to” Power Reminders “.
In between news cameras and flowers, a group wander around the building with a guided travel officers and legislative officers in their work in an eerie hush.
But as people are mourning here, the national arguments continue.
President Trump on Tuesday said he did not want the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, the democratic nominee election last year, which he called “a mess”.
“The man has no explanation,” he said to journalists.
At the end of the attacks, several of the leading supports of Trump – including Utah Senator Mike, Elon Musk, who was trying to have no evidence links to workers.
Lee wrote: “This is what happens when marxists don’t get their way” while musk returns a message including a line about commentary “.
Both men, who did not respond to requests for comment, showed sucked by conspiracy theories floating online.
Many taught the fact that Walz and a previous democratic governor taught the suspect in a state economy position.
However, Boelter was a supporter of President Trump who held conservative views, according to interviews with friends and neighbors. According to evidence that the authorities revealed, his long target list includes democratic laws and progressive lawmakers, and he has the flyers with the anti-Trump “no cone” form around the country on Saturday.
Although the exact motive is still investigated, the evidence shows that the suspect targets presidential opponents and political politicians.
“It’s terrible,” said Kameko White, a neighbor who lived near one of the houses of the suspect, in North Minneapolis, who was invaded by police on Saturday.
“I saw man every day in his yard,” says Ms white. “Last day I saw him out of smoking and writing something in a notebook.”
While Mr. Boelter’s arrest gives some degree of relief here, discussions of Minnesota airwaves have reached what political attacks can come to cool and prevent political attacks.
Ms. Stocker, the Editor of Mind Minnesota, said “There are good people here” and notice that most Minnesotaans have rejected violence.
However, an increase in “different” and heated rhetoric makes his or her ability at the moment of peace moments at any time.
“Take a whole generation of people we don’t get it yet and have to give up,” he said.
“I think we need young people to get up and say we don’t stand for it.”
