A Minneapolis landowner whose property has been taken over by vagrants is speaking out against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and his progressive policies.

Arne, a real estate broker in Minneapolis, spoke with Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips in a segment that aired on Daily Wire’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. Phillips traveled to Minnesota several weeks ago to meet with Arne and tour one of his properties, an empty lot in a Minneapolis neighborhood that had been taken over by homeless.

“Basically after, you know, the pandemic and the George Floyd, you know, riots, protests – whatever you want to call them – that’s when everything really changed,” Arne said.

“I was blocks away from where George Floyd was killed and we experienced everything that was going on for those 3-4 days when the city was burning,” he continued. “It was just, I don’t know, there was a sense of, like, they were just letting it happen for some reason.”

Rioting over George Floyd caused massive destruction across the Twin Cities area, resulting in $500 million worth of damage to Minneapolis, according to one estimate by the Lake Street Council. Law enforcement lost control of the unrest as crowds of rioters looted stores and set fire to property, including torching the Minneapolis Third Precinct police headquarters.

“Why didn’t they just stop it? They’re not being affected by this because they’re – you know, if this was the governor’s mansion, you think they would let this happen? No,” Arne said, adding, “They’re not going to allow it if it’s over there, you know, on one of their properties, but they’re allowing it to happen here. So, am I angry? Yes, absolutely.”

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Following the rampant chaos and destruction, law enforcement still refuse to crack down on some destructive behaviors, such as drug use and squatting. The damage done to the communities in the Twin Cities area has prompted otherwise nonpolitical people to speak out, though many more who are upset about the situation stay quiet, Arne said.

“I would like the city to just clean this up and everybody – I mean, I’m speaking for, not just me, I’m speaking for other people who, on this block, that are scared to speak out. I know dozens of people who feel the same way about this that I do and – I don’t know. It’s just, people are tired of it, and so that’s what I want to see happen. I want them to change it,” Arne said.

.@cabot_phillips toured a nice neighborhood turned homeless encampment in Minneapolis, a result of the radical policies of Walz's administration.

See Cabot's conversation with Arne, a landowner whose property was overtaken with limited response from the local authorities. pic.twitter.com/rOPZKgZLHt

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