Rubber bullets, chemical irritant, water bottles in air as thousands march to protest George Floyd'

[riversedge]

Source: Star Tribune




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Tensions escalated outside the 3rd Precinct headquarters a few hours after the protesters began their march.

May 26, 2020 — 8:30pm





Thousands of people marched through the streets of south Minneapolis Tuesday night in response to the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody after an officer knelt on his neck for several minutes and ignored the man’s protests that he couldn’t breathe.

Protesters marched from the site of Floyd’s death — outside Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue — to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct, where the door was smashed and protest signs left outside.

Shortly before 8 p.m., police clad in riot gear were firing tear gas and sandbags at the protesters, who were throwing water bottles at them in what appeared to be a standoff.

As it marched earlier, the crowd, which numbered in the thousands, shouted chants such as “I can’t breathe” and called for the swift prosecution of the officers involved in the incident.

“This will happen again if we don’t get out in front of this,” said community activist Al Flowers, who called the incident “one of the most egregious murders I’ve ever seen.” He said the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck should be prosecuted.............................................................





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Seems like an overkill by law enforcement IMHO.


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VideoVideo (01:12) : A large group gathered at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd was restrained by police, before marching over to the 3rd Precinct headquarters.



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At one point, protesters pelted a line of police SUVs with water bottles and other items, shattering the windows.
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Gallery: Outrage after death of man who died after Minneapolis cop kneeled on his neck

[raging moderate]

1. NOW will they deploy tear gas for the gun-toters?

Or is mayhem legal for people who are deliberately equipped to commit mass murder?

PS My husband and I are gun owners. We are just decent, law-abiding, non-aggressive gun-owners.

[riversedge]

2. perhaps it is not overkill. throwing water bottles could seriously hurt anyone including

the police.


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33rd and Chicago (correct address). Protesters pelting a line of police SUVs with water bottles and more. Their windows were shattered. #GeorgeFloyd https://twitter.com/motarola123/st

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[Igel]

9. Other sources mention brick and rocks.

Not just "water bottles" (which at first thought might well be empty or nearly so, unlike empty bricks or rocks).

Partial information.

[rockfordfile]

10. During Vietnam protests cops would pretend to be part of the protest

They would blend in and start trouble to try to make the good guys look bad.

[Grokenstein]

3. (waits for Orange Anus to babble about 'good people on both sides')

[stillcool]

4. They're just making it worse..

White Supremacist protesters get police escorts, black protesters get a hostile police presence just waiting to pounce. White protesters are protesting about their guns, or their right to hate...black protesters are protesting about young black men getting murdered. The police are the problem, the instigators, the killers. They are the cause, and then they throw lighter fluid on to the fire.

[RockRaven]

5. Remind me what city/state had their cops react to covidiot shutdown protectors the same way.

[roamer65]

8. The big ZERO.

Zip, zilch, nada.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. they use tear gas and rubber bullets on these people and not the humpsters who blazeny display guns

at state house.

[jimfields33]

7. I don't see masks or social distances

I know this was important but the mayor asked for those. Now the virus will happen to these supportive protesters.

[LanternWaste]

11. I see both masks and distancing.

But I get it ... it's as good a tack as any to better move away from the actual concern.

[ripcord]

12. Don't throw things at protests

Don't allow others to throw things, if we don't stop it the cops will every time.