It's already been a tense three days of protests and standoffs with law enforcement in Brooklyn Center following the shooting of Daunte Wright by officer Kim Potter.
She has since resigned from the department as did Police Chief Tim Gannon.
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In a late-night press conference Tuesday, authorities displayed rocks, cans, bottles, and other debris that was thrown at officers who were guarding the Brooklyn Center police station.
Upwards of sixty people were arrested, according to Minnesota State Patrol Colonel Matt Langer.
"Our ask is for people to listen to what we are saying," he said. "To throw objects with the intent to hurting other people, whether they are police officers or not, is just unacceptable, and it needs to stop."
Protests started late Tuesday afternoon at the Brooklyn Park Police Headquarters where a large crowd had gathered.
They took to the streets to march to about half of a mile to FBI headquarters which is located on Freeway Blvd. in Brooklyn Center, about a mile south of the police department.
Once the curfew hit at 8pm, protests got tense as protesters tried to tear down the fence that blocked the police headquarters.
Police started calling for an unlawful assembly to try to break up the crowd. After protesters started throwing debris, police used both chemical irritants and flashbangs for a third straight night as they tried to disperse the crowd.
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Around 9:40 Tuesday night, police charged at the largest group of protesters. That move caused them, for the most part, to disperse. WCCO's Mark Freie reported that law enforcement managed to divide the group of protesters into two groups prior beginning arrests.
WCCO's Brandon Ison was also on the scene and he reported many in the crowd who attempted to throw projectiles at law enforcement were struck with non-lethal rounds. Ison also says that as chemical irritants were used by police, half the crowd took off while the other half "stood there defiantly."
Ison also spoke to a Brooklyn Center Pastor who allowed his church to be a refuge for protestors.