As the protests over the death of George Floyd entered their third day, it extended into St. Paul, downtown Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs well into the night.
Arbys. We had the meats. pic.twitter.com/oWp6ZdjKda
— ᴢᴀʏ (@ZayTurner8) May 29, 2020
The day started looking at the destruction done in the Lake Street area of Minneapolis after 16 fires were started and business all the way to uptown were looted.
Later Thursday morning in St. Paul protesters took over businesses between University and Snelling. Looting and assault on police officers with rocks and other debris. There was a large standoff between protesters and police officers at the Midway Target location.
Police asking people to not throw bottles or other projectiles pic.twitter.com/piR5sB51Ns
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020
Later in the afternoon, downtown Minneapolis prepared for the night ahead. A peaceful protest was scheduled for 5 pm at the Hennepin County Government Center Plaza, but the area was preparing for violet protests also.
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies line up in front of the Hennepin County Government Center ahead of a protest scheduled for 5. pic.twitter.com/HouN0gYXTZ
— Hannah Flood (@hannahfloodfox9) May 28, 2020
There was some promise to start the evening in Minneapolis with the peaceful protest at the Hennepin County Government Center Plaza.
But then the situation started to deteriorate in downtown Minneapolis.
And then Minneapolis Police gave up the third precinct building.
This week was different. Something broke, perhaps permanently.
— Robert De Niro ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ (@RobertDeNiroUS) May 29, 2020
More Americans died in a shorter time than ever in our lifetimes, leaders shrug, a president’s madness grows, cities burn. So much. https://t.co/qwceJ88wXl#Minneapolisprotests #BlackLivesMater #GeorgeFloydprotest pic.twitter.com/l2S6SSKJXn
After that happened, looting became more widespread from downtown Minneapolis to St. Paul.
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Minneapolis Police's third precinct overtaken




