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    Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody

    Kermit WilliamsBy Kermit WilliamsMay 28, 2020Updated:May 28, 2020No Comments3 Mins Read
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    VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody

    Masked vandals smashed windows, slashed police car tires and threw bricks in a standoff that lasted until 5:00 a.m. The Minneapolis Police Department fired four police officers who arrested Floyd. The 46-year-old died after anofficer pinned him down by the neck with one knee.

    By Chris Juhn
    May 27 , 2020

    MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement officers.

    George Floyd died Monday after his arrest outside Cup Foods, a Minneapolis restaurant that reported a customer who paid for a meal with a counterfeit $20 bill. Widely circulated videos of the incident show a handcuffed Floyd on the ground with a white officer’s knee on the back of his neck, his pleas for help ignored.

    “I can’t breathe,” Floyd told the officer. The 46-year-old man died later at the Hennepin County Medical Center.

    Thousands of protesters descended on a police precinct a day later. Some spray-painted patrol cars, slashed tires and broke windows.

    During a protest over the police killing of George Floyd, protesters gather in the back of the precinct where some of the protesters picked up rocks and medal objects to smash the windows of a squad car in the back on May 26, 2020. (Chris Juhn/Zenger)
    A protester throws a gas canister back at police during a protest over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020. (Chris Juhn/Zenger)

    Police responded with tear gas canisters after the crowd broke through the gate that protected more vehicles. The standoff lasted until 5:00 a.m., with demonstrators hurling bricks and other objects at police.

    Protesters had walked more than 2 miles from Cup Foods, organized by activists who would later try to keep the march peaceful.

    Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo fired Officer Derek Chauvin and three other officers who were present.

    “Being black in America should not be a death sentence. This officer failed in the most basic human sense,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a press conference.

    Thousands of protesters march down Hiawatha Ave in Minneapolis to protest the police killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on May 26, 2020. (Chris Juhn/Zenger)
    Protesters set up shopping carts from Target to defend against rubber bullets and other projectiles during a protest over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020. (Chris Juhn/Zenger)
    Police stand guard in front of the 3rd police precinct in Minneapolis as they are lit from the neon sign of Hiawatha Lake Wine & Spirits. Protesters gathered at the precinct to protest the police killing of George Floyd on May 26, 2020. (Chris Juhn/Zenger)

    “Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated. This is the right call,” Frey tweeted.

    Nekima Levy-Armstrong, a community organizer, first called for a protest on Facebook.

    “Friends, Please wear your masks and join us if you can in demanding justice for the Black man who was unjustly killed by Minneapolis Police yesterday in broad daylight,” she wrote.

    “We can’t escape police violence even in a global pandemic.”

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