Yesterday, we bought you the sickening account of how cops had effectively murdered a black man named George Floyd when they arrested him on suspicion of forgery over in Minneapolis and the four police involved were subsequently relieved of their duties.
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As you may have expected, this didn’t go down well with the people of Minneapolis and an absolute shit tonne of them have taken to the streets to protest against the decision not to try the scumbag 5-0 for murder. Last night, these spilled over into full scale riots with buildings being set on fire, people looting shops and police getting into confrontations with protesters.
Obviously with this being 2020, a bunch of videos appeared on Twitter overnight – here’s a few of the highlights:
Target is being looted pic.twitter.com/GCGteCG8gV
— Karen Scullin FOX9 (@kscullinfox9) May 27, 2020
Meanwhile across the street, police are armored up and firing on protesters pic.twitter.com/tdadCB4pLW
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020
Things are heating up pic.twitter.com/uDJJfD2fBm
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020
The scene outside of Target, which company officials decided to close earlier in the day. pic.twitter.com/ZOwM3o5x1D
— Libor Jany (@StribJany) May 28, 2020
Whole neighborhood reeks of smoke. Cub on fire. Dominos door shattered. Complete and utter chaos here. pic.twitter.com/NQT2SdIq8w
— Liz Sawyer (@ByLizSawyer) May 28, 2020
The smoke billowing from the Auto Zone pic.twitter.com/Bqnypu8nr9
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020
Another video, a mobile police camera has been set on fire by the protestors in #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/Byy3itO73D
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) May 28, 2020
South Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/jTPC5gvAur
— Libor Jany (@StribJany) May 28, 2020
I came back out. This is my neighborhood. You can see flames for a mile and feel the heat from a block away pic.twitter.com/0kmkBqcFZJ
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020
#minneapolis #minneapolisriots #BlackLivesMatter #georgefloyd #fires pic.twitter.com/MB1if9fNxn
— Cam Grey Astronaut from Ohio🛸👽 (@camerongrey) May 28, 2020
Jesus. That escalated quickly. Not sure if this is going to help get their point across, but apparently one of the protesters said they didn’t care if people were critical of their methods, they just had to create enough of an issue to draw attention to what was going on so that something is done about it. Whether or not this tactic works remains to be seen. RIP George Floyd.
For more of the same, check out the original George Floyd video. Highly disturbing.
