Tensions rose slightly on Lake Street at 17th Street as protestors were surrounded on both sides.pic.twitter.com/m9kvtZmgUv
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Police had weapons trained on a group of us. We held up our press passes. One kept his rifle on us while the others continued to fire foam baton rounds.pic.twitter.com/duZu5zzzZI
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Police just raided the gas station we were sheltering at. After shouting press multiple times and raising my press card in the air, I was thrown to the ground. Then another cop came up and peppered sprayed me in the face while I was being held down.pic.twitter.com/23EkZIMAFC
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1/ Apologies it’s taken me so long to update this thread. A lot to process and more to report on, but I wanted to share this photo: this is Assad, Cindy, their children and people from the Powderhorn/Phillips community who have stayed with this family to help them protectpic.twitter.com/It3latCaVb
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2/ their gas station, which has already been looted twice. These are the people who we were with and police attacked without provocation. They were standing on their property, defending what little was left, when marked SUVs and MetroTransit vans pulled up, officers jumped out,
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3/ and immediately started shooting foam baton rounds and flash bangs. The officers then proceeded to walk around the gas station lot and pepper spray those on the ground.
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4/ This family started the night thinking they’d need to defend their store from those looking to destroy it, and ended up retreating inside to hide from armed cops firing projectiles at will. I want to thank them for giving journalists safe haven from tonight’s storms.
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@vergaracam was rolling when Minneapolis police and state troopers stormed the gas station we were spending time. Here’s the incident above from a different angle:pic.twitter.com/YuQjE6m5fEAfficher cette discussion -
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@VICENews report from the#GeorgeFloydProtests in#Minneapolis, where police and state troopers stormed a local business and fired tear gas and baton rounds at the owners who were trying to protect it from further destruction:https://youtu.be/46qWpv-yFE8Afficher cette discussion
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I hope the press organizes and speaks out about the way they are being treated
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Same. I just read another article of a reporter who lost her eye from a rubber bullet. And saw a video of one being shot while broadcasting. The videos are definitely out there.
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What can I say....the police are violent and we are witnessing how they are trained. Violence first.
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Doing exactly what everyone is upset with them doing that start the protests.
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Roberto Daza
Le chargement semble prendre du temps.
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