The streets around the 3rd Precinct police station (where police officers involved in #GeorgeFloyd death worked) are devastated. Many buildings are rubble; others are still burning. #Minneapolispic.twitter.com/LJi1b3Nfe5
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Scenes from #Minneapolis Friday afternoon/night.
Large group of peaceful protestors cross the Saint Anthony Falls bridge from St. Paul to Minneapolis. #GeorgeFloydpic.twitter.com/O9XgfuVSzX
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Protestors eventually gather at the 5th Precinct Police Station in
#Minneapolis, which has been double-fenced off. Several police are on the roof with tear gas guns watching the scenes. It is 9:30pm - well past the 8pm curfew placed. Looters are getting more active nearby.pic.twitter.com/hDfJWXqIxO
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A Stop and Shop opposite the 5th Precinct police station in
#Minneapolis. A fire is burning inside the back of the shop, while people are looting it. This is 10:47pm. The shop eventually burns down.pic.twitter.com/NWY8kKIHzsShow this thread -
Young kids are posing in front of the fire at the side of the Stop and Shop in
#Minneapolis, directly across the road from the 5th Precinct police station, where it looks like hundreds of officers are gathered, some on the roof with tear gas guns. It’s 11:16pm.pic.twitter.com/ePTQb4qtbUShow this thread -
Looters are trying to break into, and set fire to, the
#WellsFargo across from the 5th Precinct police stn in#Minneapolis. Seems to be 2 distinct groups - the protestors and the rioters/looters. Many are yelling at the looters to stop burning the city down. It’s 11:19pm.pic.twitter.com/sIKM5hpV03Show this thread -
Rioters cheer as
#WellsFargo is on fire. It’s next to the Stop and Shop, which is already well ablaze. The#DollarTree,#OfficeDepot, and other boarded-up shops across the street have been breached and looted. No police or#NationalGuard on the streets around here.#Minneapolispic.twitter.com/y2l5o0Yp4jShow this thread -
Another fire underway across the road from the 5th Precinct police station in
#Minneapolis. The destruction is immense. It’s 11:27pm, 3.5 hours after curfew. Still no police on streets; all are gathered inside the fortified precinct, with some on the roof.pic.twitter.com/1IGLMvSze2Show this thread -
Police start forming outside the 5th precinct in
#Minneapolis at 11:30pm. Copious amounts of tear gas is deployed from the advancing officers and those on the roof of the precinct building. It's chaos.pic.twitter.com/hwMLNkEXA8
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Protestors/rioters try to lob tear gas canisters back at the advancing police. But the tear gas is effective and most protestors retreat and disperse within about 30 mins as police secure each street.
#Minneapolispic.twitter.com/sjODI51NKd
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Within half an hour the police have taken back the immediate area around the 5th precinct police station in
#Minneapolis.pic.twitter.com/prdefNVO88
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In the chaos, as two women try to drive out of the area, they are caught in the middle and police haul them out of the car quickly. The driver is on the ground, panicking and begging them to not hurt her.
#Minneapolis The police moved us out of the area at that point.pic.twitter.com/9bZemOE6oS
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At midnight, the police are clearing everyone, including media, from the streets around the 5th Precinct in
#Minneapolis. Since 11:30pm, when the police started gathering, they gave protesters many warnings over a loudspeaker to disperse or risk being arrested and fined.pic.twitter.com/LilPiiqxWgShow this thread
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