Minneapolis Riots 5 28. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black. The protests are in response to the arrest and subsequent brutal death of George Floyd while in polic.
Minneapolis requested help from the National Guard to deal with the looting, rioting and protests, according to The Daily Beast. For the second night in a row, sizable protest crowds in Minnesota were met with police action. Destruction reportedly spread miles up Lake Street and into Uptown.
Protests in multiple cities escalated to full-scale riots — stores were vandalized and looted and some were burned to the ground.
The cops weren't in the mood to talk, clearly, and.
Parts of Minneapolis erupted into flames Wednesday night as residents again took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by white police officer Derek Chauvin on. Social media and the Associated Press shared photos from riots, which we've rounded up below. Destruction reportedly spread miles up Lake Street and into Uptown.