A protest in Minneapolis over the death of a black man in police custody turned violent Tuesday night, with demonstrators clashing with police and trashing a precinct building, reports said.
splintered off from a mainly peaceful afternoon rally and marched to the Minneapolis police department’s 3rd Precinct to protest the death of George Floyd, WCCO-TV reported.
Floyd was seen on viral video being pinned down by a white Minneapolis police officer, yelling, “I can’t breathe†before he died.
The group targeted the precinct because it’s believed the four Minneapolis cops involved in Floyd’s arrest — who have all since been fired — worked there, the report said.
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