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A Minneapolis police officer that drove near the crowd rolled down her window and indiscriminately fired Mace at protesters, bystanders, and journalists; the incident was caught on a viral video. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] Later, demonstrators downtown shot off fireworks and stood off against a line of Minneapolis police officers who fired tear gas.
The peaceful protests and destructive unrest had an impact on the three-block stretch of West Lake Street in Minneapolis near were Smith and Knajdek were killed. [19] Prior to the 2021 unrest, the Uptown economy faced hardships from several business closures, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
Video of arson damage in Minneapolis, May 29, 2020. Acts of arson in Minneapolis-Saint Paul occurred during a period of widespread civil disorder following the May 25, 2020, murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Derek Chauvin, a White officer with the Minneapolis Police Department. Floyd's murder was captured by a bystander video ...
The aftermath of May 27 protests over the police killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was captured in footage shot by a local man.The protests turned violent and continued into the ...
The Minnesota State Patrol said on May 28 that it had sent in officers to support local law enforcement and “keep people safe” in Minneapolis and Saint Paul as civil unrest continued following ...
The video is real and did occur during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it shows enforcement of a curfew issued during protests linked to the death of George Floyd, not COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
The first George Floyd protests took place in Minneapolis on May 26 – the day after his murder by Minneapolis police officers – and spread to neighboring St. Paul. On May 28, after protests turned violent, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a state of emergency and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard. [31]
George Floyd protests Part of the United States racial unrest (2020–2023) and the Black Lives Matter movement Clockwise from top: Protesters in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered and the unrest began Police and National Guard at a protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bystanders and firefighters at a torched street in Minneapolis Protest near the Multnomah County Justice Center in ...