I know this will never get seen but as a minnesotan living in Minneapolis I can clear things up. There were two protests, one peaceful and one violent.
At the site of George's death, the protest was peaceful. No tear gas, no rubber bullets, just people holding signs.
However, some protesters were so upset they went over to the nearest police station and started destroying police cars and breaking windows and doors. When the police showed up they threw rocks and glass bottles at the police. Only then did the police respond with tear gas and flash grenades. And they only used that stuff around their building.
EDIT : here are some videos of proof. The two protests sites were about a mile apart
_lmnoponml_ on May 27th, 2020 at 17:24 UTC »
Violent protest against police is the reason you have the weekend and the 40 hour work week.
Tylendal on May 27th, 2020 at 19:05 UTC »
Why does this photo look sixty years old?
FreeRunningEngineer on May 27th, 2020 at 19:06 UTC »
I know this will never get seen but as a minnesotan living in Minneapolis I can clear things up. There were two protests, one peaceful and one violent.
At the site of George's death, the protest was peaceful. No tear gas, no rubber bullets, just people holding signs.
However, some protesters were so upset they went over to the nearest police station and started destroying police cars and breaking windows and doors. When the police showed up they threw rocks and glass bottles at the police. Only then did the police respond with tear gas and flash grenades. And they only used that stuff around their building.
EDIT : here are some videos of proof. The two protests sites were about a mile apart
Peaceful protests at the site of George's death - https://www.fox9.com/video/688127
Violent protests at the police station - https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/4566349-raw-video-police-fire-flash-grenades-at-george-floyd-protesters/