Protesters in Minneapolis vented rage over the death of George Floyd after a white police officer knelt on his neck as he lay on the ground following arrest. The mayor ordered a tactical police retreat from a police station that was set ablaze https://reut.rs/3etMLSJ  1/3

The unrest in Minnesota’s largest city went largely unchecked. National Guard troops called out by the governor kept a low profile. Four police officers involved in the arrest of Floyd, who was accused of trying to pass counterfeit money at a corner store, were dismissed 2/3

Protesters outside the Third Precinct police station briefly retreated under volleys of police tear gas and rubber bullets fired at them from the roof, only to regroup and eventually attack the building, setting fire to the structure as police withdrew https://reut.rs/3etMLSJ  3/3