Tensions rose slightly on Lake Street at 17th Street as protestors were surrounded on both sides.

1/ Apologies it’s taken me so long to update this thread. A lot to process and more to report on, but I wanted to share this photo: this is Assad, Cindy, their children and people from the Powderhorn/Phillips community who have stayed with this family to help them protect

2/ their gas station, which has already been looted twice. These are the people who we were with and police attacked without provocation. They were standing on their property, defending what little was left, when marked SUVs and MetroTransit vans pulled up, officers jumped out,

3/ and immediately started shooting foam baton rounds and flash bangs. The officers then proceeded to walk around the gas station lot and pepper spray those on the ground.

4/ This family started the night thinking they’d need to defend their store from those looking to destroy it, and ended up retreating inside to hide from armed cops firing projectiles at will. I want to thank them for giving journalists safe haven from tonight’s storms.

DP @vergaracam was rolling when Minneapolis police and state troopers stormed the gas station we were spending time. Here’s the incident above from a different angle: