Hundreds took to the streets in Minneapolis on Saturday, many with signs reading, “Frey lied, Amir died.”
Solomon Gustavo was born and raised in the Twin Cities and has been published by CityPages, Orlando Weekly, and Sahan Journal.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants in a bid to defuse the situation. But protests were already set in motion.
I was born and raised here, and saw the police precinct burn up close. It changed my city forever.
Daunte Wright, 20, was shot dead by cops outside Minneapolis during a traffic stop, triggering unrest across a city already on edge over Derek Chauvin’s trial.
The fifth day of protests in the city was largely peaceful, but that didn’t stop police from aggressively targeting curfew-breakers with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Protests exploded across at least 30 cities overnight, with police vehicles set ablaze, windows smashed in, buildings stormed—and police responding with pepper spray and teargas.
Protesters set Minneapolis police station ablaze while chanting “I can’t breathe.”
On the second day of protests over George Floyd’s death, another man is dead and buildings are burned to the ground near where police holed up in their besieged headquarters.
Officers went at protesters outside a precinct house as one of their own, Derek Chauvin, was ID’d as the white cop shown kneeling on a black man’s neck.