A third day of protests took place yesterday in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, with demonstrators angered over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday, after an officer kneeled on his neck and ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe. Peaceful protest marches earlier in the day gave way to chaotic scenes as several buildings were broken into and set on fire, including the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct building, which was abandoned during the protest. State police arrived Friday morning, lining up near the smoking wreckage of the building.
Protesters demonstrate beside a burning Third Precinct police station on May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The protests were over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis on Monday after an officer kneeled on his neck and ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe.
John Minchillo / APPeople gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Eric Miller / ReutersA large group of protesters gathers outside of the Hennepin County Government Center on May 28, 2020.
Stephen Maturen / GettyProtesters rally outside the Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct station, during the third day of demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, on May 28, 2020.
Steel Brooks / Anadolu Agency / GettyProtesters march down a highway off-ramp on May 28, 2020, on their way to Minneapolis.
Stephen Maturen / GettyA group of protesters gathers outside the home of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Stephen Maturen / GettyA police officer keeps watch during a protest as a woman looks on in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 28, 2020.
Scott Olson / GettyA protester confronts a police officer while standing on a damaged cruiser in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 28, 2020.
Stephen Maturen / GettyPolice aim their weapons at protesters in the parking lot of a Target store on May 28, 2020, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Stephen Maturen / GettyA protestor reacts as she walks through a cloud of tear gas in St. Paul on May 28, 2020.
John Minchillo / APA demonstrator washes her eyes in St. Paul on May 28, 2020.
John Minchillo / APProtesters throw objects into a fire outside of a Target store near the Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd.
Kerem Yucel / AFP / GettyProtesters occupy the parking lot of a Target store near the Third Precinct police station on May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis.
Kerem Yucel / AFP / GettyRachel Perez is pictured with bruising around her eye and a bandage on her forehead, injuries sustained from rubber bullets during protests yesterday, while standing a distance from a burning vehicle at the parking lot of a Target store in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Carlos Barria / ReutersProtesters break into the entrance of a police station in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Carlos Barria / ReutersProtesters gather at the Third Precinct police station after it was set on fire on May 28, 2020.
Scott Olson / GettyA police officer stands watch as a looted pawn hop burns behind them on May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis.
Stephen Maturen / GettyThousands of demonstrators gather at the site of multiple fires near the Third Precinct police station during a third day of protests in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Nicholas Pfosi / ReutersThe emblem from the front of the Third Precinct police station is tossed into a fire on May 28, 2020.
Stephen Maturen / GettyProtesters demonstrate outside of a burning Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
John Minchillo / APProtesters set fire to the entrance of a police station in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Carlos Barria / ReutersA protester hurls a tear-gas canister back at police outside of the Third Precinct police station on May 28, 2020.
Stephen Maturen / GettyProtesters cheer as the Third Precinct police station burns behind them on May 28, 2020.
Stephen Maturen / GettyProtesters stand in front of the Third Precinct police station as it burns on May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis.
Scott Olson / GettyProtesters set off fireworks as a fire burns at the Minneapolis Third Precinct police station on May 28, 2020.
Julio Cortez / APA protester carries the United States flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Julio Cortez / APA woman reacts while protesters set fires in a Minneapolis liquor store on May 28, 2020.
Carlos Barria / ReutersProtesters watch as a liquor store burns, during the third day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, on May 28, 2020.
Jordan Strowder / Anadolu Agency / GettyProtesters walk past burning debris outside the Third Precinct police station on May 28, 2020. The precinct, which police had abandoned, burned after a group of protesters pushed through barriers around the building, breaking windows and chanting slogans.
Kerem Yucel / AFP / GettyProtesters celebrate destroying the Lake Street bus stop outside the Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.
Nicholas Pfosi / ReutersProtesters stand outside a burning liquor store near the Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis on May 29, 2020.
