The Morning After in Minneapolis

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
May. 28, 2020

The neighborhood is a smoldering ash heap and round three is already kicking off.

Morning after the protests and riots in Minneapolis of the police killing George Floyd. It’s eerie pic.twitter.com/UVF2ltmL7E
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020

The affordable housing development is gone. Wendy's, too. AutoZone, a husk. pic.twitter.com/95UjML7lN6
— Libor Jany (@StribJany) May 28, 2020

The owners of this Cub gave me permission to show the damage inside pic.twitter.com/Y1j0Zs1byz
— Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) May 28, 2020

What was Auto Zone pic.twitter.com/kl2LYGVD1Z
— Kavita Kumar (@kavitakumar) May 28, 2020

Some officers are starting to head home. Several protesters remain. Lotsa camera phones out, recording. A man walks up and laments the destruction of the building where he worked, making medical devices and such. Someone nearby says that even days later, people are still hurting. pic.twitter.com/JtxyszRyGi
— Libor Jany (@StribJany) May 28, 2020

Few protesters left. City is cleaning up and police are rebuilding. Power has been out for most of the morning pic.twitter.com/cac7QeBV54
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020

I wanted to talk to workers cleaning up but everyone declined. Business owners also were struggling to wrap their heads around what happened pic.twitter.com/nxFX4vO7HY
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020

In case you were wondering if this was all about race:

Nearby business owner Ausar Lovestar put up this sign bc he's worried 38th and Chicago is going to be the next hot spot for protests #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/eiWaifddyZ
— Chao Xiong (@ChaoStrib) May 28, 2020

Signs hoping to save some of these businesses pic.twitter.com/3lU9JqpglN
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020

Some businesses like Gandhi Mahal have put up signs that they are minority owned, in hopes of not being looted. Still windows broken. pic.twitter.com/9zDzNZk1Si
— Evan Frost (@efrostee) May 28, 2020

Diane Binns, 70, of St. Paul is angry at the people here. Binns came here to get medication for her daughter. pic.twitter.com/GA1EJpx4XL
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020

Diane Binns was president of the NAACP St. Paul from 2016-2018. She was here for the north Minneapolis riots in the 60s pic.twitter.com/AuuHIdAxZx
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020

Round three has already begun:

The melee has started here. Things have been heating up here for a while pic.twitter.com/56MiO2ZfWZ
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020

Police cruisers being damaged as people here continue throwing shopping carts at vehicles pic.twitter.com/tpGgFCRHT6
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020

Police have been showing restraint in the face of very antagonistic behavior from the crowd. pic.twitter.com/c2uZjnxKHJ
— Ricardo Lopez (@rljourno) May 28, 2020

Unrest has spilled into St. Paul’s Midway, where looters rushed the Target store on University Ave.
Officers responded around 11:30 a.m. & found between 50-60 ppl grabbing merchandise off the shelves, a police spokesman said. Many dropped the goods and ran when police arrived.
— Liz Sawyer (@ByLizSawyer) May 28, 2020

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