State and local officials say violence in Minneapolis was being fueled by outsiders who are 'attacking civil society and instilling fear and disrupting our great cities' rather than demanding justice for the death of George Floyd.
Protests continued in Minneapolis where George Floyd, a black man, died while in police custody. Anger boiled over in more than 30 cities Friday, May 29, with some protesters smashing windows, setting vehicles ablaze and clashing with police. State and local officials on Saturday said violence in Minneapolis was being fueled by outsiders who, according to Minnesota Gov.
"Nothing we do to provide justice" for Floyd"matter to any of these people who are out here firing upon the National Guard, burning" businesses and"disrupting civil life," Walz said. According to Carter, everyone arrested in St. Paul on Friday night was from out of state, adding,"What we are seeing right now is a group of people who are not from here."
A Justice Department spokeswoman later said the information underpinning Barr's assertion came from state and local law enforcement. Meantime, Philadelphia police said protests at City Hall and the Art Museum began peacefully before a group of others began"committing criminal acts, including vandalism."
• Clashes and arrests: More than 500 people were arrested in Friday night's protests in Los Angeles, police said. New York City police have made more than 200 arrests connected to protests, and more than a dozen officers have been serious hurt, according to a senior NYPD source. In Houston, nearly 200 people were arrested and most will be charged with obstructing a roadway, police said.
In Minneapolis, the epicenter of the demonstrations, some protesters knelt under a bridge and prayed. Others tossed rocks at officers who fired rubber bullets in return. Officers stood on top of a precinct armed with nonlethal deterrents as a man in the crowd of protesters tried to climb the gate. When fires moved from the precinct to dumpsters and residential streets, more than 350 troops were deployed to control the groups.
In Oakland, California, one Federal Protective Service officer was killed and one other injured Friday in a shooting at the downtown federal building during protests in the city, police said. Details about what led to the shooting weren't immediately available. "Killer" was scrawled across a damaged police car in Los Angeles where protesters lined up along a freeway to block traffic. At least two officers were injured during the night, said the LAPD.
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