Death of George Floyd: a burned out police station in Minneapolis

Protesters torched a police station in Minneapolis (northern United States) on Thursday evening, during the third night of clashes with the police, at the hands of which died a black American, George Floyd, during a muscular arrest.

Thousands of people witnessed the fire in the northern parts of the city, after some of them broke down the barriers that protected the building and smashed its windows.

The police had deserted the place, according to the police. “Shortly after 10 p.m., in the interest of the safety of our personnel, the police of Minneapolis evacuated the police station 3”, the latter said in a press release.

The protests had previously been mostly peaceful, with crowds contained by chains of men in uniform. But there were clashes, with the looting of around thirty shops and fires, and the use of tear gas by the police at the police station where the police officers in question work.

In a tweet, US President Donald Trumps quickly denounced the facts of “thugs”, who “dishonor the memory of George Floyd”. Before adding: “Where looting begins, shootings begin (Sic)”. A tweet quickly reported by the social network for “apology for violence”.

The parade started at the end of the afternoon, with many demonstrators wearing a mask to protect themselves from the coronavirus, while in the neighboring town of Saint Paul the police reported damage and theft. “We know there is a lot of anger. We know there are a lot of injuries. But we cannot tolerate that some use it as an occasion to commit crimes, ”deplored the director of the police of this city, Todd Axtel.