“You see a fucking group” in the street, a Minneapolis police sergeant in a riot helmet told his fellow officers: “Fuck ‘em up, gas ‘em, fuck ‘em up.” It was the evening of May 30th, 2020, five days after Officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. An 8 p.m. curfew was …
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Editor’s note: This story was originally published in October 2014, in the wake of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to death. Weeks of protests ensued, in which destruction of property was called a “violent” act by those on the right. In the …
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Update: Later on Friday afternoon the president spoke to the media in the White House and said he reached out to the Floyd family and expressed sympathies and condolences. Related:Global Protests Begin After Police Killing of George Floyd “I want to express our nation’s deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathies …
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