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A protester vandalizes an O’Reilly’s near the Minneapolis Police third precinct, where demonstrators gathered after a white police officer was caught on a bystander’s video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 27, 2020. REUTERS\/Nicholas Pfosi<\/em><\/p>\n The mayor of Minneapolis asked the Minnesota National Guard to move in after protests in the city over the death of George Floyd in the custody of police escalated Wednesday night, with a fatal shooting near the site of the riots.<\/p>\n By: JOSHUA CAPLAN<\/strong><\/p>\n Multiple buildings in Minneapolis burned through the night Wednesday as protesters turned to riots over the death of George Floyd, who died Monday after a police officer was seen on video putting his knee on his neck, according to reports.<\/p>\n Protesters set fire to businesses, including an Autozone and Cub Foods, while an apartment complex under construction was also reportedly damaged by flames.<\/p>\n In addition to several buildings being lit on fire, stores like Target store on Lake Street were ransacked by dozens of apparent looters who stole televisions and groceries, according to videos shared to social media by Fox 9 reporter Karen Scullin.<\/p>\n Other reported looters were seen at Dollar Tree, a liquor store, and a tobacco store, reported ABC 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n The protests came as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called for the arrest of the police officer seen in a video kneeling on Floyd\u2019s neck before his death.<\/p>\n The mayor urged Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman<\/a> to file charges against the officer, whom the city identified as Derek Chauvin. In a video taken by a witness, Chauvin can be seen kneeling and putting his weight on the neck of George Floyd, who struggled and said he could not breathe.<\/p>\n Police called an ambulance for Floyd after he became unconscious. He later died at the hospital. I am not a LEO, and all we are seeing is a snippet of video. That being said, the optics are very bad and I can’t blame people for being upset. I can blame them for rioting and burning. Again. The entire article with videos may be viewed here: Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fires Rage Across Minneapolis Overnight in George Floyd Protests<\/h3>\n
\nThe Minneapolis Police Department fired Chauvin<\/a> and three other officers involved in the arrest \u2014 J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n