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\nRiots in Minneapolis<\/p>\n
\nRiots in Minneapolis<\/p>\n
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested, moments after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he expected swift justice in the death of George Floyd, whose death sparked protests nationwide.<\/p>\n
Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington announced Chauvin’s arrest following the governor’s news conference Friday.<\/p>\n
Chauvin is the white officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of Floyd, a handcuffed black man.<\/p>\n
The arrest comes after three days of protests, which escalated in violence as demonstrators torched a police precinct that had been abandoned by officers.<\/p>\n
Mason sends.<\/p>\n
“Tonight needs to be different,” Gov. Tim Walz said after a night of riots, fires and looting in Minneapolis and St. Paul.<\/em><\/strong> MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested in connection with the death of George Floyd while in police custody.<\/p>\n Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Mark Harrington reappeared at the podium Friday after a news conference ended, saying that the BCA has arrested Chauvin. He did not have any information about specific charges.<\/p>\n Multiple sources confirmed to KARE 11 that Chauvin was the officer seen on video with his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died.<\/p>\n Governor Tim Walz held the news conference at 10:30 a.m. after another night of violence and looting in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as protests over the death of George Floyd while in police custody devolved into riots.<\/p>\n Walz said he received a call from State Sen. Patricia Torres Ray Thursday that District 63 was burning, and there were no police officers or Minnesota National Guard troops to help.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is an abject failure that cannot happen,” Walz said. “We must restore that order.\u201d<\/p>\n Harrington said that national guard troops were called in to help Thursday, but they did not receive a \u201cspecific mission\u201d to help clear the streets until midnight, on a call with the mayor. Harrington said Minneapolis Mayor Frey informed them they had “no more resources” and they were not able to meet public safety needs on Lake Street.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest of the Governor’s tap-dancing, err, article here: KARE 11<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks Mason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nAuthor: Emily Haavik, Diane Sandberg<\/strong><\/p>\n