Protests over the death of George Floyd while in police custody broke out Wednesday night, with protesters and rioters calling for justice -- and the scenes in Minneapolis, Minn., Los Angeles and other parts of the country could be seen in footage circulating on social media.
Video of a woman in a motorized wheelchair being attacked also went viral. She was hit repeatedly and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as a bystander shouted that she had a knife.
“While some deplored the video as a brutal attack on a disabled woman, others saw [the woman] as the aggressor and the fire extinguisher as an act of self-defense,” theVideo later circulated that claimed the woman got out of the wheelchair and walked on her own following the altercation:CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The death of Floyd, a black man whose arrest was captured on video by several bystanders, showing the man panting that he could not breathe as a police officer, who is white, jarred a knee into his neck for eight minutes until Floyd was rendered motionlessness. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has demanded the arrest of the police officer who had his knee on Floyd, has called for calm during the demonstrations.
More demonstrations protesting police violence are planned in the upcoming days, including one in Seatle on Saturday.Fox News’ Hollie McKay contributed to this report. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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