Protestors were hit with tear gas and rubber bullets while protesting the police brutality murder of George Floyd in Minnesota.
Though the protest was intended to be a non-violent response to the current national epidemic of racist police officers brutally murdering Black men and women at an alarming rate, police responded by firing off rubber bullets, tear gas, and flash grenades at the crowd.Eventually, the protest turned into a march towards the 3rd Precinct, where it is believed that the four officers involved in Floyd’s death — who have since been fired from their positions — worked.
“It’s real ugly. The police have to understand that this is the climate they have created, this is the climate they created,” another protester said. Officers in riot gear started firing the tear gas and flash grenades and hitting people with rubber bullets.In the video of Floyd’s arrest, he can be heard gasping, “Please, please, I can’t breathe. Please, man, please,” and “I can’t move. Everything hurts. Give me some water or something, please. I can’t breathe, officer.
It’s difficult not to compare the police response to the Minnesota protest last night to the armed militia protests all over the country just a few weeks ago. In many state capitals, armed white men stormed streets and government buildings with assault rifles strapped to their backs, screaming for the government to reopen local and national economies.None of them faced the type of police response that the #BlackLivesMatter demonstrators had to face yesterday.
Here are armed protestors in Michigan a few short weeks ago, who appear to be completely unbothered while exercising their “freedom” with assault rifles on-hand.And here are a few final photos from the melee.
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