Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks on George Floyd’s death for the first time as demonstrators at the 3d police precinct are met with rubber bullets.
Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd were met with rubber bullets after breaking windows at the third police precinct in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Stationed in a line outside and on top of the building, riot police fired bullets at a crowd gathered outside the precinct. This is the second consecutive day of protests after a video of Floyd, who died while in police custody, that depicted pinned to the ground by Hennepin County police went viral.
A police officer, who allegedly intended to arrest Floyd under suspicion of forgery, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck. As he did this, Floyd can be repeatedly heard saying that he cannot breathe in the video. Floyd was pronounced dead at a local medical facility after being transported from the scene by an ambulance.
