Protesters marching through the street on May 28, 2020, in downtown Minneapolis.
"Sprawling Protest Movement Treads Line Between Justice Agenda and Chaos. MINNEAPOLIS — With the Third Police Precinct headquarters engulfed in flames, what felt like a cathartic release swept through the streets of Minneapolis’s South Side on Thursday night. Some people danced to Beyoncé, others passed out beer. Still others chanted: 'No justice, no peace! Prosecute the police!' The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has incited a wave of demonstrations and unrest across the nation, renewing passionate street uprisings that gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement six years ago. But if the scene on Thursday felt like a victory for some protesters, the escalating violence and destruction that spread Friday in Minneapolis and elsewhere around the country felt more like a warning that this moment could be spinning out of control both because of the limitations of a largely spontaneous, leaderless movement and because, protesters and officials warned, there were indications it was also being undermined by agitators trying to sabotage it. ..."
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A police car burned after protesters marched to the Georgia State Capitol on Friday.
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