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  • Protester: “Hands up, don't shoot.

  • Hands up, don't shoot.

  • Hands up —” [explosion]

  • The Third Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department.

  • On fire.

  • Nearby businesses, ablaze.

  • This is how the night of May 28 unfolded.

  • George Floyd's arrest and death

  • in police custody on Monday set off protests

  • in the Twin Cities.

  • The protesters are demanding that criminal charges

  • be brought against the officers involved.

  • Protester: “Put that fist upwe're all him.

  • All lives matter.”

  • When that didn't happen on Thursday,

  • some demonstrators escalated their tactics

  • while others tried to keep the peace.

  • [shouting]

  • Police scanner audio,

  • and footage from outside the precinct,

  • provide insight into what happened.

  • The police shoot tear gas from grenade launchers.

  • You want more of your people to die?

  • You [expletive] coward.

  • You want more of the people you're supposed to protect

  • to [expletive] die?

  • You [expletive] coward

  • [expletive] you!”

  • This back and forth with protesters

  • continues for about an hour.

  • Around 10 p.m., the officers begin evacuating the precinct.

  • Crowd: “No justice, no peace.”

  • Protester: “Everybody get garbagelet's fill

  • the cops' place with garbage.”

  • Protester: “Burn it!”

  • On Friday, one former officer

  • was charged with murder and manslaughter

  • in connection with George Floyd's death.

Protester: “Hands up, don't shoot.

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