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Minneapolis Erupts In Violence For Second Night, Reporters Push Back After Police Chief Labels Unrest A ‘Riot’

Emily Zanotti
Minneapolis Erupts In Violence For Second Night, Reporters Push Back After Police Chief Labels Unrest A ‘Riot’
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its surrounding neighborhoods erupted in violence Monday, for the second night in a row, following the officer-involved shooting death of Daunte Wright, but reporters cautioned the city’s chief of police not to label the unrest a “riot.”

Local Minneapolis media outlet KSTP reported Tuesday morning that 40 people were arrested overnight, following Minneapolis’ decision to institute a 7 pm curfew to prevent rioting and looting. Sunday night, just after the Wright shooting, nearly two dozen businesses were destroyed and at least one police was officer injured when demonstrations against Brooklyn Center law enforcement turned violent, according to a Daily Wire report,

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