Ballot boxes have become a hot topic this summer, with rising concerns about the upcoming elections and whether all ballots will make it to election offices in time to be counted.
More than 150 buildings and businesses in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Twin Cities suburbs have been damaged, looted or destroyed as protests continue after the death of George Floyd, a 46 year-old African American man who was knelt on for seven minutes by a white officer, Derek Chauvin, despite pleading for Chauvin to stop, saying he couldn’t breathe.The following is a list of those buildings.
Since the death of George Floyd, a black man died outside of Cup Foods on May 25, people in Minneapolis and suburbs have taken to the streets and protests calling for the arrest of former officer Derek Chauvin, who was videotaped with his knee on Floyd’s neck for approximately seven minutes as Floyd repeatedly said that he couldn’t breathe.