Minneapolis Review

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told Fox 9 that many of the people who looted businesses and set fires on Wednesday over George Floyd's death were believed to be from outside the city.

In an interview with Fox 9, Arradondo said that among the peaceful protests over Floyd's death on Wednesday night there was a shift.

"There was a different dynamic shift from the first evening of the demonstrations," Arradondo told Fox 9. There was a different tenor last night, there was a different group of individuals."

He said a "vast majority of people" were peacefully protesting. But that changed on Wednesday night. He said there was a "core group of people" who were focused on causing destruction, through looting and setting fires. He also said these people were believed to be not from Minneapolis.

“The crowds got larger and they became more mobile," Arradondo told Fox 9. "There was a shift that certainly occurred last night."

“I will just say that it was clear to me and also hearing from our local community leaders that many of the people that were involved in the criminal conduct last night were not known Minneopolitans to them, and so there were certainly people involved in the activities last night that were certainly not recognized from being from the city,” said Arradondo.