"U.S. Police Violence Causes Black Death" Protest Turns into Violence, Minnesota Deploys National Guard

[Reporter Li Dongyao from Global Network] Police violently enforced the law and caused the death of an African-American man. In the past two days, a wave of protests was set off in Minnesota, including Minneapolis, where the incident occurred. "Russia Today" (RT) television reported on the 28th that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced the call of the National Guard to stop the riot after law enforcement failed to "provide security" in Minneapolis. And the occurrence of robbery. Prior to this, fierce protests over the death of Freud, an African-American man, turned into sabotage, arson, and robbery.

CNN reported that Governor Waltz signed an executive order on the 28th to initiate the deployment of the National Guard. In this executive order, the governor’s office stated, “Unfortunately, some people have engaged in illegal and dangerous activities, including arson, riots, robbery, and the destruction of public and private property.” The order emphasized the need for “peaceful demonstrations.”

According to previous reports, the Minneapolis, Minnesota Police Department announced on the 26th that four police officers involved were dismissed from their posts due to suspected improper actions during law enforcement that caused the death of an African-American man and triggered public protests.

According to a video on social media a few days ago, the African-American man was named Freud. When he was arrested, he was pressed to the ground by three policemen. One white policeman put his knee against his neck and the other one. The police stood aside, Freud looked painful and hoarse, and kept saying that he could not breathe, and then he was suspected of falling into a coma.

Beginning on the 26th, a large number of people in Minneapolis took to the streets to protest. Many people held placards with the words "Black people's fate is also fate" and demanded justice for Freud. On the 27th, the protests continued. According to local media under CBS, the demonstrators not only smashed the glass of the police station, but even smashed the store to grab things.