Last night, protesters in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Station set fire to a "Thin Blue Line" flag.
"Smells like bacon! Smells like bacon!" they chanted as police watched from across the two layers of fence surrounding the station.
"This is for them shooting us Black people man. This has got to stop, man!"
After setting fire to the Thin Blue Line flag, next up was an American flag.
"Our first every flag burning ceremony!" one participant exclaimed.
Again, cops stayed out of it.
Inside the Brooklyn Center Police Station, a giant thin blue line flag (similar to the one burned outside) hung in the lobby.
Yesterday was Daunte Wright's funeral; this flag wasn't hanging the night before.
Air fresheners hung on the protester side of the fence.
There hadn't been a curfew Wednesday night in Brooklyn Center (first time in a week) but it was reinstated last night, presumably because of Daunte Wright's funeral.
"Fuck your curfew!" protesters chanted as they marched around the neighborhood.
"If Daunte don't get it, shut it down!" protesters chanted and honked their cars at the police from the other side of two layers of fence during the curfew.
"Fuck 12! Fuck 12! Stay out of our business!"
Inside, state cops in camo held rifles but never came outside.
In addition to policing, speakers focused on the foster care system, which they say can be "genocide" for children.
"A Black child is 42% more likely to die in foster care after they have been removed to so called 'safety and protective custody' just as Ma'Khia Bryant was."
Activists compared police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryan to Kyle Rittenhouse, who left Kenosha unharmed before turning himself in.
"I don't wanna hear about 'this girl had a knife.' She was defending herself. Kyle Rittenhouse wasn't defending himself. He wasn't defending anything."
PHOTO THREAD: This afternoon I filmed/photoed at the funeral of #DuanteWright.
Hundreds attended as his family celebrated his life, mourned his death, and called for change.
Congresswoman @IlhanMN presented Duante Wright's mother with the American flag that flew at the Capitol in her son's honor.
@GovTimWalz read a resolution honoring Wright and presented her with it as well.
Senator @amyklobuchar discussed national legislation for police reform.
Armed security inside and outside the #DuanteWrightfuneral was provided by community organizations like the the Minnesota Freedom Fighters and Black Panther Party rather than the police.
#BlackLivesMatter activists continued to protest in Minneapolis this afternoon in an "Our Youth Deserve Justice" march for others killed by police, particularly Daunte Wright.
"We don't need your operation! No more military occupation!"
"The National Guard has got to go!"
One of the primary grievances of the "Our Youth Deserve Justice" march beyond the wider issues they discussed was the continued troop presence in Minneapolis.
Here is my full @N2Sreports raw video from tonight's "Youth Deserve Justice" march in #Minneapolis, which was organized by a coalition including BLM MN, Communities United Against Police Brutality, and CAIR-MN.