A mega-thread of how VP hopeful Tim Walz let Minneapolis burn to the ground 🧵 George Floyd dies on May 25th, 2020. Tensions built through the following day, Tuesday, May 26th.

Hundreds of protestors blocked traffic at at 38th and Chicago Ave, near the location of George Floyd's arrest.

By that evening, the crowd of protesters, now numbered in the thousands, marched to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct station at Minnehaha Avenue South and Lake Street East.

It began peacefully, but as the evening wore on, some protesters tore down fences, smashed windows, attacked squad cars, and threw water bottles at officers. After police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas and rain began to fall, demonstrators eventually fell back.