A perfect storm is brewing across America’s inner cities of extreme wealth inequality, record-high unemployment, an economic crash, hatred towards cops, and months of lock downs. All there needed to be was a trigger to ignite the unrest, that trigger could be the death of George Floyd.
To remind our readers, President Trump signed an executive order in March, giving the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security the authority to activate up to one million National Guard and reservists to support the nationwide response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Though, as we’ve noted, the troops could be used across American municipalities to maintain social order.
On Thursday morning, buildings are still on fire, and protesters are clashing with police.
Pictures from within Wendy’s — there’s nothing left…
Protesters spray paint a message on a wall: “Merchandise Can Be Replaced Black Lives Can Not.”
BMW SUV burnt to a crisp
Protesters write “Fuck The Bank” on the wall of U.S. Bancorp. Clearly not happy about their past banking experience.
More retail shops burned
Protesters did not torch a “minority-owned” business.
Another liquor store robbed
Fires at a construction site
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For the second night in a row, peaceful protests over the in-custody death of George Floyd quickly turned violent Wednesday night, with multiple building structures set ablaze, widespread looting, and continued rioting.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey requested Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to deploy the Minnesota National Guard following the social unrest. Demonstrators torched multiple building structures, including an apartment complex and surrounding buildings, an AutoZone, and other retail stores. At least a dozen stores were looted and or damaged.
“That’s like five buildings on fire,” one demonstrator said while talking to Unicorn Riot News.
Apparently, the apartment building was new construction with no one inside (that has yet to be confirmed).
Here are several unbelievable scenes around the apartment complex.
“2020 is really going to go down in the books. This is the typa shit out future kids will read about. This is history in the making,” said one Twitter user while referring to the fires.
Looks like an entire block is on fire.
The fire around the apartment building continues to rage early Thursday morning.
Many stores in this “strip mall looted and every window broken,” tweeted one user.
Unicorn Riot News tweeted scenes from outside an AutoZone on Wednesday evening that was burned to the ground.
Unicorn Riot tweeted early Thursday morning that “smoke, fire alarm blaring, sprinklers going off inside Target.” This is the same Target we noted on Wednesday evening that was looted by dozens, if not hundreds of people.
Unicorn Riot News tweeted scenes from outside an AutoZone on Wednesday evening that was burned to the ground.
Unicorn Riot tweeted early Thursday morning that “smoke, fire alarm blaring, sprinklers going off inside Target.” This is the same Target we noted on Wednesday evening that was looted by dozens, if not hundreds of people.
And to make matters worse, social unrest has spread to Los Angeles on Wednesday night, where “black lives matter protesters” surrounded and attacked police cars on Highway 101 in response to what was happening in Minneapolis.