MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Star Tribune, hundreds of people staged a sitdown protest near US Bank headquarters in Minneapolis. Police warned them that they needed to get off the street, however, some people refused. In result, 21 protesters were arrested.
VIDEO UPDATE: protestors being arrested in protest in Minneapolis,MN on interstate 35. @abc7newsbayarea pic.twitter.com/WkepNcXP0n
— Jessica Castro (@JessicaABC7) July 13, 2016
Large crowd marches toward Minneapolis conv ctr in protest over police shooting of #PhilandoCastile — @ByLizSawyer pic.twitter.com/g7bwlszqzn
— JKH / Gay Leftist (@jaycamikenGL) July 20, 2016
The media noted that many teachers joined the protest.
Black lives matter protest at AFT Convention center Minneapolis #philandocastile pic.twitter.com/MG97Bbiuu4
— Annie Tan (@AngryTeachr) July 19, 2016
The shootings of African-American Alton Sterling by two policemen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 5 and another African-American man, Philando Castile, who was killed by police in the state of Minnesota the following day, have provoked public outrage across the country. A Black Lives Matter demonstration against police brutality toward African Americans took place in Dallas, Texas, during which five police officers were killed in a sniper attack on July 7.
#PhilandoCastile protest underway in downtown Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/40yBwBdcEw
— Josh Rosenthal (@JRosenthalKSTP) July 19, 2016
