Fiery California Representative Maxine Waters joined hundreds of angry protesters who gathered early Sunday morning in downtown Brooklyn, Minnesota, and all of them broke down at 11pm during a seventh night of protests against the murder of police on Daunte Wright.
“We must stay in the streets, and we must demand justice,” she said. tweet clip.
“We are looking for a conviction” in Derek Chauvin’s trial over the murder of George Floyd, where the summit begins next week, she said.
“And if we do not do that, we can not leave,” she added. “We need to become more confrontational.”
When asked about the evening clock, she said: “I do not know what the evening clock means,” according to another tweeted clip.
“A joystick means ‘I want you to stop talking,'” she said, adding, “I do not agree with that.”
Waters said she personally would not stay out of the protest much longer, but she urged everyone to continue.
‘I came here for some reason, just to be here, to make sure I let my mind be heard by everyone who spent so much time on the street. “That is why I am hopeful that the protests will continue,” she said.
Protesters began singing and playing music outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department at night, apparently live video posted on YouTube.
“No good police in a racist system!” “F – K your evening clock!” and “No justice, no peace!” shout them amidst more colorful slogans.
A day earlier, nearly 100 people had been arrested after the crowd tried to break down a fence around the police station.
Journalists who said they were assaulted and pepper sprayed were among those detained by police, who took down press statements before allowing reporters to leave.
The Government of Minnesota, Tim Walz, described the action against the press on Saturday as ‘unacceptable in all circumstances’ and promised that the incidents would be ‘investigated’, reports The Star Tribune.
Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop on April 11 by former Brooklyn Center official Kim Potter, who claims she intended to use a stun gun. Potter resigned and was charged with manslaughter.
Wright’s murder took place a few days before Chicago authorities released a video of the shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29, which also sparked demonstrations and protests in the city.
According to journalist Chuck Modi, who posted the video on Twitter, the protests spread to the streets of Washington, DC, where a wanderer of about 150 people roamed the streets, chanting the names of those who died . .
‘George Floyd means we have to fight back. Sandra Bland means we have to fight back Adam Toledo means we have to fight back. ‘Breonna Taylor means we have to fight back,’ they shouted.
In Portland, which has been plagued by violent protests for several months, people tried to clean up early Saturday after protesters set at least one fire on fire the night before.
Police said the protest, including broken glass, graffiti and fires, declared a riot. Protesters destroyed a park and damaged a church serving homeless people, reports The Oregonian.
“All the destruction is pretty knee-jerk,” one man covered a broken window in a restaurant. “We picked up the boards in November. But I think it was too soon. ”
Neighborhood resident David Dickson said he understood the protesters’ anger, but told The Oregonian “we need to find a better way.”