Journalists captured videos of Minnesotans breaking into and looting a number of popular brand stores on Sunday evening. GameStop, McDonalds, Foot Locker, Family Dollar and Sally Beauty Supply were all targeted, as police were seen protecting a Walmart.
One video shows a Kids Foot Locker store with smashed up windows and doors, with a phone store beside it also broken into and wrecked.
Another video shows a liquor store being looted, with bottles smashed all over the floor.
In one video posted by photojournalist Rebecca Brannon, a female looter could be heard shouting “I need this! I need this!” as she roamed around an auto store, while in a separate clip a woman in a car could be heard telling another person in a looted Family Dollar, “When I beep this horn, that means come out.”
While cars could be seen queuing up as normal at a Taco Bell in one video, the McDonald’s across the street didn’t fare quite so well, having also been smashed up and looted.
The looting started after 20-year-old black Minnesotan Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop on Sunday afternoon. The stop was reportedly made due to air fresheners that were hanging from Wright’s rearview mirror – which is regarded by law as an illegal obstruction. Police claimed Wright then tried to drive away after they realized there was a warrant out for his arrest during the stop.
Brooklyn Center descended into chaos following the shooting, with protesters attacking and jumping on police cruisers as law enforcement used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse riots.
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