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The violence took over the streets of Minneapolis again on another night of serious unrest over the death of George Floyd, whose case has reignited racial tensions in the United States. The images of the burning police station where the four policemen involved worked led the city mayor to declare a state of emergency , as well as the deployment of the National Guard.

Agent Derek Chauvin, was arrested this Friday for his alleged responsibility in death upon proceeding to his arrest. Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington, quoted by local media, announced that Chauvin was arrested for his alleged role in the death, Efe reports.

During the protests that took place on Thursday night, the protesters managed to force their way into the police station and set it on fire , in images captured by local televisions. The site had been evacuated shortly before after receiving several anonymous calls alerting about an alleged cut in the gas supply and the placement of explosives in the area. The explosions never came, but the building went up in flames.

Serious unrest in Minneapolis, with repeated scenes of looting and vandalism, led Mayor Jacob Frey to declare a state of emergency, while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz deployed 500 National Guard soldiers to help Keep the peace. "George Floyd's death should lead to justice and a change in the system, but not to more death and destruction," Walz said.

Third day of race protests in Minneapolis after George Floyd killed by police

In case the spirits were not sufficiently heated in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump contributed in the early hours of Friday to add a little more fuel to the fire by calling the protesters "thugs" and attacking Mayor Frey, who was He referred as a "weak radical leftist" whom he criticized on his social networks for his "total lack of leadership."

"These thugs are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd and I will not allow it," he said on his Twitter account, from where he communicated to Governor Walz, who has "all the support of the military." "In the face of any difficulties, we will take over, but when the looting begins, the shooting begins," Trump tweeted, in a message that the social network decided to hide shortly afterwards by "glorifying violence."

Frey, for his part, responded to the president's poisoned darts, assuring this Friday that the weakness is "not taking responsibility for your own actions or pointing fingers at others" in a time of crisis. "Donald Trump has no idea of ​​the strength of Minneapolis. We are stronger than the devil. This is a difficult moment, yes it is, but make it clear that we are going to overcome it," he said at a press conference.

The mayor acknowledged that there is currently a lot of "pain and rage" in the city, but warned that the looting and riots of the past 48 hours are unacceptable . "They are businesses that people need, we are talking about banks, stores, supermarkets and pharmacies that we all need, and we have to guarantee that they are protected," said Frey, who asked for the support of the entire community to stem the wave of violence.

Despite calls for calm from authorities, riots continued in the city on Friday, where a CNN journalist was detained by police during a live connection to the studios in Atlanta. "A black reporter was arrested while covering the protests. Another white reporter who was in the same place was not detained," the channel lamented, confirming that an hour later he was released.

A CNN team is arrested live in the streets of Minneapolis

Although the epicenter of the protests continues to be Minneapolis, on Thursday night there were also moments of great tension in other parts of the country such as Albuquerque (New Mexico), Denver (Colorado) or New York, where a demonstration near the Plaza de Union Square, in the heart of Manhattan, against the cases of police brutality ended with more than thirty people detained in police station.

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