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Minneapolis Uprising – August 2020

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The Martin Olav Sabo bridge over Haiwatha Ave with "Autozone the police" written on it. AutoZone was the first building burned following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/02/20
Autozone The Police on Martin Olav Sabo Bridge

Cinema located at 115 SE Main St. in Minneapolis with "I'll Be Back, Hasta La Vista Baby" on the marquee. — 08/03/20
Stone Arch Cinema Marquee in August 2020

A "Mapping Prejudice" sticker on a board in Uptown Minneapolis. — 08/03/20
Mapping Prejudice Sticker in Uptown

Walgreens on Hennepin Avenue with RIP FLOYD written on it. — 08/03/20
RIP Floyd On Hennepin Avenue Boards In August 2020

Mapping Prejudice stickers on Hennepin Ave boards. — 08/03/20
Minneapolis the Happiest Place on Earth sticker

On the day Cup Foods re-opened, owner Mahmoud Abumayyaleh looks out at the memorial in front of his store where George Floyd was killed on May 25th, 2020. — 08/03/20
Cup Foods owner Mahmoud Abumayyaleh outside his store

Free drinks and produce outside of Cup Foods next to a "Keep Cup Closed" sign on the day Cup Foods re-opened following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/03/20
Free food and drinks outside of Cup Foods

Protest sign seen at the George Floyd Memorial in South Minneapolis that reads “They’re going to kill me”. — 08/03/20
Sign reading They’re Going To Kill Me

Man wearing a "Bryant Neighborhood Organization" shirt at George Floyd Square. — 08/03/20
Bryant Neighborhood T-Shirt

A man wears a jacket with a “large Welcome to Minneapolis" patch. — 08/03/20
Welcome to Minneapolis patch on Jean Jacket

The George Floyd Memorial in George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis. — 08/03/20
George Floyd Memorial in August 2020

Signage at George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis. — 08/03/20
What will you see at George Floyd Square?

George Floyd graffiti on a fence on 38th Street in George Floyd Square. — 08/03/20
George Floyd Rising Fist Graffiti On 38th Street

Local comics hold a comedy show at George Floyd Square. Throughout the summer the square was a gathering place not only for the community but for those who came from afar to show their respects after George Floyd was killed on May 25th, 2020. — 08/03/20
Comic show at The People’s Way at George Floyd Square

A sign that reads "Abolish the police" laying at the George Floyd Memorial in South Minneapolis. — 08/03/20
Abolish The Police on a sign at the George Floyd Memorial

The George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square with lit candles. — 08/03/20
Flowers and candles lit at the George Floyd Memorial

A memorial on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis near the location of George Floyd's death with lit candles. A sign reads “Rest In Power”. — 08/03/20
Rest in power with lit candles at George Floyd Square

Candles are lit over the names of those killed by police on Chicago Avenue. George Floyd was killed on Chicago Avenue on May 25th, 2020. — 08/03/20
Candles lit over the names of police violence victims

Man stands with a large gun with Black Lives Matters protesters behind him at a "Back The Blue" rally in Woodbury, Minnesota on August 8th, 2020. — 08/08/20
Man with rifle and All Lives Matter shirt in Woodbury

Students march at the Minnesota State Capitol. A protest holds a sign that reads “Could we please give the police dept to the grand mothers?”. — 08/08/20
Give the police department to the grand mothers sign

Students march at the Minnesota State Capitol on August 8, 2020. — 08/08/20
Students protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

Notice about encampments and COVID-19 posted on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis seen on August 10, 2020. — 08/10/20
Hennepin County Encampment Notice sign

Stickers on a street pole in Minneapolis. Extinction Rebellion and Fuck Trump 2020. — 08/10/20
Light pole with FUCK TRUMP stickers

Graffiti on a building in downtown Minneapolis. — 08/10/20
ACAB and NO COPS written on a Downtown MInneapolis building

Twitter billboard in downtown Minneapolis displaying a tweet reading "Protesters aren't trying to start a race war - we're trying to end one.". — 08/10/20
Twitter billboard in Downtown Minneapolis

A Minneapolis Police mobile camera setup around the corner from the Minneapolis Police First Precinct police station. — 08/10/20
Downtown Minneapolis boards in August 2020

Throughout the summer "Hot Rodders" were gathering at intersections and doing burn outs. One such instance occurred outside the Minneapolis Police 1st Precinct. — 08/10/20
Donut marks in Downtown Minneapolis

Minneapolis Police 1st Precinct police station located at 19 N 4th St in downtown Minneapolis. — 08/10/20
Squad cars outside the Minneapolis police 1st precinct

A "Heroes work here" sign at the Main Post Office in Downtown Minneapolis. — 08/12/20
Heros work here at the Main Post Office

Protesters gather to grill hot dogs outside the Minneapolis Police Fifth Precinct on August 16, 2020. — 08/16/20
Protesters grilling hot dogs outside MPD 5th Precinct

Protesters gather and grill hot dogs outside the Minneapolis Police Fifth Precinct on August 16, 2020. — 08/16/20
Protesters grill at 5th precinct police station

Toussaint Morrison speaks at George Floyd Square on the day President Trump was in Minneapolis. — 08/17/20
Toussaint Morrison speaks at George Floyd Square in August 2020

Protesters hold up their first at George Floyd Square in a rally the same day President Trump was in town. — 08/17/20
Protesters raise fists at George Floyd Square protest

Protesters stage a "lay in" for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the amount of time the Minneapolis Police knelt on George Floyd's neck. — 08/17/20
Protest Lay In at George Floyd Square August 2020

George Floyd Square garden caretaker Jay Webb speaks with those gathered at a rally at George Floyd Square on the day that President Trump was in town. — 08/17/20
George Floyd Square Caretaker Jay Webb Speaks

Graffiti on an Exit sign on Haiwatha Avenue on August 17, 2020. — 08/17/20
Haiwatha Avenue Exit Sign Graffiti

The George Floyd mural at George Floyd Square with flowers on August 17, 2020. — 08/17/20
George Floyd Square Memorial Flowers During Sunset

A community food bank in a South Minneapolis neighborhood on August 17, 2020. — 08/17/20
Free Food Comida Gratis in South Minneapolis

"Medic" with an arrow written on a sign across the street from the K-Mart parking lot. The area was heavily damaged during protests following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/17/20
Lake Street strip mall in August 2020

The renovation of a strip mall located across from the Minneapolis 5th precinct. The mall was damaged during protests following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/17/20
Strip mall across from police station being renovated

A Minneapolis Police Officer stands guard at the former Wells Fargo Bank in Minneapolis. The building was burned during protests following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. The security was 24/7 while the bank looked for a way to safely allow people into the building to retrieve the items in their safety deposit boxes. — 08/17/20
Fire Damaged Wells Fargo with Minneapolis Squad Car

The George Floyd mural on 38th Street covered up after it was vandalized. — 08/19/20
George Floyd mural covered after vandalism

George Floyd Square on August 19, 2020. — 08/19/20
Defund MPD FUCK TRUMP at George Floyd Square

The former K-Mart store on West Lake Street. The store has since been turned into a Post Office replacing two post offices that were destroyed by fire during protests. — 08/19/20
K-Mart store covered in art boards in Minneapolis

Thurston Jewelers and Bondesque on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis. — 08/19/20
Thurston Jewelers and Bondesque covered in boards

The lot of the former Speedway on West Lake Street. The gas station building was cleared out after burning down during protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd. — 08/19/20
Speedway on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis

A mural on West Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis seen on August 19, 2020. — 08/19/20
Mural on West Lake Street during blue hour

The former Pillsbury mills on the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis. — 08/20/20
Pillsbury Best Flour at night

The Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis United States Post Office, Hennepin Ave Bridge and United States Federal Reserve also pictured. — 08/20/20
Mississippi River and Hennepin Ave Bridge 2020

The remains of a furniture store on Chicago Avenue. — 08/22/20
Burned buildings on Chicago Ave in Minneapolis

Midtown Exchange building located at 2929 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis. Buildings in the foreground were burned in fires following the the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/22/20
Midtown Exchange and fire damaged buildings

Subway on East Lake Street. Boarded up since protests following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/22/20
PEACE written on boarded windows of Lake Street Subway

Burned out car in the parking lot for Gandhi Mahal restaurant in South Minneapolis. Buildings were destroyed during the unrest following the May 25th death of George Floyd. — 08/22/20
Burned out car at burned Gandhi Mahal restaurant

Graffiti reading No Sleep Til Justice on the Lake Street/Midtown Station signage in South Minneapolis. — 08/22/20
No Sleep Till Justice at Lake Street Station

George Floyd graffiti on Midtown Station in South Minneapolis seen on August 22, 2020. — 08/22/20
ACAB RIP GEORGE graffiti in Minneapolis

Cell phone store open for business with boards on the windows. — 08/22/20
ICC Wireless Boost Mobile graffiti boards

Boards on a strip mall on Lake Street. The boards went up following protests over the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd. — 08/22/20
Lake Street covered in art boards in August 2020

George Floyd graffiti on the Midtown Greenway seen on August 22, 2020. — 08/22/20
GEORGE FLOYD on Midtown Greenway at night

The former K-Mart on Lake Street became an art installation with large murals covering the front in the days following George Floyd's murder. It's since been turned into a Post Office after 2 nearby post offices were burned. — 08/23/20
K-MART art on protest boards

The Master Collision store on West Lake Street with boarded windows and murals after unrest in Minneapolis over the killing of George Floyd. — 08/24/20
We Love Lake Street

George Floyd wheat pasting on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis. The stickers from Mapping Prejudice proclaim “Minneapolis The Happiest Place on Earth”. — 08/24/20
Minneapolis The Happiest Place On Earth

SEE retail store with boards and a sign announcing their re-opening in August 24, 2020. — 08/24/20
SEE store is re-opening soon

A rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by police in Kenosha, WI. — 08/24/20
Minneapolis Jacob Blake solidarity rally

A rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by police in Kenosha, WI on August 24, 2020. — 08/24/20
Jacob Blake protest and rally in Downtown Minneapolis

Woman holds up a sign that reads "Murderous Police" "City Of Lakes" at a protest and march in solidarity for Jacob Blake held in downtown Minneapolis at the Hennepin County Government Center. — 08/24/20
Protester holds up Murderous Police sign

Protesters march through downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by Kenosha police. — 08/24/20
Jacob Blake march in Downtown Minneapolis

Protesters with signs march through downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by Kenosha police. — 08/24/20
Jacob Blake protesters in Downtown Minneapolis

Protesters march through downtown Minneapolis holding signs in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by Kenosha police. — 08/24/20
Protesters hold up Murderous Police signs in Downtown Minneapolis

Protesters march in downtown Minneapolis outside the Minneapolis Police 1st precinct police station demanding justice for Jacob Blake who was shot by Kenosha Police. — 08/24/20
Protesters outside the Minneapolis Police 1st precinct station

Minneapolis Police officers with zip ties standing near their 1st precinct police station in Downtown Minneapolis. — 08/24/20
Minneapolis Police outside their downtown police station

Protesters outside the Minneapolis Police 1st precinct marching in solidarity demanding justice for Jacob Blake who was shot by Kenosha Police. — 08/24/20
Protesters with signs outside 1st precinct in Downtown Minneapolis

Protesters burn protest signs after a march the evening after Jacob Blake was shot by the Kenosha Police in Wisconsin. — 08/24/20
Protesters burn signs in Downtown Minneapolis

Police move in to make arrests of about a dozen after a large downtown Minneapolis march seeking justice for Jacob Blake. — 08/24/20
Minneapolis Police arrest protesters in Downtown Minneapolis

Minneapolis Police 1st precinct Inspector Bill Peterson talks with protesters near the police station following a march that led to arrests. — 08/24/20
Minneapolis Police officer Bill Peterson speaks with protesters

Inmates inside the City Hall Jail look down on protesters outside who are playing music and asking for their release. — 08/24/20
City Hall Jail inmates listen to protesters below

Protesters gather at the downtown jail seeking the release of protesters who were arrested earlier in the evening at a downtown Minneapolis march. — 08/24/20
Protesters outside Hennepin County Jail after arrests

Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters were gathering after about a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march in solidarity with Jacob Blake. — 08/25/20
Hennepin County Sheriff Officers Outside County Jail

Hennepin County Sheriffs Officer with a gas mask on outside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. — 08/25/20
Officer stands guard outside Hennepin County Jail

Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters were gathered after a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march downtown in solidarity with Jacob Blake. — 08/25/20
Officers surrounded jail in Downtown Minneapolis

Vandalism of the front doors of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in downtown Minneapolis. — 08/25/20
Broken windows at Hennepin County Jail

Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters had gathered after a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march downtown in solidarity with Jacob Blake. — 08/25/20
Armed officers on top of Hennepin County Jail

Hennepin County Sheriffs Officers holding cans of irritants inside the garage of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility, a downtown Minneapolis jail. Protesters were gathering demanding the release of other protesters who were arrested earlier in the evening after a protest through downtown in a Jacob Blake solidarity march. — 08/25/20
Officers in riot gear walk out of Downtown Minneapolis jail

Pizza delivered to protesters outside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis by “jail support” as they demand the release of protesters arrested earlier in the evening. Protesters had marched after Jacob Blake was shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. — 08/25/20
Pizza outside the Hennepin County Jail August 2020

Hennepin County Sheriffs Officers patrol outside the Norstrom Rack and IDS Center in Minneapolis after looting and vandalism on August 27th, 2020. — 08/26/20
Police resopond to looting during False Rumors riot

Arrests made by Minneapolis Police in downtown Minneapolis after looting broke out following false rumors of a Minneapolis Police shooting. The death of the man was a suicide. — 08/26/20
Minneapolis police arrest looters in Downtown Minneapolis

A man helps a woman who had been pepper sprayed by the Minneapolis Police following unrest that broke out over false rumors of a police shooting. — 08/26/20
Protester pepper sprayed by Minneapolis Police August 2020

A homeless man sits on Nicollet Mall asking for help while riot police move in after rioting broke out following the false rumors of a downtown shooting by the police. The man died of a suicide. — 08/26/20
Man in wheel chair with Minneapolis Police behind him

ATT Store located at 1433 W Lake St in Uptown Minneapolis. Looting and vandalism after unrest in the morning hours of August 27th, 2020. — 08/27/20
ATT Store with broken windows after being looted

Walgreens Drug Store located at 4323 Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis. Minneapolis Fire Department arrives to put out an arson fire during civil unrest on the morning of August 27th, 2020. — 08/27/20
Walgreens Store on 44th street on fire

A digital sign on interstate 394 announcing a curfew put in place over riots following false rumors on the evening of August 26th. — 08/27/20
Minneapolis Curfew In Effect Sign

Neighbors speak on how they can be more inviting to everyone at a Black Lives Matter rally on August 28, 2020. — 08/28/20
Speakers at a rally at Joanne R. Levin Park

Black Lives Matter Solidarity event on August 28th, 2020 at Levin park near Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis. — 08/28/20
Black Lives Matter rally at Joanne R. Levin Park

Dismantling Racism on a sign at a church near Downtown Minneapolis. — 08/28/20
Dismantling Racism on church sign

A Minnesota National Guard vehicle parked on Nicollet Mall following unrest in downtown Minneapolis. Unrest occurred after false rumors of a police shooting. — 08/28/20
National Guard vehicle on Nicollet Mall in August 2020

Hennepin County Court House boarded up in Downtown Minneapolis after false rumors of a police shooting. — 08/28/20
Boarded up Hennepin County Government Center in August 2020

National Guard & Hennepin County Sheriff on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis on August 29th, 2020. The vehicles are seen after rioting broke out following false rumors of a police shooting days prior. — 08/28/20
National Guard vehicles on Nicollet Mall

National Guard members in Downtown Minneapolis after the False Rumors riot. — 08/28/20
Minnesota National Guard on Marquette Ave

"Pain is Purification" on a train bridge in North Minneapolis. — 08/29/20
Graffiti on a North Minneapolis bridge

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