The vibrant city of Minneapolis is on fire right now. Not necessarily literally on fire (although I just watched video of a Cub Foods grocery store on fire as smoke billowed out of its windows)...but the immense level of anger erupting in the wake of the killing of George Floyd has boiled over tonight.
While at the B-B-E high school graduation tonight, I could sense from 120 miles away that things were going badly in Minneapolis.
After getting home and jumping in Twitter, my feeling was confirmed.
There are multiple blocks literally on fire...and if they are NOT on fire, long strings of businesses have their windows all smashed out completely. Lake Street in Minneapolis is "ground zero" at this point. A Cub Foods grocery store has been looted and is on fire, with smoke billowing out of the broke windows.
*Update: at 11:54 p.m., Minneapolis Mayer Frey requested the assistance of the National Guard from Governor Walz.
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