SWIPE: Chaos is continuing to unfold in Minneapolis as the community riot over the police killing of unarmed black man GeorgeFloyd. 9News Read more:
On Wednesday night, Minneapolis' second day of protests transitioned to rioting and looting south of downtown, with people smashing their way into stores and setting businesses and other buildings ablaze.A protester throws an object at police during the violence.
"I want everybody to be peaceful right now, but people are torn and hurt, because they're tired of seeing black men die," Mr Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, said on CNN's "New Day." Fires eventually broke out at businesses in the area, including an AutoZone. Flames lit up a building under construction, one floor eventually collapsing.
On Thursday morning its exterior glass lay shattered and the floor was littered with groceries as a interior fire sprinkler system sprayed water.
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