Name: ‘We’re Sick and Tired’: Voices From Minneapolis Protests | NYT News
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“We are having peaceful speeches, we have a reverend —”

Protesters gathered outside in Minneapolis on Saturday,

outside the city's Fifth Police Precinct.

“I can't stand the fact that some people in our society

that a cop is not going to come to them with a death sentence.”

They began firing pepper spray and tear gas

“I swear to God! I swear to [expletive] God —”

Protesters here told us why they were out on the streets.

“Honestly, the world is watching the United States,

and more specifically Minneapolis itself,

to see how we're going to react and get justice

And for me, being out here is a huge thing.”

to be killed by cops than white men in the city.

And I think that people just finally had enough.”

What else is there to do but get their attention?”

Since George Floyd's death, peaceful protests

have mixed with looting and rioting at night.

Most protesters we spoke with oppose the violence,

but many said they understood the frustration and anger

We're sick and tired of being abused and oppressed

They've been doing that [expletive] for years and years.”

“Man, we've got to come together as a people, as a one.

This racism's been going on for too long.”

“I don't want to see businesses burned down.

But, I mean, we're in kind of a war zone out here.

And so, that's kind of, I think, the least of our worries

“Bring him, bring him, bring him one block.

“You've got to calm down. We're on the same team.”

“Calm down — what happened, what happened?

“— because they're looking for any reason to kill us.”

One protester described the violence that broke out

screaming at the police, throwing things.

Who are you to come in here and do this?'

And one guy came at me, holding the pipe,

“What message are we sending by destroying what is ours?

How does that, how does that get the message out

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