Hundreds of protesters gathered at the intersection where George Floyd was killed after a forceful encounter with police.
was killed after a forceful encounter with police ... and things got pretty tense.
The protest began Tuesday night in Minneapolis, with people lining the streets carrying banners reading"KKKops""Again?""Black Lives Matter" and"Justice for George." Similar chants of"I can't breathe" and"No Justice, No Peace" broke out among the demonstrators, who eventually marched more than 2 miles to a city police precinct ... with some causing damage along the way.
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