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28 May 2020

Looting in a Minneapolis Target store

Dozens of people loot the Target store near Minneapolis Police's 3rd Precinct building in the midst of the George Floyd protest. from r/ActualPublicFreakouts
It's inexpressably sad to see this happening in my old home town.
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