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Demonstrators set fire to the Minneapolis police station amid rage in the streets over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man. +REFILES TO CORRECT FLICKER IN ONE PART OF THE VIDEO+ IMAGES
Minneapolis, Apr 18 (EFE).- The rhythm of the gong's healing sound Sunday signaled the end of a protest by more than 300 Asian, African-American, Latino, and white people in memory of the victims of racial violence in the United States.The protest was held at the corner in south Minneapolis, where George Floyd was allegedly choked to death by a police officer in May last year.The protesters raised their fists to demand "justice" for the six women of Asian descent killed in Atlanta in March as well as African-American Daunte Wright and Hispanic Adam Toledo, aged 20 and 13 respectively, who died in Brooklyn Center in Minnesota and Chicago after allegedly being shot by police officials. (Camera: ALEX SEGURA).SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS GATHER IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US, TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF RACIAL VIOLENCE.
A car is seen burning in a parking lot after demonstrators gather near the Brooklyn Center Police Station, in the suburbs of Minneapolis, angry over the police shooting of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright. The shooting occurred at a community already on edge amid the ongoing trial of a policeman accused of killing another Black man, George Floyd. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minneapolis to protest the shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man shot dead by a police officer during a traffic stop on Sunday. They were out in the streets defying a 7pm curfew put in place Monday until early morning Tuesday. IMAGES
Protesters hold banners in support of George Floyd near the Hennepin County Government Center as jury selection in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer accused of murdering Floyd, is set to begin in Minneapolis. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).