Tensions will remain fraught as long as there's a lag in charges for the three other officers in the case, black activists and community members say.
But Merrit said the unrest is amplified because nothing has changed since then regarding police brutality and accountability.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, has activated the National Guard and said Minneapolis will be under a curfew Friday night. He told reporters that it was unrealistic to expect people this week to stay at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the police weren't going to be able to stand in people's way.
Alvin B. Tillery Jr., director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy at Northwestern University in Illinois, said the current protests are a sign of the times, compounded by the politically divisive rhetoric from Washington, a white nationalist movement that gave way to thein 2017, and now a pandemic where millions of Americans are out of jobs and lacking financial means.
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