Taye Clinton, 11, listens as a series of speakers address the crowd that rallied outside of the Minnesota Governor's Residence on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Community members gathered in wake of the death of Philando Castile who was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights the night before.
State Patrol officers guard burning buildings on South 27th Avenue, south of East Lake Street in Minneapolis on Friday morning, May 29, 2020. Fires continued to burn after protests over the death of George Floyd broke out for a third consecutive night. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
A crowd gathered on Sunday night, April 11, 2021, near the scene of a traffic stop-related police shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minn. The driver’s mother said officers had pulled over her son because he had air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror. (Liam James Doyle for The New York Times)
Khilanni Easterling helps ignite the candles of demonstrators in front of the Minnesota State Capitol on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 19, 2015.
A man who asked not to be identified, center, sports a firearm alongside other demonstrators on the steps of the Minnesota Capitol building in St. Paul on Saturday, April 28, 2018. The rally, organized by the National Rifle Association and the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, brought Minnesotans together in support of the Second Amendment. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
Elvis Mandela of Anoka kneels in front of the burning Family Dollar store on East Lake Street and 10th Avenue South in Minneapolis on Friday morning, May 29, 2020. Fires continued to burn after protests over the death of George Floyd broke out for a third consecutive night. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
Oluchi Omeoga, center, from Black Visions cheers alongside a vast crowd that gathered at Powderhorn Park where nine Minneapolis City Council members declared their commitment to defunding and dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department alongside community groups Black Visions and Reclaim The Block on Sunday afternoon, June 7, 2020. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
Natalie Deeble shows a sign of love with her daughter Saniya, 8, on her shoulders during the 2018 Twin Cities Pride parade in Minneapolis. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
Protestors occupied Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on June 24, 2018, delaying the start of the Twin Cities Pride Parade by almost two hours. The demonstrators called for the removal of police presence from Pride events, as well as justice for Thurman J. Blevins, a 31-year-old man who had been shot and killed by police in north Minneapolis the night before. Reactions from the crowd ranged from passive silence, to signs of solidarity, to booing. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
Community members cast their vote for the 2020 Presidential Election at the East Side Neighborhood Services polling place in northeast Minneapolis on Nov. 3, 2020. (Liam James Doyle for MPR News)
