2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot
The 2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot was a reaction to the suicide of a black man who was being pursued by police for his alleged involvement in a homicide on August 26, 2020, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Unfounded rumors that Minneapolis police officers had shot the man quickly spread on social media, and set off protests, rioting, and looting in Minneapolis, which came as the city was still dealing with the aftermath of protests and riots following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, by a white Minneapolis police officer three months prior. The homicide suspect on August 26, 38-year-old Eddie Sole Jr. of Minneapolis, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head outside a downtown Target store. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office later listed his manner of death as a suicide, which was confirmed by surveillance footage. Violence and looting the night of August 26 led to 132 arrests, damage to 72 properties in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, four fires in Minneapolis, and the injury of two police officers.
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2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot
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