Philippine Daily Inquirer

Racial incident spurs clashes in Minneapoli­s

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MINNEAPOLI­S—PROTESTERS clashed with riot police firing tear gas for a second night in Minneapoli­s on Wednesday in an outpouring of rage over the death of a black man who died after a policeman knelt on his neck. The second day of demonstrat­ions, accompanie­d by looting and vandalism, began hours after Mayor Jacob Frey urged prosecutor­s to file criminal charges against the white policeman who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, 46, despite the pleadings of onlookers.

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