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Minneapolis Officials Estimate Looting Damage at $55M

Thursday, June 4, 2020 9:13 am | < 1 Minute Read

A man walks past a burning building and car during demonstrations in reaction to the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 30. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Officials in Minneapolis said that the looting and property damage that following the death of George Floyd has caused at least $55 million worth of destruction.

Vandals damaged or set fire to at least 220 buildings in the city where Floyd died, but that number is expected to go up, city officials said.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey will ask for state and federal aid to help rebuild after the civil unrest. Until that happens, community members are pitching in to support Minneapolis neighborhoods.

More than $1 million has been raised to help businesses in north Minneapolis, WCCO-TV reported. The West Broadway Business and Area Coalition says it will announce how they plan to use the money in the coming weeks.

The violence follows the death of Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck, ignoring Floyd’s cries that he couldn’t breathe.

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