“Tonight, everything is free: help yourself!” says Mambo, a student from Minneapolis, observing the scene. A parking lot in a shopping center in the northeast of the city, late Thursday afternoon; the doors of a supermarket forced open; rubbish piling up, a ballet of cars, slamming chests. Broken glass creaks under the wheels of the shopping carts, filled by young people who quietly loot the business. In the parking lot, the police remain discreet. Only the hum of helicopters and the pungent smell of tear gas canisters fired from rooftops to disperse looters indicate its presence. “Against police violence, peaceful demonstrations are not enough, continues Mambo. The money that they are going to have to spend to fix all this is what is going to hurt them. This is what will catch their attention: the money lost. It helps to see that everyone is there, blacks and whites. ” On a wall, a tag made in a hurry asserts that “The merchant
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Isabelle Hanne special correspondent in Minneapolis (Minnesota)
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