The Volokh Conspiracy
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5 Black Lives Matter protesters shot and wounded in Minneapolis
Simmering racial tensions have boiled over yet again after several men shot five people who had been protesting the recent police killing of an African American man in Minneapolis. …
Police said on social media that five people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and that officers were searching for "3 white male suspects" who fled the scene.
I'm glad there were no deaths, and I hope the small-time terrorists who did this are promptly caught.
UPDATE: The Post (Alex Baumhardt, Lindsey Bever & Michael E. Miller) updates: "[P]olice said they had arrested a 32-year-old Hispanic man in South Minneapolis and a 23-year-old white man."
FURTHER UPDATE: Minnesota Public Radio (Peter Cox & Doualy Xaykaothao) reports, "Three white men—ages 21, 23 and 26—are in custody as part of an investigation into the shooting of 5 Monday night. A fourth, 32-year-old Hispanic man has been released." The Minnesota Star Tribune account (Karen Zamora & Libor Jany) is consistent with that.
