Videos taken from outside a parking lot in Minneapolis where looters ransacked a Target department store show a woman in a motorized wheelchair being punched in the head and sprayed with a fire extinguisher.
The woman, several social media users claimed in videos they posted online of the altercation, was carrying a knife.
At the Target in Minneapolis that was being looted tonight during the BLM riot, a woman in a wheelchair was attacked. pic.twitter.com/JxsXTB30xI
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 28, 2020
This is the racism a lot of white people will use in the coming days. In the original video you find out this woman had a knife and was stabbing people. But they are muting this video so they can make it seem like a group of black people attacked a disabled woman for no reason. https://t.co/5MCct2Z8Ba
— Hot Girl Luna (@BigKumiteEnergy) May 28, 2020
The looting happened during massive demonstrations from protesters in Minneapolis angered by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by police on Monday. Officers had responded to the scene on a report of someone using counterfeit money at a convenience store.
Floyd can be seen on the widely shared video pleading with one of the officers, who knelt on his neck, to get off and warning that he could not breathe.
At least one person was killed during the demonstrations in Minneapolis on Wednesday night, and local officials have called in the National Guard to help maintain safety with more demonstrations expected in the coming days.
