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This article should go back to something akin to its original name Twin Cities Riot 2020. The current name is unwieldy. TheMemeMonarch ( talk) 04:40, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Oppose: They are the George Floyd Protests. Discussion was extensive and the decision was made on George Floyd Protests. Kire1975 ( talk) 05:47, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Rebuttal I agree with the name, should it focus on the Twin city though? The rest of Minnesota is fairly uneventful. TheMemeMonarch ( talk) 13:56, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Oppose: Minnesota is more recognized and better understood. 9gfg06w2 ( talk) 20:02, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Oppose: I would suggest "George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–St. Paul" in place of a reference to the Twin Cities, similar to the section in the George Floyd Protests article. Less notable events that occurred in Duluth and elsewhere seem to be misfitting among the detailed descriptions of events in Minneapolis–St. Paul. VikingB ( talk) 21:34, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Oppose - Minnesota is more recognized and better understood. -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 00:37, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Oppose: RS report that the murder of George Floyd has sparked people to protest against years of systemic racism and police brutality; they are not rioting. BetsyRMadison ( talk) 18:34, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Comment my opinion is that Minnesota as a whole and the Twin Cities should receive separate articles. Minnesota should list the protests that happened by city, with Minneapolis/St. Paul linking to their own article. Songwaters ( talk) 13:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
I moved the article to George Floyd protests in Minnesota; my rationale was: "To match the parent article George Floyd protests from which this one was split. Please also see Talk:George_Floyd_protests#Requested_move_29_May_2020_(3), where the "riots" name was discarded in favor of "protests". -- K.e.coffman ( talk) 04:44, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
I've created WikiProject Black Lives Matter for interested editors. Thanks, --- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:09, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Should their be a subsection dedicated to the Riots in Minneapolis or should we dedicate a page about the Riots in Minneapolis? And I know that they mentioned it throughout the article, but I feel that their should be a page or at least a subsection of the page designated for the riots. If you look at previous riots your see that they either get their own page, or have a subsection in the articles. See List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States. BigRed606 ( talk) 05:38, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Because I feel that the protest and the Riots should be separate. BigRed606 ( talk) 05:53, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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I currently live in Richfield and am questioning why the damage of "570 businesses" has not spread to my neighborhood near the Hub shopping center yet. Mancalledsting ( talk) 20:51, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
What is your point? Have you walked down Lake Street? VikingB ( talk) 23:30, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
No original research per WP:NOR Anon0098 ( talk) 02:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Just noticed even that "looted" Walgreens pictured looks pretty unscathed, with no broken glass, including the door glass, and only graffiti which I didn't notice until closer observation /info/en/?search=George_Floyd_protests_in_Minnesota#/media/File:Looted_Walgreens_-_Protest_and_riot_aftermath_on_west_Lake_Street_(49945567788).jpg. Even one portion of the right door glass is spray-painted and not even one open window, which also doesn't have broken glass, doesn't look like it suffered the trauma that one would suspect from a large break-in. Mancalledsting ( talk) 22:32, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
This Walgreens was looted. That picture is from the first morning after. The door was forced open. You can see some things that look out of place in the entrance and some packaging scattered about. It was not properly secured and it was further looted before being burned to the ground in subsequent days. The photo is not the most dramatic example, but that Walgreens was looted, took damage, then burned down. VikingB ( talk) 23:15, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Looting is different from damaging, arson, etc. There are reports of theft from inside. Again, no original research please Anon0098 ( talk) 02:48, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
I have gone ahead and split the Minneapolis–St. Paul protests into their own article, and rewrote this article to focus on cities outside the area. Songwaters ( talk) 18:25, 11 June 2020 (UTC)