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George Floyd supporters in Minneapolis unapologetic about protests

USA TODAY MINNEAPOLIS The young Black man stood up in the back of the pickup, a megaphone to his mouth, surrounded by hundreds of chanting marchers who ignored the honks from drivers as they blocked the street.  If George don t get it? activist Brandyn Tulloch, 24, yelled to the crowd. Shut it down! they screamed as one. If George don t get it? Shut it down! Shut. It. Down! The crowd roared approval at the idea that their movement would gridlock the city if jurors hearing the case against former police officer Derek Chauvin failed to convict him in Floyd s death. Tulloch and his friends in Minneapolis have emerged as some of the loudest, strongest voices for police reform in the city and nationally, but their confrontational methods and and reluctance to condemn rioting, looting and arson has put them at odds with more established reform groups.

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