By now, there are thousands of media images and scenes from protests and mob lootings across the US following the in-custody death of 46 year-old George Floyd last Monday. Here is one longer scene captured by an Australian news channel on assignment in Minneapolis on Friday which shows the crowd dynamics and interactions between police and protesters – and also just how easily tensions can accelerate once a minor incident begins to escalate.

All of this was happening as the city and the country began to descend into a string of nationwide demonstrations and mass rioting. 

Here, 9 News Australia reporter Tim Arvier was on the scene following an alleged stabbing moments earlier. Watch:

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