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For the second night in a row, violent protests gripped a Minneapolis suburb in the wake of

Sunday night's deadly shooting. Police in Brooklyn Center used tear gas on unruly protesters

after they set off fireworks and hurled objects at officers on the scene.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, some officers suffered minor injuries. At least 40 arrests

were made overnight as reports of looting in the area remained limited.

Two armored law enforcement vehicles were rolled out to subdue the crowds that were out past the 7 p.m.

curfew.

They tried to put a curfew.

People stayed out.

More than 1,000 Minnesota National Guard troops were also deployed to the area, Willie.

All right to Minneapolis, bring in NBC correspondent Morgan Chesky.

Morgan, good morning. What are you seeing out there?

Yeah, Willie, good morning, and we are here in Brooklyn Center about 200 yards from that police station where hundreds of people gathered last night.

And we witnessed ourselves

as police and National Guard moved block by block dispersing that crowd with tear gas, with

rubber bullets, doing whatever they could to try and get those people out of the way that were

causing so much havoc here for the past two nights. We're standing in front of a strip

mall that was damaged the first night following the death of Dante Wright. And we're back again

today to give you just a glimpse of what happened last night. This is a dollar tree store.

And we watched as people from that massive group broke these windows, got inside, and as you can see,

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