Mayor Jacob Frey said the people who are protesting in Minneapolis are not residents and are coming from outside the city.
The mayor said that Minneapolis residents are actually scared. In his words, the mayor said: "We've seen community institutions set on fire. And I want to be very, very clear. The people that are doing this are not Minneapolis residents."
He added that the protests that happened earlier this week were peaceful and were attended by people who live in Minneapolis, however, the dynamic has changed within the last few days.
According to the mayor, the shift happened gradually and more people came from outside the city, looking to cause violence in Minneapolis, which is unacceptable for the mayor.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said that people who were arrested in the city last night were from outside the state.
There were around 20 arrests made in St. Paul last night, mostly for burglary, and the same number of arrests in Minneapolis for curfew violations
and destruction of property, said John Harrington, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
