police officers wearing anti-riot loaded up Saturday evening, protesters defied the curfew in Minneapolis, firing tear gas and stun grenades to keep them away from a police station, found a photographer from AFP.

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The governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, anxious to prevent a new night of riots, had warned that protesters would be in a "very dangerous situation" if they violated again the curfew. So far the security forces, backed by soldiers of the national Guard, are rather kept in withdrawal, first so as not to inflame the climate, then because they were not in sufficient number, has been recognized by the authorities.