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July 13, 2016 at 9:14PM
Protestors chanted on the University Avenue bridge as other protestors blocked and were arrested on the southbound interstate on 35W near the University Avenue bridge, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN.
Protestors chanted on the University Avenue bridge as other protestors blocked and were arrested on the southbound interstate on 35W near the University Avenue bridge, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Instructors taught us that the facts on the left side of the equation — the person with a gun, the escaping felon in a car, the person running into a home or away from the agents — did not always equate to an authorized use.

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