[[St. Paul]], Minnesota mayor Melvin Carter said that all "protesters" who were arrested the first night in his city were from out of state.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/500268-st-paul-mayor-says-arrested-protesters-were-from-out-of-state</ref> Mike Griffin, a longtime political activist from Minneapolis, told ''The New York Times'' there were people he never witnessed before demonstrating, including “well-dressed young white men in expensive boots carrying hammers and talking about torching buildings.” | [[St. Paul]], Minnesota mayor Melvin Carter said that all "protesters" who were arrested the first night in his city were from out of state.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/500268-st-paul-mayor-says-arrested-protesters-were-from-out-of-state</ref> Mike Griffin, a longtime political activist from Minneapolis, told ''The New York Times'' there were people he never witnessed before demonstrating, including “well-dressed young white men in expensive boots carrying hammers and talking about torching buildings.” |