There was chaos and destruction in Minneapolis Tuesday night as police officers and protesters clashed over the death of George Floyd.

Our newsroom abides by the RTNDA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and follows the Canadian Press Stylebook.Portion of Nipawin's First Ave to be closed on MondayHumboldt Pride Week extending reach with virtual celebrationPortion of Nipawin's First Ave to be closed on MondayHumboldt Pride Week extending reach with virtual celebrationCumberland College's Agriculture Sciences Certificate balances students' school and work lifeProvince records 30 new COVID-19 cases, all of which are in communal living settings About 200 people marched down Broadway Avenue before blocking the intersection leading to northeast Minneapolis. But in Minneapolis where Floyd was killed, local activists have launched efforts to preserve the art and keep it in the community. People listen to State Sen. Ernie Chambers at the protest of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police during a rally at the Omaha police's northeast precinct on Thursday. Officials with the Minneapolis Fire Department say the cause of the fire, which destroyed several businesses and apartments in northeast Minneapolis, is undetermined. ... the protest turned into … The social media inaccuracies have created confusion around the unfolding news, tearing at the already loosely woven seams of America’s racial tapestry.“A good deal of this, if not all of this, is intentionally trying to stoke the racial flame that has been ablaze in the United States almost since slavery started 400-plus years ago,” said Lanier Holt, a communications professor at Ohio State University who studied in Minneapolis.While the falsehoods may have been unwittingly amplified by some, they have likely been planted by those preying on existing racial tensions, Holt said.“They put out that false information to get that narrative in the minds of people who already have these … pre-existing biases,” he said.The online misinformation so far appears to have fallen along those racial divides.The day after Floyd died, Twitter and Facebook users shared a photo of a man wearing a “Make America White Again” red cap, claiming it was Chauvin, who was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death.A version of the image was actually first posted online by a pro-Trump internet trickster who has previously duped media outlets into writing fictitious stories. Others said a video showed a protester driving a car through a shopping complex in Minneapolis, when in fact the footage was taken during an incident at an Illinois mall last year. Minneapolis 569526951 Eucharistic procession in northeast Minneapolis Catholic priests fanned out across northeast Minneapolis to offer blessings and prayers to the faithful on Holy Thursday. Some speculated, without evidence, that Floyd’s death was staged or that protesters had been paid to stir up trouble, in tweets collectively shared thousands of times. If they don’t actually have literal black friends, this reinforces all the stereotypes that were fed to them.”Associated Press writers David Klepper in Rhode Island, Ali Swenson in Phoenix and Beatrice Dupuy in New York contributed to this story.We strive to achieve the highest ethical standards in all that we do. Minneapolis City Pages is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Minneapolis. Others said a video showed a protester driving a car through a shopping complex in Minneapolis, when in fact the footage was taken during an incident at an Illinois mall last year.Since a video of an officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck first surfaced, internet troublemakers and even celebrities have posted misleading or unsubstantiated claims around his death and the ensuing protests.