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BLM Protestor Who Set Fire To Target During The 2020 Riots Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

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Leroy Lemonte Perry Williams/Sherburne County Jail

In somewhat shocking news, a Minneapolis man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for setting fire to the Target corporate headquarters during the 2020 Minneapolis riots.

Live streamers spread false information that Minneapolis police had shot and killed a man in downtown Minneapolis at the time. This sparked the riot that began in the late afternoon hours of Aug. 26, 2020 months after the George Floyd riots that ravaged the city and destroyed hundreds of businesses.

Alpha News reports,

Leroy Lemonte Perry Williams, now 37, was one of several people who subsequently engaged in activity that included arson, looting, burglaries, assaults on police,

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