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Photos: Twin Cities protests highlight racism, brutality

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Mario Cruz holds up a sign among protesters.
Mario Cruz holds up a sign among protesters on Tuesday in front of Coffman Union at the U.
Bridget Bennett / MPR News

Protests at the University of Minnesota, at a police station in south Minneapolis and marching down University Avenue in St. Paul all focused on racism and police brutality in the wake of the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of a black man in Ferguson, Missouri.

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March up University Avenue
Lataijah Powell, 17, of Minneapolis, is among hundreds of people marching up University Avenue in St. Paul.
John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP
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Mario Cruz holds up a sign among protesters
Mario Cruz holds up a sign among protesters on Tuesday in front of Coffman Union at the U.
Bridget Bennett / MPR News
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Protesters asking for justice at Northrop
Student protesters chanted "No justice, no peace. Justice now" as they marched from Coffman Union to Northrop at the U.
Yi-Chin Lee / MPR News