Four Indicted For Allegedly Burning Down Minneapolis Police Station During George Floyd Unrest

Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 22; Davon De-Andre Turner, 24; Bryce Michael Williams, 26; and Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, were each indicted on one federal count of  conspiracy to commit arson.

The complaint alleges that a crowd of hundreds began yelling, “burn it down, burn it down” outside the Third Precinct on May 28, and soon after the men entered the police station when a fence was torn down, according to a news release.

The indictment says that Robinson lit an incendiary device held by an unidentified co-conspirator and threw it toward the building, while Turner and Williams lit a Molotov cocktail brought into the precinct by Turner, and Wolfe pushed a barrel into a fire at the entrance of the building to accelerate the blaze.

In a statement, the FBI said their arrest “serves as a warning” to those who are “hijacking peaceful protests.”

In the meantime, Minneapolis plans to spend $4.8 million over the next three years to temporarily rent an office building to serve as a replacement for the Third Precinct.