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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

Black man honoured for saving stranger’s life uses speech to criticise the police: ‘Riots work’

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On October 8, a man named Alex Mingus was driving his wife to work in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, when he heard what he thought was gunshots.

Mr Mingus thought that the shots were coming from far away, but when he saw a van that he thought could be connected to the shooting, he followed it. Then, Mr Mingus saw a white man bleeding profusely from his arm get out of the vehicle. Mr Mingus stopped his car and attempted to aid the man — telling him to sit down and attempt to conserve blood. He then wrapped a shirt around the wound.

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