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Minneapolis protests in the wake of the death of unarmed black man George Floyd after he was taken into police custody may be attracting white supremacists and other infiltrators, according to recent statements by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tells Joy Reid, ‘The people who would go out on the street to protest for justice for Mr. Floyd are not going to burn down the historic social justice advocacy groups for the Native American community... That's not what these kinds of folks do.’ THEN: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fey have emphasized that most of the violent actors inflicting damage during the George Floyd protests against police brutality on Friday night are organized, out-of-state agitators. MSNBC analyst Brittany Packnett Cunningham tells Joy Reid that despite this,’What would set all of this to calm is to deal with the conditions that caused people to react in the first place.’ AND: White supremacist and other agitators who have allegedly infiltrated the George Floyd protests are attracted to chaos and anarchy terrorism expert Jim Cavanaugh tells Joy Reid. PLUS: Minnesota and Minneapolis officials detail the damage done during the protests, call for peace, and announce that they will be calling on greater enforcement resources support this evening’s curfew. All this and more in this Saturday edition of AM JOY on MSNBC.