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This pivot moment crystallized when rioters in Minneapolis burned down the Third Precinct Police Station—an action previously unparalleled in American history. Historically, as Carlson points out, the burning of police stations reflects an erosion of trust in law enforcement and established authority. It was a vivid illustration that the established order was being challenged; the message was clear: if police stations could be set ablaze, then legitimate authority had vanished, and the mob now set the tone.