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Troopers arrest 41 blocking highway traffic in Minneapolis

Associated Press
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    State troopers and deputies stand guard at the entrance to the freeway as Interstate 35W is cleared after protesters blocked the highway leading into Minneapolis over the Mississippi River bridge Wednesday, July 13, 2016, as protests continue over the shooting death by police of Philando Castile last week in Falcon Heights, Minn. after a traffic stop by St. Anthony police. The protesters were arrested and removed from the highway. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) (The Associated Press)

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    State troopers and deputies stand guard at the entrance to the freeway as Interstate 35W is cleared after protesters blocked the highway leading into Minneapolis over the Mississippi River bridge Wednesday, July 13, 2016 as protests continue over the shooting death by police of Philando Castile last week in Falcon Heights, Minn. after a traffic stop by St. Anthony police. The protesters were arrested and removed from the highway. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) (The Associated Press)

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    State troopers and deputies stand guard at the entrance to the freeway as Interstate 35W is cleared after protesters blocked the highway bridge over the Mississippi River Wednesday, July 13, 2016, in Minneapolis as protests continue over the shooting death by police of Philando Castile last week in Falcon Heights, Minn. after a traffic stop by St. Anthony police. The protesters were arrested and removed from the highway. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) (The Associated Press)

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota state troopers have arrested 41 people after demonstrators blocked rush hour traffic on an interstate in downtown Minneapolis.

Authorities also impounded four vehicles used by the protesters to block traffic on southbound Interstate 35W near University Avenue Wednesday morning. The demonstrators were protesting recent deaths by police.

The demonstrators walked onto a bridge across the Mississippi River and chanted, "I believe that we will win." Troopers arrested protesters on the freeway after about an hour. The interstate reopened shortly after 9:15 a.m.

The protesters come after Philando Castile was fatally shot by a St. Anthony officer during a traffic stop in the Twin Cities suburb of Falcon Heights last week.