Created: July 14, 2021 05:50 PM
Crews have now cleared a space in Minneapolis occupied by protesters since the fatal law enforcement shooting of Winston Smith six weeks ago.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was there as cleanup equipment moved into the so-called Peace Garden Wednesday morning, near the intersection of Lake Street and Girard Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood.
The area where protesters created the garden — part of a memorial to Smith and Deona Knajdek, a protester who was killed in the area by a suspected drunken driver — is on private property.
Some community members and businesses owners said the space has become a hub for nightly acts of violence and lawlessness in Uptown.