Minneapolis police fire tear gas as protests break out over dismantling of George Floyd Square and fatal shooting by cops of black man who pulled gun
The suspect was shot by a US Marshals task force attempting to arrest him on a state arrest warrant on Thursday, according to the Sheriff s Department. Authorities said he pulled out a gun before he was shot
The shooting came on the same day crews in Minneapolis began to dismantle concrete barriers which had been placed around George Floyd Square since he was killed in May 2020
Community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resumed chanting the name of the black man whose killing galvanized the racial justice movement
Deena Winter, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jenny Gross, The New York Times
Published: 04 Jun 2021 01:07 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Jun 2021 01:07 PM BdST Crews arrived early Thursday, June 3, 2021, with bulldozers and front loaders to remove barriers that have for more than a year blocked the intersection outside of Cup Foods in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed beneath the knee of a police officer just over a year ago. The New York Times
The bulldozers arrived before dawn Thursday at the South Minneapolis intersection where the police killed George Floyd. Moving quickly, city workers in neon vests hauled away flowers, artwork and large cement barricades that have allowed the corner to serve as an ever-growing memorial to Floyd for more than a year.
Two Minnesota sheriff s deputies who were on a US Marshals task force shot and killed felon Winston Boogie Smith, 32, while trying to serve an arrest warrant for illegally carrying a firearm.