Updated: 5:24 AM CDT May 25, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Remi Douah sets down a couple of camping chairs in a south Minneapolis park. It s not just any park. It s the Say Their Names installation on East 37th Street, one block north of the George Floyd memorial. I decided to come here every day since last summer actually, Remi said.
He means after the murder of George Floyd. For some years, Remi raised his son, Isak, in south Minneapolis. This Tuesday morning, the father and son are together and there is an extra chair they ve brought along. Remi always makes sure there s an extra seat.
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Menendez, Booker, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Push to Address Mental Health Equity, Access for Youth in Minority Communities (Image Credit (Menendez Senate))
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