Upheaval in Uptown now a priority of Minneapolis officials Upheaval in Uptown now a priority of Minneapolis officials Social media posts have highlighted lawlessness; city leaders are pledging to take action with stepped-up police patrols. Text size Copy shortlink: In one widely shared video clip, a man fires a handgun into the air while hanging out the side of a car doing doughnuts in the middle of Hennepin and Lagoon avenues in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood as a crowd looks on. Images of vehicle stunts and garbage dumpsters being set ablaze in the heart of the entertainment district have also been making the rounds on social media, along with videos of confrontations between police and demonstrators following the June killing of Winston Smith Jr. by law officers executing a warrant for being a felon in possession of a gun.