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Minneapolis drops plan to hire social media influencers for Chauvin trial By FOX 9 Staff Minneapolis cancels plan to pay social media influencers during Chauvin trial City of Minneapolis announces it's dropping plan to pay social media influencers to push out the city's messaging during Derek Chauvin trial. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The City of Minneapolis announced Monday it is dropping its plan to pay social media influencers to push out the city's messaging during trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. Monday’s announcement came in a public safety preparations meeting one week...

Minneapolis is set to pay six social media influencers to help disseminate city-approved messaging throughout the upcoming murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-cop charged in George Floyd's death.

Chauvin trial puts focus on gaps in 911 system revealed during George Floyd riots Liz Navratil, Star Tribune Metro-area 911 centers lacked the technology to communicate amid jammed phone lines and crowded radio channels during rioting last year — and that has not changed as officials brace for the first trial in George Floyd's death. With a larger solution still far off, state and local leaders are pinning their hopes on a patchwork of smaller fixes they hope will lead to a smoother response if violence erupts this time. "Clearly, I think it was a missed opportunity," said J...