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AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa Looks like the City of Minneapolis has finally had it with BLM taking up residence in “George Floyd Square.” BLM had blocked the street for months since the death of George Floyd last year. They set up a memorial there, but they also blocked the streets in the area with barricades, camped out, didn’t allow police in the area, and prevented cars from getting through. But today, city workers descended on the area starting before dawn and cleared away the barricades preventing traffic from getting through the intersection. They are going to preserved aspects o...

Copy shortlink: City crews on Thursday removed vehicle barriers and portable toilets, reopening portions of the sprawling memorial at the south Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd was murdered by police more than a year ago. But as soon as workers finished, protesters began parking cars and piling pallets to barricade the streets once again. At a news conference, Mayor Jacob Frey said the "phased reconnection" of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue with the rest of the city had been planned for months but wasn't yet complete. He declined to say when he thought traff...

City, community leaders explain decision to reopen George Floyd Square Mayor Frey wouldn't give a timeline on when the intersection would reopen to traffic. Author: Crews began the process of reopening the intersection of 38th and Chicago — known as George Floyd Square — in Minneapolis on Thursday morning.  The area has served as a memorial and community space since Floyd's death. But there have also been complaints from local residents about crime and violence at the site, and city leaders said earlier this year that the intention was to reopen the square to traffic while maintaining ...

Last week we had the 'Shootout from George Floyd Square' broadcast live from Minneapolis. The video looks like a scene from a dark comedy. I think of it as the shootout at the not OK corral. It was in any event the perfect way to commemorate the anarchy and lawlessness Minneapolis has experienced in the year since George Floyd's death. Patrick Coolican was a reporter who wrote (with Stephen Montemayor)

The intersection of 38th and Chicago is blocked with barricades while community activists preserve the area as a place for people to honor the life of George Floyd. For them, and some who live near George Floyd Square, it is now a sacred space ...