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"...a revolution by day and a devolution by night."

AP Photo/Julio Cortez “George Floyd Square” is a small quadrangle of city streets in Minneapolis that was renamed following the controversial death of Floyd while in police custody. Since then, a memorial for Floyd has gone up opposite Cup Foods on 38th Street. The city placed barricades on some streets surrounding the memorial to prevent cars from hitting demonstrators. Naturally, this has made it next-to-impossible for local businesses to operate. It got worse when gangs began a turf war. The barricades have morphed from barriers to keep protesters safe to weapons to prevent police from...

Copy shortlink: Two women had to hit the sidewalk as gunshots popped off during the day outside Finish Touch Boutique, a store near the south barricade of George Floyd Square, shop owner Willie Frazier said. Frazier's car was stolen from the square recently, too, he said, and it later turned up at the impound lot with the hood smashed. Now Frazier is sending a distress call along with other Black business owners whose shops and restaurants have been cut off from the outside world by concrete barricades guarded by civilian gatekeepers surrounding 38th Street and Chicago...

The suspected shooter remained held on $1 million bond pending his initial court appearance on Tuesday.

Pictured: Youth mentor, 30, shot and killed in George Floyd square as his aunt slams activists in the autonomous zone who wouldn't let Minneapolis cops in to treat him and dumped him outside of it The George Floyd Square has seen renewed protests this week as Derek Chauvin's trial started - the officer accused of murdering Floyd last year  Imez Wright, 30, was gunned down on Saturday inside the 'autonomous zone'  Woman identifying herself as his aunt says police were barred from entering  'It is an atrocity because his life was taken, and I mean who knows whether or not he would have survi...