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City leaders in Minneapolis still have not unified around a plan for the future of George Floyd Square, almost a year after citizens in the area closed the intersection ...
The McKnight Foundation is giving $1 million in surprise grants to 10 organizations in honor of George Floyd one year after his murder. The Minneapolis foundation, which announced the unsolicited grants Tuesday, will give $100,000 each to the Minnesota groups working to make the state more inclusive and address systemic justice. Each organization "connects to our vision of a more equitable ...
Emotional photos capture the celebration of George Floyd's life 2021-05-25 21:41:11 UTC A man raised his fist at an event commemorating the anniversary of George Floyd's death at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center on May 25, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His shirt says "Rest in Love" over a photo of Floyd. Image: Stephen Maturen / Getty Images Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a police officer, and with it came an outpouring of commemorative events in U.S. cities, abroad, and on social media. People gathered in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Londo...
MINNEAPOLIS—Last summer, long before the trial of Derek Chauvin, activists at East 38 th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis realized they had some plans to make. It had been months since George Floyd’s murder, on May 25, in plain view of the bustling intersection. Protesters used debris and other large objects to block traffic and prevent the police from reclaiming the space. The city replaced those barricades with huge cinderblocks, and the area became known as George Floyd Square. But the blockades were always meant to be temporary. How long should they stay? And what did the peop...
MINNEAPOLIS — As people gathered to remember George Floyd across the country — from the Twin Cities to downtown Los Angeles, Houston and Washington D.C. — they faced questions not only about social justice, but about how best to respond to a spike in crime in many major cities since his death. At George Floyd Square in Minneapolis a few feet from where he was killed a year ago — just as a day of remembrance was about to start at 10 a.m. Tuesday — violence in this city was on full display: Shots rang out, sending scores of people scrambling for safety. Stray bullets shattered a wind...