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A lawyer for the family of Kenny Lazo argued that the time for justice had finally arrived 14 years after his death as part of what he called a high-level and extensive cover-up of police brutality.
Community feedback has led Minneapolis city council to eliminate the Third Precinct site from being further considered for police use.
The vote came just days after Mayor Jacob Frey, Council President Andrea Jenkins and other city leaders announced a proposal to house Third Precinct officers at a downtown facility.
The City of Minneapolis is scrapping proposals to return the Third Police Precinct station to its former place on Lake Street or find the precinct a new home near 26th and Minnehaha avenues.
Three years after Minneapolis' Third Precinct station was torched, city leaders have unveiled a plan to put Third and First Precinct officers in the same building.