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'No justice, no streets': Still grieving, Minneapolis residents wonder how city will move forward after Derek Chauvin trial Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY © Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY A man carries a sign in downtown Minneapolis on the first day of the trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd last spring. MINNEAPOLIS — Ten months after his death, George Floyd's face looks out across a city still raw from his death. The intersection where he died under the knee of a police officer. The neighborhood burned and loote...

George Floyd killing: Minneapolis on edge again as historic trial set to begin Amudalat Ajasa and Jackie Renzetti in Minneapolis © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images One of the most significant police trials in US history begins on Monday and as the former officer who killed George Floyd stands before a judge, a jury and the world, many in Black communities in Minneapolis are braced against the dread of justice not being served. Minneapolis and its adjacent “twin city” St Paul, followed by cities and towns all across the United States and ...

Minneapolis spends more than $1M on barricades ahead of Derek Chauvin trial next week for murder of George Floyd as local businesses fear repeat of BLM rioting Barbed wire and metal barricades have already been erected around the Hennepin County Courthouse where Chauvin's murder trial is set to start Monday with jury selection City, state and federal leaders held their last security briefings Thursday just days before the trial kicks off Dubbed 'Operation Safety Net', the multi-agency security plan includes closures of certain public buildings and streets, extra security from cops and Nationa...

Campaigns for Reparations Are Gaining Steam Across the Country As H.R. 40 gathers dust in the U.S. Congress, St. Paul, Minnesota, becomes the latest city to join the national grassroots movement to make reparations to Black communities. Minnesota Historical Society From atop the stump of what was once one of many trees lining Rondo’s streets, a boy watches the bulldozers work the soil. Marvin Roger Anderson, now eighty-one years old, grew up in a development his father and three other railroad employees built in 1946. As a child, he painted and cleaned his neighbors’ townhomes when ...

In Minneapolis, barricades erected for the Derek Chauvin trial won't deter protesters of George Floyd's death Organizers criticize leaders for spending on fencing instead of reform.  February 25, 2021 — 5:54pm Text size Copy shortlink: Community organizers vowing to peacefully protest during the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin criticized government leaders Thursday for pouring money into fences, barbed wire and other barricades surrounding public buildings. The boards going up around the city imply that the prot...