1. My first Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul) update thread has gotten to long so I'm starting a new thread.
2. Earlier today the city of Minneapolis began to try to reoopen George Floyd Square, the intersection of 38th St. and Chicago Ave. where George Floyd was killed by an MPD police officer last year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fl…
3. Communication has been lacking.
As of 4/22/21 there was no publicly announced timeline for reopening.
4. Some Minneapolis council members say they were informed about the reopening several hours -after- it happened.
5.
"Chicago Avenue is accessible now to vehicles at 38th Street, but crowds continued to occupy the intersection after city crews installed new signage and partially cleared the roadway. ...
6.
… People gathered at the scene placed impromptu barricades in place of the city concrete barriers that were removed."
7. Some residents near George Floyd Square will likely welcome this move. Read from tweet #16 in my previous thread.
8. Examples of domestic violence victims who have had trouble getting help at starts at tweet #71.
9. In May, Marcia Howard, "an unofficial shepherd of the square” told Slate:
“They killed the wrong n––– by the wrong n–––s. We’re not going nowhere,” Howard said. “We said no justice, no street. We live that. I’m either in this street, or I’m asleep.”
slate.com/news-and-polit…
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