George Floyd Square: Minneapolis mayor, city council president spar over site’s future
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — Minneapolis city leaders are at odds over how to reopen streets around the George Floyd memorial site.
East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the south Minneapolis intersection where Floyd died last spring, has been blocked since May.
City Council President Lisa Bender tweeted Tuesday that Mayor Jacob Frey has the power to remove the barriers, and he should make a decision. But she says he wants city council members to sign onto a letter supporting the change instead. Bender says she won’t do that.