Updated: 10:09 AM EDT June 3, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Work crews and Minneapolis public works trucks are in motion at George Floyd Square Thursday morning, removing barricades blocking streets around the area of 38th and Chicago Avenue.
The intersection has been closed to traffic for more than a year. A memorial has grown there since May 25, 2020, honoring George Floyd and others who have lost their lives at the hands of police.
KARE 11 s Kiya Edwards reports that city crews began removing concrete barriers that have blocked the intersection to traffic around 6 a.m., but that work stopped as a crowd began to grow and tensions escalated. Some that gathered were visibly upset, telling crews to leave the intersection.