In the contract, the health department is listed as one of the departments in charge of operations. Author: David Griswold Updated: 4:33 PM CDT June 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS The contract Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey approved with Agape Movement that was criticized by the city council mentions pandemic-related impacts and hardships in and around George Floyd Square, however, it s one of many goals listed.
Members of the Minneapolis City Council called attention to the contract last week during a council meeting, accusing the mayor of misusing his emergency powers to approve the $359,000 contract without the council s approval.
Got a copy of the city s $359,000 contract with Agape to reopen George Floyd Square. The mayor spent the money without council approval, through a COVID emergency rule, which was heavily criticized by some.
Minneapolis police fire tear gas as protests break out over dismantling of George Floyd Square and fatal shooting by cops of black man who pulled gun
The suspect was shot by a US Marshals task force attempting to arrest him on a state arrest warrant on Thursday, according to the Sheriff s Department. Authorities said he pulled out a gun before he was shot
The shooting came on the same day crews in Minneapolis began to dismantle concrete barriers which had been placed around George Floyd Square since he was killed in May 2020
Community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resumed chanting the name of the black man whose killing galvanized the racial justice movement
Two Minnesota sheriff s deputies who were on a US Marshals task force shot and killed felon Winston Boogie Smith, 32, while trying to serve an arrest warrant for illegally carrying a firearm.