Gov. Tim Walz will impose the new restrictions starting Friday, to slow the spread of COVID-19 that has caused more than 3,000 deaths in Minnesota and threatens to overwhelm hospital capacity.
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Copy shortlink: It s kinda like liberation day in Uptown, said Mike Radel, 50, who lives in the neighborhood.
The unrest in one of the metro area s most popular dining and shopping corridors began after federal authorities shot and killed Winston Smith, a Black man, in a parking ramp last month during an arrest on a weapons violation. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has said that Smith fired a firearm from inside the car; a friend in the car has said she never saw a gun. The protests intensified after a drunk, unlicensed motorist plowed into cars blocking an Uptown street, killing protester Deona M. Knajdek, 31.