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.
Minneapolis city workers begin dismantling George Floyd Square at dawn in bid to reopen intersection to traffic - but makeshift roundabout with clenched fist statue will stay
A fist sculpture, which stands several feet tall and created a traffic roundabout, will remain in the middle of the intersection near where George Floyd was killed
City crews and a community-led group began the work about 4:30am local time
Crews removed concrete barriers as well as art, flowers and memorial items
Within four hours, work in the area was complete, though protesters remained
The intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue and four blocks surrounding it have been closed to traffic since Floyd s murder in May 2020