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There are no boards covering the windows of Kevin Ni s sushi restaurant on Nicollet Mall. Not for now, at least.
While some of his downtown Minneapolis business neighbors are considering tacking protective plywood to their storefronts and sending staff home in anticipation of protests when former police officer Derek Chauvin stands trial for murder and manslaughter, Ni is planning to stay open as long as he safely can: Hopefully there won t be riots again. I m hoping people will calm down and do what they ve got to do without damaging others. … To board up a business is actually making downtown like a ghost town. We don t want to paint that picture.