While it hasn t yet descended to the level of Portland, the City of Minneapolis is sliding rapidly toward a point of no return. Meanwhile, local politicians are AWOL. They aren t even coming out against crime, let alone doing anything about it. The principal current focus of lawlessness is Uptown, formerly the city s main entertainment district. Uptown is where Winston Boogie Smith opened fire on law enforcement officers who were trying
Soon After Minneapolis Police Reopen Uptown Intersection, Protesters Return Barricades
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Minneapolis is struggling to deal with an intersection that threatens to become the next 38th and Chicago.
Midday on Tuesday, the city appeared to make a statement, as heavily-armed police officers in tactical gear moved in to began clearing and reopening the intersection of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue in the busy Uptown neighborhood. A number of WCCO crews were there, and described a tense scene between authorities and protesters.
On scene in Uptown Minneapolis as Minneapolis Police reopen a Street occupied by protestors. #wccopic.twitter.com/fkUNSgwzG0
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For two weeks, Minneapolis protesters have demanded answers following the police killing of Winston Boogie Smith, a 32-year-old Black man, by law enforcement. And on Sunday, one of those protesters was killed in the city’s Uptown area when a man drove his SUV into a crowd of demonstrators; at least two others were injured.
The protester who was killed was identified by the Star Tribune as Deona Knajdek, a 31-year-old mother of two. The Star Tribune reports that in the days just before her death, Knajdek posted Facebook messages in support of protests against Smith’s killing; he was shot by law enforcement officers on June 3 in a parking lot adjacent to where Knajdek was killed.
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