Minnesota National Guard walks a fine line on Minneapolis streets Geoff Ziezulewicz
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Members of the National Guard stand ready in downtown Minneapolis on April 20 as the jury deliberates in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. (Ted Shaffrey/AP) MINNEAPOLIS Posted up outside a grocery store on a chilly, windswept street in downtown Minneapolis earlier this week, rifle over his shoulder, the sergeant first class knew he and his soldiers shouldn’t be here. “I assumed floods, (overseas deployments) and tornado stuff,” the Minnesota National Guardsman told Military Times of his unit’s traditional duties. “I never thought I’d be standing on a street corner.”
They were pressed together so tightly that cellphone reception was rendered impossible. Standing in the throng assembled outside the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, P.J. Hill and hundreds of others were waiting for the news they had fought for, marched for and anxiously waited nearly a year for.
But because there were so many of them anticipating the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, nobody could get a signal on their phones. Not Hill, not the man standing next to him who had flown in from France for the occasion, nobody.
Finally, a voice boomed out over a megaphone: “He’s guilty on all three counts!”
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George Floyd didn t just die. George Floyd was murdered.
The guilty verdict on all three counts against Derek Chauvin in a Minneapolis courtroom on Tuesday not only penalized the act by the former Minneapolis police officer, but recognized the tragedy we all witnessed in a viral video from Memorial Day.
It also opened a door. There is still time for Minnesota to become the best version of itself, if we harness the energy around this collective demand for change.
I believe I owe that to my daughters. I believe we owe that to ourselves and the next generation. Although the darkness still lingers Daunte Wright has not been buried yet, three more officers will be tried in George Floyd s killing and Kim Potter will also have her day in court the sun poked through the clouds on Tuesday. And I know we have to latch onto that light, even if we can only see it in one another.
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With price tags in the millions, Minneapolis tower s condos are hot commodity An uptick in Minneapolis condo market is reflected in the popularity of a 42-story building that won t open for a year. April 21, 2021 12:51pm Text size Copy shortlink:
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More than 3,000 Minnesota National Guard service members are activated as part of Operation Safety Net. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 11:14 PM CDT April 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota From Hennepin Avenue to Lake Street, there s an increased presence of Minnesota National Guard service members outside businesses in Minneapolis.
Last Wednesday, more than a dozen soldiers were set up outside Two Bettys Green Cleaning Service s Refill Station on East Lake Street.
Their presence came as a surprise to the staff member who was working at Two Bettys at the time. The guardsmen have big weapons, like across the outside of their body with their hands on the weapon, and the staff member that was here turned off all the lights and ran and hid because it was really frightening, said Anna Tsantir, owner of Two Bettys.