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City workers began their efforts at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, known as George Floyd Square, at around 4:30 a.m. to reopen the intersection. They carefully removed the flowers and artwork that have honored Floyd’s memory. ....
MINNEAPOLIS â As people gathered to remember George Floyd across the country â from the Twin Cities to downtown Los Angeles, Dallas and Washington, D.C. â they faced questions not only about social justice, but about how best to respond to a spike in crime in many major cities since his death. At George Floyd Square in Minneapolis a few feet from where he was killed a year ago â just as a day of remembrance was about to start at 10 a.m. Tuesday â violence in this city was on full display: Shots rang out, sending scores of people scrambling for safety. Stray bullets shattered a window and ripped into a tour bus as parents sprinted to find children who moments earlier had been playing nearby. Men threw themselves on the ground and ducked behind buildings. The gunfire could be heard several blocks away, where elderly bicyclists and pedestrians stopped on sunny sidewalks, wondering hopefully if the sound might be fireworks. ....
More than 100 people gathered at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of George Floyd s death. The event was organized by the No Justice, No Peace PAC, the New Frontier Fund, the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and others. It comes one year after Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was murdered by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on Floyd s neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25, 2020. Speakers at the event said in gathering to remember Floyd s death, that they hope to make sure he didn t die in vain. West Des Moines city councilwoman Renee Hardman, the first Black woman to sit on the council, asked those in attendance to continue the struggle that began with months of protests against systematic racism last summer. ....