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The City of Minneapolis is requesting applications to redevelop the Peoples’ Way property at George Floyd Square, formerly home to a Speedway gas station at 38th and Chicago that became a ...
George Floyd Square, officially George Perry Floyd Square in Minneapolis, is a commemorative name applied to Chicago Avenue between East 37th Street and East 39th Street in the Powderhorn neighborhood. George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered there by police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.
Shopkeepers at the Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020 are suing the city for the second time in 12 months, saying business has declined as concrete barricades ...
After spending nine months seeking input from residents, city officials on Tuesday unveiled their plans for a revitalized George Floyd Square.
In August 2020, it was subject of a multi-part PBS News Hour series, "George Floyd Square: The epicenter of a protest movement that’s swept the world." [178] In December 2020, it was the subject of a Minnesota Public Radio series, "Making George Floyd's Square: Meet the people transforming 38th and Chicago". [179]
On June 1, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., law enforcement officers used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square, creating a path for President Donald Trump and senior administration officials to walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church.
The one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd was marked with violence after at least one person was injured... View Article The post 1 person injured after shooting at George Floyd Square ...
The bust of George Floyd is a sculpture of George Floyd (1973–2020), an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer during his arrest in Minneapolis.Initially situated in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it is currently displayed in Union Square, Manhattan.