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"It's just like Vietnam, it's just like Beirut": Minneapolis tries and fails to reopen George Floyd Square ... again |
2021-06-09 |
[HotAir] Maybe the third time will be the charm — but it might require the city of Minneapolis to enforce a reopening of George Floyd Square. For the second time in five days, city workers removed barriers yesterday to reopen the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd died in custody just over a year ago. And for the second time in five days, activists blocked traffic again hours later without any opposition from authorities:City crews returned early Tuesday to a Minneapolis intersection where a memorial to George Floyd was assembled after his death last year and worked to reopen it to traffic by removing debris and makeshift barriers, only to have activists barricade the area again. “That apparently didn’t last very long,” the local Fox affiliate quipped. Residents are getting fed up over the city’s pusillanimity as well. One vocal opponent of the so-called “autonomous zone” told KMSP that it’s like living in a war zone: Related: George Floyd Square: 2021-06-04 City crews in Minneapolis have began to dismantle the George Floyd autonomous zone after more than a year George Floyd Square: 2021-06-01 Romney Tried To Blackmail Republicans To Support Partisan Jan. 6 Commission George Floyd Square: 2021-05-26 Moment terrified locals and live TV reporter run for cover as 30 gunshots are fired in parking dispute at Minneapolis' George Floyd Square on anniversary of his death |
Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
#3 At least the police chief in Saigon knew how to deal with this kind of trouble. |
Posted by: Cesare 2021-06-09 16:33 |
#2 Anyone that puts up new roadblocks gets hauled to the closest lamp post and used as decoration. Would put a stop to this bullshit right quick. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2021-06-09 15:55 |
#1 Sheeeit! It's not like Viet Nam until the City Council gets choppered out off a rooftop. |
Posted by: SteveS 2021-06-09 15:36 |