Nat'l Guard Discusses Scaling Back Presence In Minnesota
The National Guard wants to make it clear they are not leaving altogether - just supporting personnel will be leaving.
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The National Guard wants to make it clear they are not leaving altogether - just supporting personnel will be leaving.
The world held its breath on Sunday afternoon when a semi-truck drove into a crowd of thousands of protesters on Interstate 35W, speaking out against the death of George Floyd.
As of Monday morning, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest throughout the country, this is now the largest National Guard deployment in history.
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Monday to extend the curfew in the Twin Cities.
It's impossible to erase the memories of almost a week's worth of chaos and destruction. But with a paint roller, John Ramsey will at least try.
For residents, for businesspeople, for artists, the Lake Street corridor has long been a symbol of the city's complex history, a block-by-block study in immigration, economic revitalization and persistent inequality.
Hundreds of volunteers gathered early Sunday morning in downtown Madison to clean up after a night of violent protests over the death of George Floyd in which a police car was burned, businesses were broken into and a museum and other buildings were vandalized.
Gov. Tim Walz received a phone call on Sunday from famous rapper and record executive Jay-Z, regarding justice for George Floyd's death that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation this week.
"I want to thank everyone who participated in our ability to restore trust in our streets," Gov. Walz said at a Sunday morning press conference. He said he appreciated the actions of the community, those who stayed home, the national guard, and first responders.
American religious leaders across faiths are grappling with the heavy burden of helping to heal two active traumas: rising civil unrest driven by the police killing of George Floyd and the coronavirus pandemic.
As protests over the death of George Floyd grow in cities across the U.S., government officials have been warning of the "outsiders" - groups of organized rioters they say are flooding into major cities not to call for justice but to cause destruction.
This comes after three straight nights of widespread and growing protests and looting, and hundreds of businesses damaged or destroyed by fire.
Volunteers are showing up in huge numbers Saturday to help clean up after four straight nights of unrest in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd.
A group of peaceful protestors, organized by athletes, marched through downtown Minneapolis to the Hennepin Bridge, where they took a knee in remembrance of George Floyd.
George Floyd and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin both worked as security guards at the same nightclub as recently as last year, but its former owner says she's not sure if they knew each other.
Following three days of demonstrations across Twin Cities sparked by the death of George Floyd, St. Thomas law students have offered to represent protesters charged with misdemeanors or delinquency offenses.
The city says that there were no serious injuries that they were aware of. Some officers suffered minor injuries during the hours and hours of unrest.
Fire departments in Minneapolis and St. Paul have been stretched thin over the past couple days, as they work to put out flames in both cities.
Amid protests on Thursday night following the death of George Floyd, popular Indian restaurant Gandhi Mahal was burned and damaged.
After a third night of riots in the Twin Cities caused destruction in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says "the world is watching" and order needs to be restored.
He was 43-year-old Calvin Lewis Horton Jr. of Minneapolis. He died after being shot as protests broke out near East Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue.
Minneapolis has entered the fourth day of unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, with protesters taking over the police department's 3rd Precinct building late Thursday night.
St. Paul police are addressing a social media post that claims to identify one of its officers as a person seen breaking windows in Minneapolis.
In response to the destruction of many small businesses on Lake street, community members are coming together to help donate to rebuild their storefronts.
In reaction to George Floyd's death, peaceful and violent protests have erupted in Memphis, Los Angeles and New York.
