Civil Rights
Protests and violent looting take hold in Minneapolis, St. Paul over George Floyd
The chaos and rage blew east Thursday, as looting and fire swept through the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, this time under a brilliant blue sky. Even as fires on East Lake Street in Minneapolis smoldered and disaster tourists gawked at the rubble of stores, apartments and cars there, the looting and fires began in […]
Gov. Tim Walz activates National Guard to restore order
Gov. Tim Walz activated the National Guard Thursday in hopes of restoring order in the Twin Cities, where fires burned in Minneapolis Wednesday night after widespread looting. Vandals sporadically broke windows and looted stores in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul Thursday. The incidents followed protests of the death of Floyd George, an unarmed Black […]
Sporadic vandalism breaks out in St. Paul near Allianz Field
This story has been updated. Sporadic vandalism has broken out in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, with some windows broken at a CVS and a pawn shop. University Ave., which is the main commercial thoroughfare of the neighborhood and home to the Green Line Light Rail Train, is home to dozens of small businessnes, […]
The morning after: Scenes of destruction
Reformer reporter Max Nesterak is walking the streets of South Minneapolis surveying the destruction. Morning after the protests and riots in Minneapolis of the police killing George Floyd. It’s eerie pic.twitter.com/UVF2ltmL7E — Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) May 28, 2020
Mayhem in Minneapolis: protests, looting, fires
Peaceful demonstrations against the police for the killing of an unarmed Black man turned to looting and fires Wednesday, as Target, Aldi, Autozone and Cub Foods on Lake Street were all ransacked in a scene of mayhem. For the second day, demonstrators came out to protest the death of George Floyd, who died in police […]
University of Minnesota limits ties with Minneapolis Police Department
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel announced on Wednesday the university would drastically reduce its relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department following the killing of George Floyd by a police officer on Monday. “We have a responsibility to uphold our values and a duty to honor them,” Gabel wrote in an email to students and […]
Minnesota Gov. Walz pledges justice for George Floyd as protests move into second day
Gov. Tim Walz condemned the death of George Floyd — a day after protests erupted at Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct Tuesday night — saying he too shared the frustration with Black Minnesotans who are once again seeking justice for one of their own. “Watching any of the video of what happened to George Floyd […]
Minneapolis Mayor calls for charges against officer who killed George Floyd
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to arrest the officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck, killing him and setting off protests across Minneapolis. “I’ve wrestled over the last 36 hours with one fundamental question: Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?” Frey asked during a […]
White Minneapolis man threatens to call cops on Black men in their own gym
Update: Tom Austin’s lease in the building was terminated on Wednesday. The man who tried to stop the renaming of Bde Maka Ska Park threatened to call the cops on a group of Black entrepreneurs Tuesday night for using the gym in a Minneapolis office building they share. A video posted on Twitter and Instagram […]
George Floyd, man killed by Minneapolis police, remembered as kind, soft-spoken
Gerald Chambers, at times overcome by grief, recalled George Floyd as a kind and good-hearted man from their time working together at Salvation Army. Chambers on Tuesday joined nearly 100 people who had gathered at the intersection of Chicago Ave and 38th St. to protest the death of Floyd, who Minneapolis police had detained after […]
Religious progressives get loud and proud
Rev. Doug Pagitt says he loves everybody as Jesus commands. But there are limits. “As a pastor and Christian, I follow Jesus’ teaching that everyone is a light of the Earth and a child of God, but not every light of the world should be president,” he says. That’s why the Minneapolis pastor created Vote […]