Videos: Minneapolis Moved To Remove “George Floyd Square” This Morning – Antifa Reclaimed The Square Few Moments Later
Minneapolis city workers on Thursday started partially clearing the George Floyd memorial — after complaints, it had become a lawless “autonomous zone” with at least one murder, attacks by vandals, and a shooting just last week.
Dozens of clean-up crew members descended on the now-notorious area known as George Floyd Square from 4:30 a.m., city spokeswoman Sarah McKenzie confirmed.
Videos showed Bobcat equipment lifting away concrete barriers that had sealed off the area from traffic for almost a year since Floyd’s murder on May 25 last year.
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Workers arrived to reopen the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago around 4:00am today.
Video: pic.twitter.com/iw0tt4aM0m
— Kyle Hooten (@KyleHooten2) June 3, 2021
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The makeshift garden around it is part of what was being removed Thursday to finally open up the area that was previously a major through-point for buses and traffic, the local paper noted.
However, it seems that Antifa didn’t need more than just a few moments to reclaim the square.
Activists here tell me city workers took down this barricade this morning. They’ve reestablished it. pic.twitter.com/KBvTjSoNh6
— Candice Bernd (@CandiceBernd) June 3, 2021
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That didn’t last long…pic.twitter.com/WJOfpbTCUV
— Kyle Hooten (@KyleHooten2) June 3, 2021
In Minneapolis on my way to the Treaty People Gathering. Yesterday, I visited George Floyd Square for the 1st time, allowing myself to be fully present in its sacred space. Today, the energy is quite different: Tensions are high as residents resist the city’s “reopening” attempt. pic.twitter.com/GrEWGLGv2d
— Candice Bernd (@CandiceBernd) June 3, 2021
The activists that moved to reclaim the square were mostly white folks and part of Antfa!
The unsuccessful clear-up was largely coordinated by Agape, a peacekeeping force that includes ex-gang members that are on contract with the city to keep watch over the area, McKenzie told the outlet.
Police were not involved, with Agape “managing conflict and de-escalating when necessary,” a police spokesman told the paper.
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