As buildings in Minneapolis continue to be damaged and looted by riots protesting police brutality, a small business owner shares how city leadership has failed to listen to small businesses.
As a result, the City of Bloomington will be imposing a curfew starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 29. The curfew will last until 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 30.
More than 150 buildings and businesses in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Twin Cities suburbs have been damaged, looted or destroyed as protests continue after the death of George Floyd, a 46 year-old African American man who was knelt on for seven minutes by a white officer, Derek Chauvin, despite pleading for Chauvin to stop, saying he couldn’t breathe.The following is a list of those buildings.
Since the death of George Floyd, a black man died outside of Cup Foods on May 25, people in Minneapolis and suburbs have taken to the streets and protests calling for the arrest of former officer Derek Chauvin, who was videotaped with his knee on Floyd’s neck for approximately seven minutes as Floyd repeatedly said that he couldn’t breathe.
Four Minneapolis police officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd, an African American man who died in police custody, were fired after a video showed one officer using his knee to restrain Floyd’s neck, while Floyd told officers that he could not breathe.
Five hundred National Guard troops were deployed to respond to riots in Minneapolis by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on May 28 after three nights of protests and looting.
On May 29, 2020, Jason Lee and Robert Davis Rupprecht purchased a home at 619 Eighth St. 408, Minneapolis from Nicholas and Skye Hoekstra for $275,000.
The property at 2131 Second Ave., Newport was sold on May 29, 2020 by Libby Real Estate Holdings LLC for $658,184.75. The buyer was BMB Real Estate LLC.
On May 29, 2020, Jackson Lofts I LLC and Noclak Holdings LLC purchased a home at 750 Jackson St., Minneapolis from Blue Golds Ventures LLC for $325,000.
The home at 3441 77th Ave., Brooklyn Park was sold on May 29, 2020 by Philip M. Simpson for $207,000. The buyers were Joshua D. Page and Sarah A. Landmesser.
The home at 4255 Creekside Way, Minnetrista was sold on May 29, 2020 by A Delaware LLC M/I Homes of Minneapolis/St. Paul LLC for $461,307. The buyers were Troy Terence and Julie Marie Meinke.