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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Protestors attempt to block traffic and light a fire on Interstate 35W on Friday, May 29.

Minneapolis City Council ratifies citywide nighttime curfew

by Madeline Deninger
Published May 30, 2020
Some council members raised concerns over the curfew's effect on community members trying to protect homes and businesses.
Hailee Schievelbein

Editorial: Minneapolis is on fire. We need justice and we need it now.

by The Minnesota Daily Editorial Board
Published May 29, 2020

On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was killed after an encounter with police officers in Minneapolis. Floyd was an African American man who had the Minneapolis Police Department called on him when he...

A burned-out car remains the morning after a second night of protests where dozens of businesses were vandalized near the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct on Thursday, May 28. 

UMN students, community members respond to the Minneapolis riots

by Max Chao and Jasmine Snow
Published May 29, 2020
Amid Minneapolis unrest, a community is mourning and students of color are left grieving, but inspired.
MaX it PAWN was among the businesses extensively damaged in Thursday's riots. Cedar-Riverside is the southernmost University-area neighborhood, making it closer to where the first protests began. 

Cedar-Riverside pawnshop left scorched from riots

by Caitlin Anderson
Published May 29, 2020
Nearby businesses expressed varying degrees of worry about anticipation for Friday's protests.
The West Bank light rail station sits empty after Metro Transit suspended service on Thursday, May 28.

Frey implements curfew, UMN students undeterred

by Jasmine Snow
Published May 29, 2020
Mayor Jacob Frey declared an emergency curfew on the day of a scheduled on-campus rally to the indifference of student organizers.
A demonstrator holds up a rose at the protest at Government Plaza in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 28.

Chauvin charged in killing of George Floyd

by Natalie Rademacher and Dylan Miettinen
Published May 29, 2020
The former police officer was arrested and charged several days after a viral video showed him kneeling on Floyd's neck.
Tommie Daye, owner of Urban Jungle, spray paints “Stop the Violence” on his boarded-up shop window in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Thursday, May 28. 

Businesses near UMN boarded up in response to riots across the Twin Cities

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 29, 2020
After protests against police brutality turned to looting Wednesday evening, businesses near the University shuttered or displayed signs of support anticipating another night of unrest.
Protesters hold signs as they begin to march from Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis to the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct on Minnehaha Avenue on Tuesday, May 26. The protest was in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. 

UMN adjusts relationship with MPD following death of George Floyd

by Max Chao
Published May 27, 2020
The announcement comes after mass protests and a petition from student government.
Protesters clash with police outside of the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct on Minnehaha Avenue on Tuesday, May 26. The protest was in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. 

Thousands march to protest police brutality after death of George Floyd

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 27, 2020
Despite steady showers and a global pandemic, police and protestors clashed for several hours Tuesday evening.
The former location of a Papa Johns in Blegen Hall – replaced by Oath Pizza – sits vacant in September 2018. Oath Pizza may now be on the chopping block, too. 

Multiple on-campus dining locations could close

by Caitlin Anderson
Published May 21, 2020
An analysis by administrators shows largely insufficient revenue generation for University retail foodservice.
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