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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during the United Black Legislative Caucus at the Brian Coyle Center in Cedar-Riverside on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

Walz taps Attorney General Keith Ellison to lead case on George Floyd’s killing

by Natalie Rademacher
Published June 1, 2020
The governor said that some Minnesotans do not believe that justice has been served in the case of George Floyd's death.
Bar Luchador sits closed on Washington Ave in Stadium Village on Friday, May 29. (Audrey Rauth / Minnesota Daily)

Bar Luchador closes after nearly five years in Stadium Village

by Caitlin Anderson
Published June 1, 2020
Employees and patrons say ‘Luch’ was more than a restaurant, it was like a place for family.
Student demonstrators gather outside of Northrup Auditorium on Friday, May 29 to protest the killing of George Floyd and the Minneapolis Police Department. Chalk marks were drawn 6-feet apart to help the crowd with social distancing.

UMN students continue organizing, demonstrating over Floyd killing

by Audrey Kennedy, Hana Ikramuddin, Jasmine Snow, and Yves De Jesus
Published May 31, 2020
Students protesting peacefully were met by police while marching to different locations on campus from Northrop Plaza.
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.
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 30, 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.
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