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Good sign, well done.
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Sign at George Floyd Square gives list of special orders for white visitors
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
I met some in Indiana (not many, but some) who believe we should still be allowed to own slaves. It's so bad I'm glad it shocks me now to see it any time I'm back because I'm not used to it being everywhere and surrounded by it as a part of daily living.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Nah. There is an element that has layers beyond the words spoken, but it is definitely meant to be in opposition, and anyone who disagrees is in the wrong in their eyes, promoting what they believe to be a racist ideology that puts black people first.
McBell
Resident Sourpuss
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help nearby businesses that have suffered due to the streets being closed.
City officials have also repeatedly voiced concerns over increased crime in the area.
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At the time, they said there had been a 2,543% increase in ShotSpotter activations around George Floyd Square in the last year, along with a 240% increase in robberies and 378% increase in assaults.
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5 EYEWITNESS NEWS also spoke with community members who have been manning the barricades. Marcia Howard pointed to their list of 24 demands, which they call Justice Resolution 001.
The list of demands includes recalling Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, firing several employees of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, reopening investigations into police killings, temporarily suspending property tax increases for residents of the George Floyd Square Zone and investing $400,000 into the area to create new jobs for young people to help deter violence.
Howard said they will continue to push back on reopening the intersection until the 24 demands are met, saying, "No justice, no street."
Plans still in the works for reopening George Floyd Square, preserving memorialCity officials have also repeatedly voiced concerns over increased crime in the area.
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At the time, they said there had been a 2,543% increase in ShotSpotter activations around George Floyd Square in the last year, along with a 240% increase in robberies and 378% increase in assaults.
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5 EYEWITNESS NEWS also spoke with community members who have been manning the barricades. Marcia Howard pointed to their list of 24 demands, which they call Justice Resolution 001.
The list of demands includes recalling Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, firing several employees of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, reopening investigations into police killings, temporarily suspending property tax increases for residents of the George Floyd Square Zone and investing $400,000 into the area to create new jobs for young people to help deter violence.
Howard said they will continue to push back on reopening the intersection until the 24 demands are met, saying, "No justice, no street."
McBell
Resident Sourpuss
Those who live in the neighborhood are free to come and go, once they are cleared by activists and volunteers who sometimes sit in weatherproof stalls erected to aid in monitoring traffic.
Derek Chauvin trial: Activists want to keep George Floyd Square closed
Last time I decentered myself ...
... I tipped over.
It seems like you're insinuating that there's a problem here. If so, could you explain what you see is the problem?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Or rather, it solves no problem that you care about.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It's just going to incite some wacked out white supremacist out there to deface it or something and people will go into a tizzy.
If it didn't have that special message exclusively for white people thinking white people can't control their decorum and respect for the death of a person then it would be no problems or issues.
But no, some people can't let that go. Always a need to point out differences.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
In a ideal world sign like that would not be needed. But we so not live in a perfect world, so a sign is a way to keep people in line and show respect to each other.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
The sign was fine. Until it's prejudices surfaced by giving a special message for white people. What does this person think?
White people somehow can't be sensitive or respectful without a reminder?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Yes white people can be respectful too. But honestly i do understand the black community in America very well
McBell
Resident Sourpuss
The blatant hypocrisy comes to mind rather quick.
People who claim the higher ground reveal themselves to be liars when they lower themselves to the level of those whom they claim to be better than.
McBell
Resident Sourpuss
What "problem" is it you think this sign "solves"?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
The best way to tell these things is just reverse the message.
Imagine any white person putting up a special message designating black people in a similar manner. Politely asking black people not to be savages and act like human beings in a sensitive area or space.
One could only guess the reception.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
You guys already tried that in the 50s and 60s didnt you? now white people know how the black people felt that time
What hypocrisy? I genuinely don't see it.
I have no idea what you're talking about here.