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Minneapolis Cleaning Crews Battle With Activists Over Reopening George Floyd Square

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Minneapolis Cleaning Crews Battle With Activists Over Reopening George Floyd Square
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Minneapolis city crews are once again trying to reopen the intersection dubbed “George Floyd Square” in an attempt to restore traffic to the area that was shut down for almost a year as a makeshift memorial and place of protest. 

After giving up on a first attempt to reopen the square last week, city workers came back to the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue to take away makeshift blockades that were sectioning off the streets on Tuesday.

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