{"id":565614,"date":"2021-06-16T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565614"},"modified":"2021-06-16T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:52:11","slug":"minneapolis-clears-new-uptown-autonomous-zone-but-avoids-moving-george-floyd-autonomous-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-clears-new-uptown-autonomous-zone-but-avoids-moving-george-floyd-autonomous-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Clears New \u2018Uptown Autonomous Zone\u2019 But Avoids Moving \u2018George Floyd Autonomous Zone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-clears-new-uptown-autonomous-zone-but-avoids-moving-george-floyd-autonomous-zone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1323796379.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Law enforcement officials in Minneapolis, Minnesota, moved into to swiftly dismantle an \u201cautonomous zone\u201d that cropped up in response to a June 3rd police-involved shooting in the city\u2019s Uptown neighborhood \u2014 but the city is still struggling to reopen George Floyd Square, home to a makeshift memorial and an \u201cautonomous zone\u201d of its own.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2021\/06\/15\/minneapolis-police-work-to-reopen-uptown-street-occupied-by-protesters\/\">Minneapolis CBS affiliate<\/a>, police have been struggling to \u201cretake\u201d the \u201cthe intersection of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue\u201d since early June, but doubled down on the efforts this week, after a protester was killed by a speeding driver.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cautonomous Zone\u201d at Lake and Hennepin \u201chas been shut down on and off since June 3, when Winston Boogie Smith Jr., 32, was shot and killed by law enforcement,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cBut tensions escalated significantly since\u00a0the death of 31-year-old protester Deona Knajdek\u00a0Sunday night. She was killed when\u00a0a speeding car crashed into her car, which she was using to protect protesters. Three other people were injured. The driver is in custody and will likely be charged Wednesday. Police say drugs or alcohol may have been a factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police first tried to clear the area around noon on Tuesday, but after being pushed back by protesters protecting the \u201cautonomous zone,\u201d returned Tuesday night and began fully dismantling barricades and arresting some remaining members of the demonstration resisting their call to reopen the intersection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/crews-remove-barricades-in-uptown-protesters-arrested\">The city\u2019s Fox affiliate<\/a>, which was \u201con the scene\u201d noted that reporters \u201csaw officers from multiple agencies move in around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and put up tape around Lake Street between Girard Avenue and Hennepin Avenue. A handful of protesters appeared to be under arrest with cuffed with zipties around their wrists. City crews also loaded up trucks with items placed in the road by protesters to create the makeshift barricades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who has tangled with the organized protests in Minneapolis for more than a year, announced Tuesday that the city would not tolerate the Uptown \u201cautonomous zone\u201d because of safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that peaceful protest and First Amendment speech is extremely essential, not just to the healing process, but to the democratic process and we want to make sure that it\u2019s protected, but we cannot allow the unauthorized closure of streets,\u201d said Frey during a press conference Tuesday afternoon,\u201d Frey said in a press conference. \u201cIt is dangerous to have the street closed off with makeshift barriers. It has been dangerous for both to patrons, to residents, and also to protesters, who we have an obligation [to] make sure the people are indeed safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city, though, is, it seems, willing to tolerate some autonomous zones, just not the Uptown autonomous zone. Despite being warned that residents of the George Floyd autonomous zone, which cropped up around the scene of George Floyd\u2019s death while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/residents-trapped-by-george-floyd-autonomous-zone-beg-minneapolis-for-help-following-murder\">are \u201ctrapped\u201d and feel unprotected<\/a>, that zone remains.<\/p>\n<p>Early in June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/george-floyd-square-reopening-autonomous-zone-coming-down-with-help-of-peacekeeping-force\">the Daily Wire reported<\/a>, Minneapolis police made an effort to dismantle that autonomous zone following an incident of gun violence but they were ultimately driven back by protesters. Activists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/06\/03\/crews-clear-minneapolis-intersection-where-george-floyd-was-murdered\/\">Mercury News reports<\/a>, quickly moved into re-establish barriers and continue their demonstration.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement officials in Minneapolis, Minnesota, moved into to swiftly dismantle an \u201cautonomous zone\u201d that cropped up in response to a June 3rd police-involved shooting in the city\u2019s Uptown neighborhood &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280455,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1323796379.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Minneapolis Clears New \u2018Uptown Autonomous Zone\u2019 But Avoids Moving \u2018George Floyd Autonomous Zone\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1323796379.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Minneapolis Clears New \u2018Uptown Autonomous Zone\u2019 But Avoids Moving \u2018George Floyd Autonomous Zone\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}