Planned Protest Against New 3rd Police Precinct Turns Into Block Party, After Protesters Get Their Way

From CBS Minnesota:

By Marielle Mohs

September 16, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – What was meant to be a protest turned into a party after a plan fell through to rebuild the Minneapolis Police 3rd precinct. The city reached an impasse on a new $1.2 million temporary headquarters along Minnehaha Avenue.

A block party was held in the parking lot next to the proposed site of the new 3rd Police Precinct Wednesday night. It was organized by a newly formed group called Seward Police Abolition, which is made up of community members from the Seward and Longfellow neighborhoods in the 3rd precinct.

Local vendors sold products and there were several speakers.

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