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A teenager who was wounded this week during a spray of gunfire Monday night in Uptown has been charged with unleashing rapid-fire gunshots in south Minneapolis that hit nine people outside a ...
Uptown is a commercial district in southwestern Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota, that is centered at the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and West Lake Street.It has traditionally spanned the corners of four neighborhoods, Lowry Hill East, East Bde Maka Ska, South Uptown and East Isles neighborhoods, which are all within the Calhoun Isles community. [2]
Uptown is probably the best-known business district in Minneapolis besides downtown. It centers at the intersection of West Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, but is not officially recognized as it includes parts of four neighborhoods: South Uptown , East Bde Maka Ska , East Isles , and Lowry Hill East .
The Uptown Association cancelled its annual Uptown Art Fair that had been scheduled August 2021. The street festival had an estimated 300,000 attendees and it showcased over 300 artists. The Uptown Association cited several factors for cancelling the event, including recent demonstrations, fires, and illicit street racing.
A series of protests and civil unrest in the U.S. city of Minneapolis began on June 3, 2021, as a reaction to the police killing of Winston Boogie Smith, a 32-year-old black American man. [11] Civil unrest began in the Uptown district on June 3 when few details of the incident were known.
Protests began on June 3, 2021, and continued for several days, primarily in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. [35] [11] [36] Minneapolis police made several arrests for looting and rioting during the overnight hours of June 3 and 4. [37]
False rumors of a police shooting resulted in rioting, arson, and looting in the U.S. city of Minneapolis from August 26–28, 2020. The events began as a reaction to the suicide of Eddie Sole Jr., a 38-year old black man who was being pursued by Minneapolis police officers for his alleged involvement in a homicide.
Minneapolis [a] is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. [4] With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. [7] Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of ...