MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores at the location where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 have sued the city, accusing it of neglecting the area and hurting business.
The lawsuit, filed in mid-November in state court, also names Mayor Jacob Frey and other officials and accuses the city of not properly policing the area since Floyd’s death. It also accuses the city of blocking the intersection that is now known as George Floyd Square with concrete barriers for more than a year after Floyd’s death, keeping customers from entering.
The combination has turned the area into a hub for violent crime, the lawsuit says.
As odd as it seems, law enforcement has no legal obligation to provide specific services to individuals, neighborhoods, or areas. The suit will get tossed.
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