Minneapolis City Council approves alternative downtown site for Third Precinct officers

Minneapolis City Council members on Tuesday unanimously supported moving ahead with a downtown location for police officers whose precinct building was ransacked and burned in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. At the same time, several council members indicated a desire to bar the dilapidated Third Precinct in south Minneapolis from ever again housing police operations. Many questions remain unanswered, such as what will happen to the barricaded, charred building at the corner of East Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue — and when? Nonetheless, the Council's vote served as a...