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  • Police brutality protest briefly blocks Edina intersection

    10/22/2016 4:03:24 PM PDT · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 16 replies
    StarTribune.com ^ | 10/22/16 | Liz Sawyer
    About 100 people rallied and marched in Edina on Saturday to protest police brutality, blocking the busy intersection at 50th and France for about 40 minutes. The gathering, organized around the theme of "I Am a Man," was held to address the issues of racial profiling and police violence against black men, including fatal police shootings of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile. Its initial inspiration was last week's encounter between a black pedestrian and a plainclothes Edina police officer, part of which was caught on camera. Black men were invited to stand together on the steps of City Hall, where...