reporter >> SUN UP AND BARRICADED STILL
MORE THAN 100 DAYS AFTER GEORGE
FLOYD WAS MURDERED, VOLUNTEERS BEGIN THEIR
SWEEP AROUND A MEMORIAL WHICH
HAS GROWN SINCE THE SUMMER, AND
AT THE SPEEDWAY GAS STATION,
LIKE E
AT THE SPEEDWAY GAS STATION, LIKE EVERY MORNING, MARSHA
HOWARD BEGINS A MEETING.
>> LET'S START WITH THE FOUR
ASSUMPTIONS OF GEORGE FLOYD
SQUARE.
SQUARE.
SQUARE. >> Reporter: SHE'S ONE OF THE
KEY LEADERS AMONGST A GROUP OF
ACTIVISTS WHO CONTROL AND
PROTECT THE SQUARE.
>> AND NUMBER FO
PROTECT THE SQUARE. >> AND NUMBER FOUR, DO NOT
ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS
SQUARE, OR EVEN EVERYBODY IN
THIS CIRCLE, HAS YOUR LIBERATION
IN MIND.
IN MIND.
IN MIND. THERE ARE OPS EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS SACRED
SPACE FOR MA
>> Reporter: THIS IS SACRED SPACE FOR MANY, FLOYD'S FINAL
BREATHS AS HE CALLED FOR HIS
MOTHER UNDER THE KNEE OF A
POLICE OFFICER GALVANIZED THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. BUT DEMANDS FOR CHANGE HAVE NOT
YET BEEN MET.
AND THE STREET IS A POTENT
SYMBOL FOR OTHER BLACK MEN AND
WOMEN KILLED BY POLICE.
FOR NOW FOUR BLOCKS AT --
CHICAGO IS AN AUTONOMOUS PROTEST
ZONE THAT THE CITY CAN'T
DISLODGE.
DISLODGE.
DISLODGE. >> EMS CAN COME THROUGH,
FIREFIGHTERS COME THROUGH, BUT
THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHO SUMMARILY
EXECUTED A MAN ON OUR CI
DEPARTMENT WHO SUMMARILY EXECUTED A MAN ON OUR CITY
STREET, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED,
AND SO THEY K
STREET, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED, AND SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE
NOT WELCOME HERE.
>> Reporter: SECURITY IS METED
OUT BY THE GROUP, LIKE IN AUGUST
WHEN A WHITE MED STUDENT SPRAYED
BLACK PAINT ON FLOYD'S MURAL.
HE WAS CAUGHT, LET GO, BUT OUTED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE'S TENSIONS NOW OVER WHAT
TO DO WITH THE FLOYD
ICONOGRAPHY.
ICONOGRAPHY. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MEMORIALS AND CEREMONIAL PLAQUES
AND THE FUTURE.
THAT MAN HAS YET TO RECEIVE
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS YET TO
RECEIVE JUSTICE.
RECEIVE JUSTICE. YOU CAN'T MEMORIALIZE MURDER.
>> Reporter: THE FOUR
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS
CHARGED WITH GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH ARE STILL AWAITING TRIAL,
BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL
MARCH.
MARCH.
MARCH. MEANTIME, THE PEOPLE IN THIS
SQUARE HAVE DELIVERED A LONG
LIST OF DEMANDS TO THE CI
SQUARE HAVE DELIVERED A LONG LIST OF DEMANDS TO THE CITY, AND
THEY WON'T GIVE UP THIS SPACE,
THEY SAY, UNTIL THEY ARE MET.
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♪ ACTIVISTS ARE PRESSURING THE
CITY ON SEVERAL FRONTS, T
ACTIVISTS ARE PRESSURING THE CITY ON SEVERAL FRONTS, TRYING
TO BLOCK A NEW POLICE PRECINCT
TO REPLACE THE ONE BURNED DOWN
IN MAY.
IN MAY.
IN MAY. THEY HAVE WON A FIRST ROUND WHEN
THE CITY FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A
SPACE.
SPACE.
SPACE. >>
SPACE. >> WILL WE FIGHT!
>> Reporter: GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE
IS PART OF THEIR LE
>> Reporter: GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IS PART OF THEIR LEVERAGE, AND
MARSHA HOWARD KNOWS IT
IS PART OF THEIR LEVERAGE, AND MARSHA HOWARD KNOWS IT.
>> SOMEBODY ASKED ME, HEY, HOW
DID A 47-YEAR-OLD MILD-MANNERED
SCHOOL TEACHER WIND UP ON A
BARRICADE?
BARRICADE? WHY HERE?
WHY HERE?
WHY HERE? WHY NOW?
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW? BECAUSE I HAVE NO CHOICE.
I HAVE NO CHOICE.
THEY KILLED THAT MAN 260 STEPS
FROM MY F
THEY KILLED THAT MAN 260 STEPS FROM MY FRONT DOOR.
A CHILD I TEACH FILMED THAT
MAN'S DEATH.
MAN'S DEATH. HER MAMA CALLED ME.
>> NO JUSTICE.
>> NO PEACE!
>> Reporter: BUT THE FLOYD FREE
STATE, AS COME CALL IT, IS
FRAYING.
FRAYING.
FRAYING. BY DAY, A PLACE FOR REFLECTION,
BUT AT NIGHT, THERE'S BEEN
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE. >> PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
LIVELIHOODS.
LIVELIHOODS. >> Reporter: RYAN BILLIG MAKES
FOOD PRODUCTS INSIDE THIS
BUILDING, IN BUSINESS HERE FOR
SIX YEARS.
SIX YEARS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
NOTED THAT THERE'S -- LAST
WEEKEND WE HAD BULLETS FLYING IN
THE STREET AT NIGHT.
AND THIS WINDOW UNDER HERE IS A
HOLE.
HOLE.
HOLE. THAT WE
HOLE. THAT WENT THROUGH THAT POSTER.
>> Reporter: A BULLET HOLE.
>> YEAH, AND THE BULLET WENT
INSIDE.
INSIDE.
INSIDE. IT WENT THROUGH TWO PANES OF
GLASS, HIT AN INTERIOR WALL AND
THE BULLET WAS, YOU KNOW, FOUND
ON THE FLOOR.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
HAPPEN HERE?
HAPPEN HERE? >> I WANT THE STREET TO OPEN UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD HAPPENING,
AND I DON'T WANT TO DOWNPLAY
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> Reporter: HE JUST WANTS TO
FEEL SAFE, HE SAYS.
LAST WEEK THE CITY OFFICIALLY
NAMED THIS GEORGE PARRY FLOYD
JR. PLACE, BUT THAT ALONE WILL
NOT BREAK DOWN THESE BARRICADES.
SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS,