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Fire damages Renee Good memorial in south Minneapolis, City Council member says
Police are investigating after gasoline was poured on the memorial and a wood pile was set ablaze, causing damage but no injuries, with community members extinguishing the fire.
- On Feb. 17, Minneapolis Police Department said they received a report of a suspicious fire at the memorial around 8:45 p.m., and the fire was extinguished before officers arrived.
- Since the Jan. 7 shooting by an ICE officer, a community-curated memorial has stood on the 3300 block of Portland Avenue, drawing visitors and artwork.
- Someone doused the site with gasoline and set a pile of wood on fire, photojournalist Ryan Vizzions smelled gasoline, and neighbors used two fire extinguishers to put out the blaze.
- Police labeled the incident suspicious, canvassed for evidence and reported no arrests as of Wednesday morning; several items at the Renee Good and Alex Pretti memorials were damaged, and city officials are working on preservation and space to grieve.
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Minnesota could still charge federal agents in Good, Pretti killings
There’s “no mystery” in how Renee Good and Alex Pretti died, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. At a Wednesday news conference she added that “a trove of investigative materials remains available to state law enforcement,” and “prosecutors are in ‘good shape’ as they consider what would be an unprecedented decision to file state charges against federal agents without the help of the federal government,” the Minnesota Star Tribu…
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