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Minneapolis residents step up to protect their neighborhoods – from Little Earth to Longfellow

As fire and violence have raged through the Twin Cities, Pimento Jamaican Kitchen and Rum Bar has tried to help its community by serving as a pop-up food shelf.

To keep going, co-owner Tomme Beevas said he's had to turn it into something "like a Fort Knox fortress." Beevas' business along Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis has been overwhelmed with volunteers - growing from about seven people standing guard to more than 250 vigilantly watching from rooftops, street corners and alleyways.

The same has happened in neighborhoods across the Twin Cities - from Little Earth to Longfellow - as residents have galvanized after several long nights of worry about what could happen at a time when first responders have been spread thin.

https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-residents-step-up-to-protect-their-neighborhoods-from-little-earth-to-longfellow/570910552/

 

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