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Monday, September 21, 2020

Police say 'autonomous zone' blocked emergency response to brutal assault; citizens' group disagrees

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS obtained surveillance video that captures the owner of a small business on Chicago Avenue being assaulted in the heart of a four-block area often referred to as an 'autonomous zone' near George Floyd Square. 

The barricaded zone is a one-block radius from the intersection of Chicago Avenue South and East 38th Street, flanked on the north and south by 37th and 39th streets and on the east and west by Elliot and Columbus avenues. 

The owner of Mill City Auto Body, who asked to only be identified by his first name, Dan, was knocked unconscious during an assault and robbery at his business on Aug. 5. 

'I had a broken cheekbone, teeth missing, stitches in my head and I was knocked out,' Dan said. 'It took police and the ambulance a very long time to get here because they had a hard time getting inside the barricades.' 
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3 comments:

  1. JeremyRSeptember 21, 2020 at 9:18 AM

    There is no zone, but the city is negotiating with the occupants.
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  2. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2020 at 2:33 PM

    Why is there any sort of negotiation at all. Leave or face the consequences...

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  3. nonncomSeptember 22, 2020 at 7:07 AM

    "Better to carry a gun and not need it than to not carry one, and need it"....Benjamin Franklin..../s

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