A police association spokesperson said that the so-called “autonomous zone” around the site where George Floyd died in Minneapolis has become a threat to public safety and a danger to residents and businesses. Retired Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith, spokeswoman for the National Police Association (NPA), told Fox News in an interview Thursday about recent incidents around the intersection of E. 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, renamed George Floyd Square in honor of Floyd’s police-custody death. “George Floyd Square is now an autonomous zone. They just had a homicide there,” Smith told the outlet, adding that violence in the barricaded area has been a constant problem since riots rocked Minneapolis over the summer. Police said a man was shot and killed in George Floyd Square last Saturday. According to local outlet KSTP, Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said the responding officers “were met with interference” when they approached the zone’s …
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