siouxcityjournal.com NATION Friday, March 5, 2021 | C3 Growing tension in as trial looms

STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press‌ ‌MINNEAPOLIS — Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the for- mer Minneapolis police offi- cer charged with killing will soon go on trial, a sign of the deep uneasiness hanging over a city literally set ablaze al- JIM MONE, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ most a year ago in the anger over Workers install concertina wire his death. between fenced barriers outside Jacob Frey and Gov. the Hennepin County Government Tim Walz, both Democrats, were Center on Feb. 23 in Minneapolis, as sharply criticized for failing to part of security preparation for the move faster to stop last sum- trial of former Minneapolis police CHARLES KRUPA, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ mer’s looting and destruction, officerD erek Chauvin. Chauvin is which included the torching of charged with murder the death of Runners head down the stretch to the finish line in the 121st Marathon in Boston onA pril 17, 2017. a police station. Anything less George Floyd during an arrest last than a murder conviction for May in Minneapolis. is likely to test them — and the city — once strated peacefully. But for several again. nights, the unrest spiraled into Boston Marathon’s plan Jury selection begins March 8, violence, with stores looted and with opening statements March set ablaze along the Lake Street 29. Floyd, who was Black, died commercial artery that included May 25 after Chauvin, who the 3rd Precinct police station, for medals roils runners was white, pressed his knee which was home to the officers on Floyd’s neck while he was who arrested Floyd. The station WILLIAM J. KOLE ing standard,” one runner, Mark afloat during the pandemic and handcuffed and pleading that itself was eventually abandoned Associated Press‌ Howard of Salisbury, North looking for creative ways to keep he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin by police and burned by rioters. ‌BOSTON — Distance running, Carolina, groused on Twitter. runners engaged online. faces second-degree murder Some nervous neighborhoods traditionally one of the world’s On the other: Pretty much The BAA put on a virtual ver- and manslaughter charges; three formed watch groups, setting most genteel sports, has been everyone else, including the sion of the marathon last year, other fired officers go on trial in up checkpoints and sometimes roiled by an ugly mid-pandemic plodding masses and runners after the coronavirus pandemic August. armed patrols. The violence fi- squabble over who should get a who raise millions for charities, forced it to first postpone its Thousands of people took to nally subsided after National shot at a coveted Boston Mara- who counter that anything that usual April running to Septem- the streets of Minneapolis after Guard troops arrived in suffi- thon medal. helps the 125-year-old mar- ber, and then cancel in-person Floyd’s death. Many demon- cient numbers. Rival camps in the running athon survive the COVID-19 racing altogether. world began snapping at each crisis is worthwhile. But that was limited to ath- other’s heels this week. It be- “A virtual Boston race that letes who had already quali- gan after the Boston Athletic invites everyone is a reason to fied to race or had registered as Prince Philip has successful heart procedure Association, which still hopes celebrate,” said Maria Arana, charity runners. This time, the to hold a truncated in-person a marathoner and coach in first 70,000 people aged 18 or JILL LAWLESS AND DANICA KIRKA edition of the planet’s most Phoenix. “It in no way takes older who sign up and pay a fee Associated Press‌ prestigious footrace in Octo- away from my personal Boston will be able to earn a finisher’s ‌LONDON — Prince Philip has ber, said it will award medals to Marathon experience or anyone medal simply by covering the had a successful heart procedure at up to 70,000 athletes if they go else’s.” classic distance wherever they a London hospital and is expected the distance wherever they are. The bickering seems to have happen to be. They don’t even to remain for several days of “rest Practically within minutes caught many off-guard, if only need to run — they can walk. and recuperation,” Buckingham of the BAA’s announcement because road racing has long “For the first time in our his- Palace said Thursday. greatly expanding its virtual had a reputation as a kind and tory, most everyone will have The palace said the 99-year-old version of the race, a boisterous egalitarian sport. the opportunity to earn a Uni- husband of Queen Elizabeth II “un- social media maelstrom ensued. It’s one of the few disciplines corn finisher’s medal,” BAA derwent a successful procedure for On one side: Runners who’ve where ordinary amateurs com- president and CEO Tom Grilk a pre-existing heart condition at St spent years training to qualify pete in real time on the same said in a statement. Bartholomew’s Hospital.” JOHN STILLWELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ to run the real thing, includ- course as elite professionals, Grilk said the in-person race, “His royal highness will remain Prince Philip watching the ing some who complain that and where trash-talking is rare. if it comes off as scheduled on in hospital for treatment, rest and proceedings from the royal barge mailing medals to people who As four-time Boston champion Oct. 11, will have a reduced field recuperation for a number of days,’’ during the Diamond Jubilee run the 26.2 miles in or Bill Rodgers famously said: to help keep athletes and spec- the palace said in a statement. Pageant on the River Thames will cheapen the iconic “Running is a sport where ev- tators safe. Typically the Bos- Philip, 99, has been hospi- in London on June 3, 2012. Boston experience. eryone gets along.” ton field is capped at around talized since being admitted Buckingham Palace said Prince “A dagger through the heart It also comes as the Boston 30,000; the BAA hasn’t said to King Edward VII’s Hospi- Philip has undergone a successful to someone who has worked Marathon and other big-city how much smaller it will be this tal in London on Feb. 16, where procedure for a pre-existing heart hard to finally earn the qualify- races are struggling to stay autumn. he was treated for an infection. condition.

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