July 2021 | Chad Davis Photography

Sunflower at Kasota Prairie SNA, Minnesota

A wild sunflower blooms at Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural Area, a remnant of Minnesota’s once vast prairie ecosystem. Managed…

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Kasota Prairie Yield Sign

Yield Sign seen at Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural Area.

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Mill Ruins Park with Canadian Wildfire Smoke

Mill Ruins Park near downtown Minneapolis with Canadian wildfire smoke.

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The Electric Fetus and wildfire smoke

The Electric Fetus record store in Minneapolis during wildfire smoke covering the city. The air quality in Minnesota was the…

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Minneapolis wildfire smoke on I35W

Smoke from Canadian wildfires in Minneapolis as seen from above Interstate 35W.

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Cup Foods and George Floyd Memorial July 2021

A smoky evening at George Floyd Square during air quality warnings over Canadian wildfire smoke. The wildfires brought the worst…

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Read the demands Justice For Murphy Ranks

"Read the Demand" "Justice for Murphy Ranks!" at George Floyd Square on July 29, 2021.

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George Floyd Square and bad air quality

Chicago Avenue in George Floyd Square during a Canadian wildfire smoke filled evening.

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Midtown Greenway bikers with wildfire smoke

Bikers biking down the Midtown Greenway while wildfire smoke from Canada blankets Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis North Loop Wildfire Smoke

Smoke in Minneapolis from the Canadian wildfires makes the view of downtown hazy. Seen from Minneapolis North Loop.

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Love Hope Unity mural

"Love Hope Unity" written in a parking lot on Franklin Avenue and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.

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Metro Transit cameras on Nicollet Mall

A Metro Transit surveillance camera system setup outside the flagship Target Store.

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Nicollet Avenue Seating at Night, Downtown Minneapolis

Green café-style chairs along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, part of the city’s ongoing effort to reimagine its primary pedestrian…

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The Dayton’s Project on Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

The Dayton’s Project in downtown Minneapolis, located at 700 Nicollet Mall, redevelops the historic Dayton’s department store building into a…

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Nicollet Mall in Downtown Minneapolis July 2021

Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.

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Pillsbury’s Best Flour and the lit up water tower

The former Pillsbury flour mill near downtown Minneapolis. It's since been renovated into condos.

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The Legacy Condominiums in Minneapolis

The Legacy Condominiums in downtown Minneapolis. The Eleven tower under construction behind it. July 2021.

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Minneapolis Fire Truck From Above

A Minneapolis fire truck as seen from above.

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Riverside Plaza and Cedar-Riverside Towers at Dusk

Riverside Plaza, a defining feature of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis, reflects the city’s 1970s experiment with large-scale urban housing….

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Minneapolis Skyline at Sunset from the South Loop

The downtown Minneapolis skyline glows at sunset, viewed from the south side near the Elliot Park and Stevens Square neighborhoods….

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Cooling Towers and US Bank Stadium

Cooling towers next to US Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis on July 24, 2021.

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Security guard with face covering in Minneapolis

A security guard at Seven Points Mall with a face covering turns his back.

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Wince Way sign in Uptown Minneapolis

A sign that reads "Wince Way" behind the newly installed security fencing outside the Lake & Girard parking ramp and…

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Deona Marie Memorial after being cleared

A few candles and flowers remain at the memorial for Deona Knajdek a week after the space was cleared by…

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MIlwaukee Bucks, 2021 NBA Champions “Bucks in 6”

Milwaukee celebrates as the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA Championship since 1971.

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Milwaukee celebrates as the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA Championship since 1971.

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MIlwaukee Bucks, 2021 NBA Champions

Milwaukee celebrates as the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA Championship since 1971.

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MIlwaukee Bucks, 2021 NBA Champions

Milwaukee celebrates as the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA Championship since 1971.

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Fireworks explode over Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee Bucks NBA Champions

Milwaukee celebrates as the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA Championship since 1971.

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Deer District after Bucks win NBA Championship

Milwaukee celebrates as the Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA Championship since 1971.

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Foxconn Globe Data Center, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

The Foxconn “Globe” in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is a striking spherical glass structure originally envisioned as part of the company’s…

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Foxconn Innovation Center and Globe, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

This photograph shows the main Foxconn Innovation Center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, part of the company’s large but scaled-down industrial…

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High Tech Carrier Facility at Foxconn Campus, Wisconsin

Part of Foxconn’s sprawling Mount Pleasant complex, this modern structure labeled “High Tech Carrier” represents one of the few large-scale…

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Foxconn Campus Entrance, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

A directional sign marks Gate 2 at Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant campus in Racine County, Wisconsin. Erected as part of the…

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Foxconn Globe and Data Center — Mount Pleasant, WI

The glass globe structure at the Foxconn Industrial Internet complex in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — a striking symbol of the…

Factory, Foxconn, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

Foxconn Globe on Wisconn Valley Way — Mount Pleasant, WI

The distinctive mirrored-glass globe at Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant campus stands along Wisconn Valley Way, a new road constructed specifically for…

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Photos: Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA Championship (2021)

Bucks Win! Thousands gather in Milwaukee after the Milwaukee Bucks with the NBA Championship.

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Conflict Resolution Group private security with a dog

A private security guard walks the grounds of a parking ramp with a dog.

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Anti-Landlord Sticker on Downtown Wall — Minneapolis

A handwritten sticker criticizing property ownership dynamics is affixed to a concrete wall in downtown Minneapolis. Reading “Landlords don’t ‘provide’…

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We will not be silent protest sign

A sign reading "We will not be silent so that you can remain comfortable!" on the security fencing around the…

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Paramilitary Contractors in Uptown

A sign reading "Paramilitary contractors accountable to no one are running around uptown now." with "They assaulted someone last night."…

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Seven Points Mall Ramp Security Lightning

Security lighting outside the parking ramp that Winston Smith was killed at.

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CRG Conflict Resolution Group Security Company

Conflict Resolution Group at Seven Points Mall. The security company was contracted after protests following the federal law enforcement killing…

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Security at Seven Points Mall following Winston Smith protests

Armed security from Conflict Resolution Group inside a fence at Seven Points Mall. The area was the site of protests…

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Security guard with CRG patch

A security guard with Conflict Resolution Group wearing a CRG patch at Seven Points Mall in Uptown Minneapolis.

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Protesters climb fencing at Winston Smith protest site

Protesters climb the fence outside the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorials. The memorials had been cleared by private security…

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Fencing at Winston Smith protest site

Security guards and fencing around the parking garage that held memorials for Winston smith and Deona Marie.

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Conflict Resolution Group In Uptown Minneapolis

Private security company patrolling the mall that Winston Smith was killed by federal law enforcement officers the month prior.

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Private Security Surveillance in Uptown

A security guard looks down at those on Lake Street with a pair of binoculars.

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CRG Security in Uptown Minneapolis

Private security clears out the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorial in Uptown Minneapolis. Some of the contractors were carrying…

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Deona Marie Memorial after clearing by police

The Deona Marie Memorial after it was cleared in the morning by private security contractors.

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Signs outside the newly cleared Winston Smith Protest

Signs laying against newly installed barricades outside what was the Winston Smith and Deona Marie Memorials.

Conflict Resolution Group at Seven Points

Conflict Resolution Group at Seven Points. The security firm operated around Seven Points Mall following the federal law enforcement killing…

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Armed security placing cones outside the Seven Points Mall parking garage.

Private security at Seven Points

Private security clears out the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorial in Uptown Minneapolis. Some of the contractors were carrying…

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Armed private security at Seven Points protest

Private security clears out the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorial in Uptown Minneapolis. Some of the contractors were carrying…

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Private security at peace garden in Minneapolis

Private security clears out the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorial in Uptown Minneapolis. Some of the contractors were carrying…

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CRG Private Security in Uptown Minneapolis

Private security clears out the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorial in Uptown Minneapolis. Some of the contractors were carrying…

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Fencing goes up at Winston Smith protest site

Minneapolis Police outside what was the Wince Marie Memorial Garden. Private security and police cleared the lot and fencing was…

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Winston Smith Memorial Garden clearing

Private security clears out the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorial in Uptown Minneapolis. Some of the contractors were carrying…

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Downtown Minneapolis business district

The downtown Minneapolis business district as seen from the Walker Art Center,.

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Loring Pond and buildings in Minneapolis

Loring Pond near Downtown Minneapolis

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Tower cranes at Gateway site

Tower cranes around the gateway project behind Minneapolis City Hall.

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Downtown Minneapolis wildfire smoke 7th street

Minneapolis during bad qir quality due to wildfires.

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Air quality alerts and Downtown Minneapolis

Downtown Minneapolis with wildfire haze.

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Minneapolis Police and Winston Smith protesters

Protesters and who the police call "hot rodders" shut down streets in Uptown Minneapolis. Police moved in hours later and…

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Power to the People in Uptown Minneapolis

Minneapolis Police arrive at the "Wince Marie Peace Garden" after they respond to "hot rodder" and protester street closures a…

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Minneapolis police at Winston Smith peace garden

Protesters and who the police call "hot rodders" shut down streets in Uptown Minneapolis. Police moved in hours later and…

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Minneapolis Police at the Winston Smith Protest

Minneapolis Police across the street from the "Wince Marie Peace Garden".

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Dumpster Fires in Uptown Minneapolis

Shortly after the "hot rodders" dispersed at Hennepin & Lagoon. The streets were barricaded during protests following Winston Smith being…

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Barricaded Streets in Uptown Minneapolis

Barricades at Hennepin Ave and Lagoon Ave in Uptown Minneapolis.

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Barricades on Hennepin and Lagoon in Minneapolis

Barricades placed at Hennepin and Lagoon in Uptown Minneapolis.

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No Racists Allowed at George Floyd Square

Signs at George Floyd Square on a rainy night in Minneapolis.

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Casablanca Foods reflections

Casablanca Foods in South Minneapolis during a rainy evening.

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Minneapolis Fire at Stellas in Uptown Minneapolis

Firefighters put a dumpster fire out behind the Stella's Fish Cafe. The restaurant has said they suffered $53,000 in damage.

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Seven Points Parking Ramp Graffiti

Memorials for Winston Smith at the location he was killed by a Federal Task Force on June 3rd.

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Stop The Cover Up graffiti in Minneapolis

"Wince Way", a protest zone in Uptown Minneapolis following the deaths of Winston Smith on June 3rd, 2021 and Deon…

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Sun Dog at George Floyd Square

A "sun dog" at George Floyd Square. Apparently sun dogs are rare in the summer?

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Winston Smith mural in Uptown Minneapolis

Winston written on the side of the building next to the Deona Marie memorial.

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Our Streets barricades on Lake Street

Protesters close down the streets near the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorials in Uptown Minneapolis. Winston Smith was killed…

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Our Streets fire barricades in Minneapolis

Protesters close down vehicle traffic on streets near the Winston Smith and Deona Marie memorials in Uptown Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis Outreach Experts in Downtown Minneapolis

"Outreach Experts" walk the streets of Downtown Minneapolis.

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Wince Marie Peace Garden at sunset

A memorial garden on Lake/Girard in Uptown Minneapolis. The garden was built after the June 3rd law enforcement killing of…

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Winston Smith Memorial on top of parking ramp

The Winston Smith Memorial at the spot where he was killed by law enforcement.

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Wince Marie Peace Garden 4 Ever

"Wince Marie Peace Garden 4 Ever" written in chalk near where Winston Smith was killed.

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Abolish The Police No Cops in Minneapolis

The top of the parking ramp that Winston Smith was killed in. Winston Smith was killed by Hennepin and Ramsey…

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