I live in a Twin Cities neighborhood that was a hot spot for unrest. Here's how, hour by hour, my neighbors and I are now working together to support each other.

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• For over a year, Tim Watkins has lived in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota, one of the hot spots of demonstrator and police conflict this past week following the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in nearby Minneapolis.
• As unrest grew over the weekend of May 30, Watkins began connecting with neighbors for the first time. Their priority was keeping everyone safe. 
• The group divided each night into two-hour neighborhood watch-style shifts; they also connected on Facebook to help provide donations, groceries, and other supplies to neighbors in need.
• Forming this neighborhood bond and creating a collective goal of staying safe helped calm his and his neighbors' sense of fear and isolation, Watkins writes.
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If you have been glued to the news lately, you would be forgiven for thinking that civilization is on the brink of collapse in the Twin Cities. I want you to understand that nothing could be further from the truth.
I live in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood of St. Paul, one of the hotspots of unrest this past week following the heinous murder of George Floyd by a white police officer. I love my neighborhood, with large trees providing a canopy over our streets, a plethora of small businesses and restaurants, and residents from a range of backgrounds.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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