Dog Park Shutdown Sparks Controversy

Duluth News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

Minneapolis is closing its beloved Minnehaha Off-leash Dog Park by year’s end, citing sacred Dakota land and potential unmarked graves tied to the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War — though no proof of remains exists within the park’s current boundaries. Amid the controversy, a St. Paul school board member and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities suggested using “White Christian cemeteries” as new dog park sites, sparking outrage with her comment that dogs could “piss on the white corpses.” Allen, currently facing federal felony charges for disrupting a worship service, was still honored by the…