First Avenue, Walker drop security deals with Minneapolis police

Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue and the Walker Art Center on Wednesday said they would stop using Minneapolis Police Department officers as security for events, a sign that pullback from the department after last week's death of George Floyd — and days of subsequent protests — is spreading to the private sector. City Pages reports on the announcements (you can also read them here and here). First Avenue's is blunter, saying that in the wake of Floyd's death during an arrest by police, "The…