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On an absolutely beautiful April morning, Willie White and Luis Villanueva stepped out of the stuffy lobby of Minneapolis’ Lake Street Safety Center and started to walk their beats.
White greeted people by name as he passed them, asking about their day or whether they needed anything. He joked with customers and staff at J Klips barbershop. Inside Colonial Market and Restaurant, Villanueva chatted in Spanish with a woman behind a register…