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Minnesota Students Arrested After Locking Down to Morrill Hall, Demanding Sanctuary Campus
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (1012+ words) I'm talking to my friends," said Peterson. I'm hearing stories from people who are locked in their dorms every single day since they've gotten [here] because they're so scared of ICE." The remaining three students were taken into custody by…...
ICE in Minnesota – Day 67: Agent Shares Political Reasons of Operation, University Students Lock Down
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (712+ words) Minneapolis, MN " Despite promises of a "drawdown" from immigration officials, the Twin Cities remain targeted by ICE's Operation Metro Surge. In perhaps an illuminating recent conversation, a federal agent told legal observers that Minnesota's status as a Democratic state is…...
State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest Again at Fourth Graduate Noise Demo
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1126+ words) Minneapolis, MN " A mixture of state and local police arrested at least a dozen protesters shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday just outside of the Graduate Hotel on Washington Avenue South East. This was the fourth noise demonstration held at the Graduate Hotel…...
ICE in Minnesota – Days 65-66: Feds Make Arrests in Government Center as Local Police Advance Collaboration
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (865+ words) Minneapolis, MN " Operation Metro Surge has entered its 66th day, representing more than two months of continuous incursion into the Twin Cities and the state as a whole by aggressive, anonymous, and largely unaccountable federal agents. Although in recent weeks, following…...
ICE in Minnesota – Days 57-62: Masses Protest ICE While Violence Continues and Feds Indict Journalists
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1011+ words) Border czar Tom Homan has stepped in to manage Operation Metro Surge and report directly to President Trump. His arrival is framed as a pivot to new tactics while agents continue their roving violence. Twin Cities ICE watchers and community…...
Key Minnesota DFL Leader Resigns After Vehicular Homicide Charge; Party Under Pressure Risks Major Rifts
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (856+ words) There's a Change petition with more than 880 signatures at time of publication demanding Martin "be held accountable and put behind bars." (Itasca County Sheriff Joe Dasovich asked for patience in a response posted in May.) The court records are in…...
State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest After Noise Demo at Hotel Housing ICE Agents
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1039+ words) Minneapolis, MN " A medley of state and local police officers arrested nearly 70 protesters late at night on Jan. 28 outside of the Graduate Hotel on the University of Minnesota campus. The arrests followed the third noise demonstration this month targeting the…...
Independent Journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon Arrested by Feds Along With Three More Activists
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (1234+ words) Minneapolis, MN " A week after arresting three activists over protesting an ICE director who pastors in a St. Paul church, federal agents made five additional arrests, this time targeting two journalists who covered the protest " Georgia Fort and Don Lemon…...
White House Generates Racist AI Image After 'Politically Motivated' Arrest of Activists Over Church Protest
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1481+ words) After the arrest of Levy Armstrong, the White House posted an AI-manipulated image of Nekima crying as she stood handcuffed next to federal agents " she never cried and a video recorded of her arrest published the next day showed her…...
Slavery is Legal in Minnesota. These Groups are Working to Change That.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (441+ words) Minneapolis, MN " Prisoners in Minnesota are earning less than a dollar an hour making products for Disney. That's according to organizers and former inmates who gathered at a press conference in December to share what they've learned " or experienced firsthand…...