8 Arrests Made as #4thPrecinctShutDown Eradicated in Early Morning Raid

After 18 days of occupying North Minneapolis’ 4th precinct in the wake of the ‘execution style’ murder of Jamar Clark on November 15, 2015, the Minneapolis Police have raided the encampment.

The night of December 2nd was peaceful, as groups organized around campfires enjoying each…

Minneapolis Police Try to Crush #Justice4Jamar Camp; Community Resists

Nov. 18, 2015 – Minneapolis, MN: On Tuesday afternoon the Minneapolis Police Department used force to sweep out #Justice4Jamar protests from the vestibule and lawn in front of the 4th Precinct in North Minneapolis.
 
Unicorn Riot was on the scene shortly after the sweep-out:
https://vimeo.com/377673087…

Denver to Oakland to Minneapolis! Protest at Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center

DENVER, CO, Nov 17, 2015 — UnicornRiot just recorded a live feed from a protest at Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center. (490 W Colfax Ave). Law enforcement shoved the protesters out the door pretty quickly.
https://vimeo.com/392632821
From the Facebook event description, hosted by the Denver Community…

Police Precinct Occupied after Jamar Clark is ‘Executed’ while Handcuffed

Minneapolis, MN – In the early morning of November 15th, witnesses in North Minneapolis say that 24 year old Jamar Clark was handcuffed on the ground and shot ‘execution’ style by Minneapolis Police. The hashtag #JamesAndPlymouth, in reference to the location of the incident, quickly…

Deprogram: Episode 28

Ep. 28: #Mizzou #ConcernedStudent1950 #BlackOnCampus #ClimateChange #KeystoneXL #Enbridge #Hackers #CWA #Anonymous #Securus #PrisonMonitoring #MMM2015 #CopsLie #BlackLivesMatter #Turkey #Silvan #SilvanUnderAttack #Palestine #Justice4KeithLamar
https://vimeo.com/393792793
#ConcernedStudent1950
For episode 28 of Deprogram we start at the University of Missouri, where a hunger strike to combat the systemic racial injustices…

Deprogram: Episode 27

Ep. 27: #Scumoween #BlackLivesMatter #Austin #LarryJackson #StLouis #KajiemePowell #StopTheCops #FundBlackFutures #TurkeyVotes #TurkeyElections #Australia #AsylumSeekers #EvrosFence #OpenEUborders #RefugeesGr #Sweden #Malmö #Colectiv #Romania #KeystoneXL #DumpDominion #ClimateGames #COP21 #FreeJessieB #StopEnbridge #BareBones

Because of technical difficulties the show was split into segments:

https://vimeo.com/393792404

https://vimeo.com/393792559

For the first “Deprogram” episode…

BareBones Halloween: An Annual Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza

Minnesota’s Twin Cities is lucky in that it is home to “one of the most unique and original and very creative and beautiful productions that you can see” as put by Peter Schulze, a current board member of the BareBones Outdooor Puppet Extravaganza.

BareBones is…

Deprogram: Episode 26

Ep. 26: #CISA #StopCISA #OpSingleGateway #Thailand #Anonymous #Iceland #IRS #WalmartElves #FreeTheWalmartElves #Podgorica #Montenegro #RefugeesGr #Lesbos #HurricanePatricia #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh #FeesMustFall #FBI #Anarchists #Denver #Homeless #ResurrectionVillage #TinyHomes

https://vimeo.com/393805158

After the rundown and music video, we were gratefully joined by members of the collective Denver Homeless Outloud, who spoke…

Resurrection Village: Denver Police Destroy Tiny Homes and Arrest Builders

DENVER, CO – Sat. Oct. 24-Mon. Oct. 26 2015
https://vimeo.com/392621592
https://vimeo.com/392619894
https://vimeo.com/392621030
Resurrection Village is a project to set up tiny homes for homeless Denver residents.
Oct 24th:
Five tiny houses were built on Saturday by Denver Homeless Out Loud [DHOL] and their supporters on…

Racist Chain Letter Sent by Denver RTD Employee

After the August 2014 police shooting of Mike Brown and subsequent protests in Ferguson, a “chain letter” entitled “Words Of A Dying Black Man” began to circulate in forwarded emails and blog posts. The letter, which claims to be written by an elderly black Korean…