LEAK: Unredacted Denver Police Crowd Control Manual

Last week, after filing a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request, Unicorn Riot received a heavily redacted copy of the Denver Police Crowd Control Manual. Most sections of the manual relevant to the policing of protests (our primary interest) were redacted. One redaction was 15…

First Nations Invite Enbridge to Public Debate

Superior, WI – During a snow storm in Superior, Wisconsin, about 100 community members and activists gathered at the Douglas County Courthouse to voice their opposition to Enbridge’s pipeline expansion plans, march to Enbridge offices, and call for a public debate. After a feast and…

Hundreds of Students Walkout in Minneapolis to Protest Deportations

Minneapolis, MN – On Wednesday, January 20th, 250-300 students walked out of public high schools across the Twin Cities to demand an end to ICE’s deportation of Immigrant families. The students assembled at MLK park in South Minneapolis and marched to Lake Street to protest…

Protesters File Lawsuit Against MPD for Excessive Force

Minneapolis, MN – Two protesters {interviewed below} from the recent 18 day #4thPrecinctShutDown are suing officers of the Minneapolis Police Department and the City of Minneapolis for violating their free speech and using excessive force. The protests began on November 15th in the wake of…

#BlackXmas2 Shuts Down Mall of America, Light Rail & Both MSP Airport Terminals

Bloomington, MN – Hundreds of protesters converged on the Mall of America in what was billed as another #BlackXmas mall protest. This time Black Lives Matter Minneapolis & other groups demanded justice for Jamar Clark, an independent prosecutor for the police officer that killed him,…

MOA Attempts ‘Unconstitutional’ Injunction Against BLM-Mpls

UPDATE: February 29th, 2016, two months after filing a restraining order against #BlackLivesMatter Minneapolis organizers, Mall of America attorney Susan Gaertner asked a judge to drop the orders. For her reasoning, she stated, “We believe that it had the correct effect on the goings on…

Hundreds March Miles in Frigid Temp for #Justice4Jamar

Minneapolis, MN – A large coalition of organizations and community members defied frigid temperatures for the Justice 4 Jamar Unity Rally/March on Saturday, December 19, 2015 shortly after noon.

The rally and march was the latest in a series of community events in response to…

The Solecast # 19 with Vivien Weisman on The Hacker Wars

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An in-depth interview with Cuban born director Vivien Weisman. We discuss the hacker ethic, the importance of whistleblowers & the confluence of hacking & leaking. Vivien talks in depth about the importance of “activist journalism” and…

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:
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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
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For episode 28 of Deprogram we start at the University of Missouri, where a hunger strike to combat the systemic racial injustices…