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🦄 Arts & Culture, Community, Police
Community Members Craft Messages of Love for Daunte Wright’s Family Outside the Courthouse
Minneapolis, MN – When the Kim Potter trial for killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright began in late November, two activist-archivists made it their duty to make sure the Wright family felt solidarity from the community. Jeanelle Austin and Sharolyn Hagen spent the day outside the Hennepin…
Minneapolis Pushes Activists to Their Limits
Minneapolis has been ground zero for international outrage and seen nearly nonstop protests since Minneapolis police (MPD) murdered George Floyd over a year ago. Also since the murder of Floyd, the city of Minneapolis and the powers that be have shown contempt for protesters, with…
🦄 Community
Community Gathers at George Floyd Square After City Removes Concrete Barriers
Minneapolis, MN – Community members are gathering in response to early morning actions by authorities to eradicate the space around George Floyd Square, considered by some an ‘autonomous zone’.
Working in coordination with a community group called Agape which is a contractor with the city…
Thousands March in Celebration of Mayday 2021
International Workers Day or ‘Mayday’ is a annual holiday held on the first of May to celebrate the achievements and sacrifices of the international labor movement. The holiday started in the United States over a century ago to commemorate the workers who campaigned to achieve…
🦄 Police, Racism & Far-Right
The State’s Conviction of Chauvin Upholds the System’s ‘Innocence’
Minneapolis, MN – In just ten hours, the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial delivered guilty verdicts on all three counts for the killing of George Floyd. In the context of the state’s arguments, the verdict serves to show that Chauvin’s actions were an…
🦄 Community
Black and Yellow at George Floyd Square: Asian Solidarity Rally
Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday afternoon at George Floyd Square, people gathered for a community gathering of healing between Black and Asian communities and against white supremacy.
From their event page: “The community believed that unity was important as both groups are going through a…
Beyond the Barricades: A Look At George Floyd Square [Mini-Doc]
Minneapolis, MN – Since the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd, the area where Floyd took his last breath has turned into an international sacred space controlled by community caretakers. The autonomous zone called George Floyd Square (GFS) consists of four city blocks around 38th…
George Floyd Square Celebrates Malcolm X
Minneapolis, MN – Nearly 100 people gathered in George Floyd Square (GFS) to commemorate Malcolm X on the 56th anniversary of his assassination. An event organized by the community at GFS featured a vigil for Malcolm X, a discussion on Black liberation movements of past…
🦄 Police
Jay Kolls: False Reporting From George Floyd Square to D.C.
Minneapolis, MN – After the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, newsman Jay Kolls falsely reported “antifa” was involved in the violence. Kolls, a Twin Cities-based KSTP-TV (ABC) newsman, routinely becomes a part of the stories he reports. Before spreading lies…
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🦄 Police, Racism & Far-Right
Minneapolis Police Violently Assault Man Yards From George Floyd Memorial
Minneapolis, MN – An advocate for the homeless was brutally arrested just yards from George Floyd’s memorial on December 4, 2020. The advocate, a young Black man named JoJo, said that Minneapolis Police officer Kyle Mader dislocated his shoulder when he violently slammed him to…