Right-Wing Influencers Desperate to Find an Insurrection in Minneapolis
Right-wing content creators have descended on the Twin Cities to agitate community members and farm for content during the federal government's immigration occupation.
Tag: Minnesota
ICE in Minnesota – Days 47-50: DOJ Probes State Leaders, ICE Continues Illegal Detainments, Unions Call for General Strike
Minneapolis, MN — Following a weekend of protests against far-right agitators who have flocked to Minnesota in recent days, the Twin Cities continue to deal with the ever-evolving nature of the federal occupation unfolding in the region.
Saturday saw thousands come out to oppose far-right…
Far-Right Provocateur Jake Lang Chased Out of Minneapolis During Hate Rally
Minneapolis, MN — Thousands of counter-protesters gathered on Jan. 17 in downtown Minneapolis outside the City Hall, quashing an Islamophobic rally before it was able to even begin.
Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang, the rally’s organizer, was chased multiple blocks from City Hall to the Hotel…
🦄 Investigative, Police
Body Cameras Show How Police Acted During Minneapolis’ Largest Mass Arrest
UR is exclusively releasing 73 Minneapolis Police videos from the largest mass arrest in MN history of at least 646 people in Nov. 2020.
Minneapolis Community Rallies Behind Isabel Lopez to Demand Feds Drop Charges
Minneapolis, MN — At The Square Gallery nestled inside George Floyd Square on September 14, 2025, a gathering of community members, anti-ICE activists, and leaders rallied behind Isabel Lopez against her legal case. She is facing four felony charges incurred while protesting what was thought…
🦄 Prison
Bryan Hooper Sr. Freed From Wrongful Conviction After ‘Sordid’ 27 Years in Prison
Bryan Hooper Sr. walked out of a Minnesota prison on Sept. 4 after 9,999 days of captivity for a murder he was wrongfully convicted of.
Minneapolis Protest Against ICE, Mayor, and Roof Depot Deal Meddling
Minneapolis, MN — On Thursday, August 28, a protest was called by a collection of groups in Minnesota demanding “ICE Out” of Minneapolis and a “real sanctuary city for immigrants now,” and for Mayor Jacob Frey to “stop sabotaging the Roof Depot deal” as well…
The Fight for the Roof Depot Continues, Activists Respond to City of Minneapolis’ Lack of Effort
Minneapolis, MN — On August 11, 2025, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) held a press conference in front of the Roof Depot site. They have fought continuously for three years around the Roof Depot issue, which was sparked when the City of Minneapolis wanted…
🦄 Prison
After 27 Years in Prison, Prosecutors Call For Bryan Hooper’s Murder Conviction to be Vacated
Minneapolis, MN — Bryan Hooper, another wrongfully convicted Black man in Minnesota, is hoping to be freed from his life sentence after the state’s key trial witness recently admitted to the murder Hooper was convicted for. In late July, the perpetrator of the vicious 1998…
Minneapolis Commemoration of Rep John Lewis Draws Thousands in Honor of ‘Good Trouble’
Minneapolis, MN — On July 17, 2025, there was a nationwide call to action to commemorate the life and legacy of John Lewis, where many put emphasis on how his philosophy of getting in “good trouble” inspired them. Good trouble was Lewis’s coined phrase inspired…
General Mills Sued for Racial Discrimination and Retaliation
Minneapolis, MN — As corporations across the United States gleefully regress back to their racist roots with the second Trump term, a fired worker in Minnesota is fighting back. General Mills, headquartered in a western Minneapolis suburb, is facing a lawsuit filed by a Black…
🦄 Investigative
The Deep Ties and Deeper Pockets of Minnesota’s Far-Right
Maple Grove, MN – The Rush Creek Golf Club’s event space was filled with the din of knives and forks, scraping and tapping ceramic to the tune of conspiratorial chit chat, as a fluorescent white audience –mostly over the retirement age — shared with one…