St. Paul, MN – The capitol lawn swelled with 200,000 protesters, according to organizers, with some arriving from around the country, to join in on the third national No Kings event protesting the presidential administration of Donald Trump. Law enforcement estimated the crowd to be…
Dozens of people were arrested by state police and Hennepin County sheriff's deputies after a march against ICE to the Whipple Federal Building on Sunday, March 1, during the last planned protest of the 'Bring the Heat Melt The Ice!' week of action in Minnesota.
Continuing our news briefs documenting ICE in Minnesota, catch up on some of the ICE activity in the state during days 72-77.
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota people, and invite state officials like Gov. Tim Walz, and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to have a conversation.
Students at the University of Minnesota were arrested for locking down to the administration building demanding the campus become a sanctuary without access for federal agents.
A mixture of state and local police arrested at least a dozen protesters on Thursday night after a noise demo outside of the Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis.
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.