The next few posts in the Files will take us down to the scene, live and in-person, in Minneapolis and the surrounding area in Minnesota. Apart from the fact that I originate from there, the events have hit here in Germany and many of us don’t have the real accounts of what exactly is happening. In fact, one of the readers recently wrote a comment post denying that the events are taking place and that there was no fascist America. I begged to differ and offered that person to leave if he was still living in that Trump bubble, indoctrinated with that Breitbart shit.
The events have hit home as many families and friends we know are affected and therefore, I’m going to present some examples of accounts that exist, some with sources included, while others are kept annonymous to protect their identities. The goal is to bring the events to light from personal accounts and hopefully, set a spark to force Congress and the Supreme Court to put an end to ICE in America, and with that, Trump’s America.
Already articles of impeachment is in the works which should be in place by the end of March. However, given the unprecedence that is happening, we may need to transcend some laws and adopt what other governments are doing with their corrupt leaders. Some ideas will come later on. But for now, to shed some light on what is happening, here are some stories:
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The first story was shared to one of the members of the Trump resistance group (whose names will not be revealed) from one of his friends who is in the thick of the demos in Minnesota. With his permission, I am presenting this here:
I get so tired of hearing people lecture about what ICE can and cannot do legally. Yes, we all know. The problem is ICE agents don’t care and do what they want. DHS have told them they have unconditional immunity.
Their raids are everywhere–including places we go regularly: restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, parks, hospitals, any kind of business or public space you can think of. In many parts of the city, you literally cannot go out without hearing the sirens and whistles. And then the constant helicopters… (Everyone who lives here knows what I mean.)
Like every parent here, I worry for my daughter’s school because they are, yes, targeting schools. Last week they attacked students and staff at a Minneapolis high school. Yesterday it was a middle school and elementary school. Today it was circling nearly all South Minneapolis elementary and middle schools. ICE is at day care centers and preschools. Parents are volunteering to monitor school pickups and dropoffs, and yesterday there was police presence at my daughter’s school. Many kids can’t even go to school now because there’s so much fear they or their parents will be taken. Schools are rushing to create online lessons and hybrid setups to accommodate those who don’t feel safe enough to come to school. Children have literally been abducted on their way home from school by ICE. I know of at least one parent who was abducted at a bus stop today while she stood with her elementary school child. They illegally entered the college campus I worked at and abducted a student there. Again, this is just what I know of through my own personal networks.
Oh, and ICE is also blocking the food distribution center for the Minneapolis Public Schools, so trucks can’t get out to deliver lunches. It’s been reported to the MN Atty General, but that doesn’t change the fact that students will go hungry.
Thousands upon thousands of people are afraid to leave their homes to go grocery shopping, visit food shelves, get medicine, or go to work. Businesses are empty or closed because workers are terrified to travel to or be visible in their jobs. Women in our neighborhood are asking through back channels about at-home midwives because they’re afraid to go to the hospital to have their babies. And their fear is warranted! ICE has been entering hospitals without warrants. They’ve attacked people outside hospitals, and they’ve also been waiting outside multiple hospitals, including a children’s hospital, to pick up people of color who come out the doors.
Neighborhoods and churches, including my own, are scrambling to organize mutual aid efforts to get groceries to people or help pay bills while family members can’t go to work or drive those who are afraid to be seen behind the wheel or at a bus stop. We’re not just talking about undocumented people. We’re talking about any person of color. These are our neighbors. Our children’s classmates. Our friends and family members.
Our city but increasingly our entire metro area is seeing and dealing with these cosplay thugs every single day. And they are moving into rural areas as well, picking up people indiscriminately. Again, this has NOTHING to do with criminal backgrounds and EVERYTHING to do with race. Now on top of it all we have a bunch of white supremacist goons coming here in a few days to “march” in the most terrorized neighborhoods. My only comfort is that it’s supposed to be single digits next week. Welcome to Minnesota, losers. We saved our best weather just for you.
I’m beyond disgusted with these thugs and those who support this assault on our Constitutional rights, let alone basic human decency. My community is exhausted and fried from stress, and I’m a white person who doesn’t even live in the epicenter. I can’t imagine what many are going through right now who can’t work and have no income, those whose loved ones have been taken or beaten (or murdered), the children who are forever traumatized at the loss of their parents.
But make no mistake–we aren’t backing down. I’ve lived a lot of places in my life, and I have to say they chose the wrong freaking state. People are organizing beyond anything I’ve ever seen in my life, and it makes me so damned proud to live in this city. I’ve never loved it more, and I’ll keep fighting for it.
So, please–share the stories, share the videos. Amplify everything you see coming out of this state. The mainstream media is all but dead. Follow Georgia Fort, Mercado Media, Sahan Journal, and independent outlets like Meidas and Courier (just to name a few). Listen and know that it’s got to be all of us fighting this. Wake up to what is really happening…before it comes for you and your communities.
– Author unknown.
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