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“Our people, we know what it’s like to be snatched and grabbed. We see our women disappear and become hashtags, #MMIW.”

Gabriel Black Elk speaks in #Minneapolis on behalf of #NativeLivesMatter re: what the #UnitedStates fed govt has perpetrated over the centuries.
“Politicians on both sides of the aisle will not protect working-class people & protesters here in this country so it’s gonna be US: #WorkingClass ppl standing shoulder-to-shoulder when fed troops come.”

We’re covering a rally in #Minneapolis in solidarity w #PortlandProtests.
Legal observer speaks about CBP officers as people who don’t qualify to be regular #police and who specifically seek employment as border patrol officers because they enjoy the lawlessness of it.

“The only thing these cowards understand is the power of the people.”
After 50+ days protesting against police violence, federal authorities have been tasked to #police the protesters. This will be extended to multiple cities across the #UnitedStates.

Organizers & community members in #Minneapolis are rallying against the federal intervention.
Footage of Travis Jordan’s killing, moments before he was shot, is being used w/o permission of his family by #Minnesota police as an example of what not to do to deescalate a #MentalHealth situation when the civilian has no firearm.

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An impromptu march is taking place through streets of downtown #Minneapolis in solidarity w #PortlandProtests.

#GeorgeFloyd’s name being changed presently.
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Back at the courthouse, one speaker notes that #Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan—an #Indigenous woman who has come out for #NativeLivesMatter events such as #NotYourMascot protests—has been silent on the issue of #police brutality.
This evening we were #LIVE from the #MinneapolisToPortland rally in front of the Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis. #MplsToPdx #PortlandProtests

See part one of our two-part stream:
#Minneapolis: Hundreds showed up to a #solidarity rally with #Portland.

The organizers, feeling the "high energy" of the turnout, used the momentum to facilitate a march around the Federal building, City Hall, and the Government Center.

Stream part two:
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