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5 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
We’re still live from I-94 in Minneapolis where legions of police, sheriffs, and state troopers, are now several hours into carrying out the mass arrest of an entire march of ~6-700 people

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Police announced over the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) that everyone arrested will be cited and released.

A bus full of arrestees just pulled away, many of those trapped on the freeway by officers still remain awaiting arrest.
Police have reportedly been processing arrestees at US Bank Stadium, which may have been turned into a mass arrest processing site tonight
Seems like the mass arrest on I-94 has wrapped up - many people reportedly already cited and released, some were allowed to leave at the end as were press who had remained to document the incident
According to statements today by Minnesota State Patrol (who answer to Gov. Tim Walz and Public Safety director John Harrington), they arrested 646 people and towed 6 vehicles after surrounding a large protest and trapping it on the highway last night.
Our thread from last night includes details showing how this mass arrest, carried out without giving any warnings or dispersal orders, is a radical departure from the norms of modern policing (created in response to civil rights lawsuits filed re mass arrests in early 2000s):

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Police in Minneapolis have kettled upwards of a thousand people on the freeway, and have begun making arrests of trapped protesters. They’ve stated that everyone attending the protest is under arrest for unlawful assembly and public nuisance.

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Protesters tonight were not given dispersal orders before being kettled and mass arrested.

Last night, a much smaller protest march in Minneapolis was also surrounded and mass arrested without warnings or a chance to leave.
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#Minneapolis: this morning constituents visited the home of Marion Greene, who serves as chair to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.

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