NEW: Protests took place across the #UnitedStates on Nov 4 specifically demanding that the country uphold democratic #elections and also generally demanding that the fight for social progress not waver, whatever the result.
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“Voting Isn’t Enough” and “Jews Against Fascism” were 2 signs carried by protesters in #Boston.
Demands from protesters there included increased consultation with #Indigenous tribes, getting #police out of schools, and the need for #COVID hazard pay.
Demands from protesters there included increased consultation with #Indigenous tribes, getting #police out of schools, and the need for #COVID hazard pay.
In addition to defending the vote in the #UnitedStates, the People’s Mandate protest in #Minneapolis demanded community control of the #police, a halt to racist attacks on immigrants, housing & economic relief for all in need, and #HealthCare for all.
https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1324150303755816960
646 people were arrested in Mpls, according to the #Minnesota State Patrol, who surrounded protesters last night and trapped them on the highway.
The State Patrol answers to @GovTimWalz and Commissioner John Harrington of the MN Dept. of Public Safety.
The State Patrol answers to @GovTimWalz and Commissioner John Harrington of the MN Dept. of Public Safety.
https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1324310862254002176
Correction: the #DefendTheVote event at Cedar-Riverside linked up with a separate rally and march from downtown, the protest for a People’s Mandate.
The newly-merged group then streamed onto Interstate 94, where they were kettled and arrested.
The newly-merged group then streamed onto Interstate 94, where they were kettled and arrested.
Unicorn Riot will be providing continued reporting on events taking place in #Minneapolis as well as in other parts of the country as the votes from the November 3 #ElectionNight continued to be carefully counted. Stay tuned.
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Reportedly the first arrestees from Nov 4 were brought downtown Mpls to the jail, but when space began to run out, law enforcement began processing arrests on the highway.
Each protester's ID info was written onto a whiteboard which they were asked to hold for a highway mugshot.
Each protester's ID info was written onto a whiteboard which they were asked to hold for a highway mugshot.
A friend of 19-year-old arrestee Amina McCaskill's reached out to Unicorn Riot to report on holding conditions at Hennepin County Jail:
"She was given a stale piece of bread along with an apple that had been rolled across the dirty floor."
"She was given a stale piece of bread along with an apple that had been rolled across the dirty floor."
https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1324473189800513536
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