The trial may be over, but the movement isn't.

#BlackLivesMatter activists continued to protest in Minneapolis this afternoon in an "Our Youth Deserve Justice" march for others killed by police, particularly Daunte Wright.
"We don't need your operation! No more military occupation!"

"The National Guard has got to go!"

One of the primary grievances of the "Our Youth Deserve Justice" march beyond the wider issues they discussed was the continued troop presence in Minneapolis.
Here is my full @N2Sreports raw video from tonight's "Youth Deserve Justice" march in #Minneapolis, which was organized by a coalition including BLM MN, Communities United Against Police Brutality, and CAIR-MN.

As always, all footage available to license

Trahern Crews, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota, spoke out ahead of the march.

"Our youth are under attack," he said, emphasizing the future direction of the BLM movement to reform not only policing, but school systems.

Uncut video:
Jaylani Hussein, Executive Director of CAIR-MN:

"The next time they pull over a Black person, they should fear pulling that trigger because there's going to be accountability in this city," he said. "There's gonna be accountability in this state. We're fighting to save lives."
Here is my full, uncut @N2Sreports video of Jaylani Hussein, Executive Director of CAIR-MN, speaking out ahead of the "Our Youth Deserve Justice" march in Minneapolis.

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17 Apr
The family of Donovan Lynch releases balloons in his honor today, which would be his 26th birthday.

Donovan was shot dead by a Virginia Beach police officer on March 26.

Protests are taking place tonight, but I wanted to share this first.
Wayne Lynch, Donovan’s father spoke out briefly as well.

“He’s here in spirit. He’s here in our hearts,” he said. “We’re gonna keep his name alive.”

He says he’s made a career of protecting the lives of young Black men, and will continue to expand on that effort.
The family then released four doves. One for Donovan, and three for the Holy Trinity.

“We love you Donovan,” his father waved as the doves flew into the distance.
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16 Apr
Absolutely wowed at this spread of my photo in the issue of the art magazine Root Quarterly that just came out.

My photography and thoughts are throughout pages 14 to 25.

Buy a copy of @RootQuarterly today (volume 2, issue 4)

rootquarterly.com/rqsales/rq-vol…
Sorry @YouTube, I said what I said
This image is quite the remix of my photography.
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16 Apr
Followup on this story: On Tuesday, my @N2Sreports contributor @SCWKorsgaard was able to catch up with @JaPharii757 of @BLM757 to speak about his recent arrest.
Japharii had been speaking out ahead of the Windsor Town Council meeting, where attendees spoke out against the Windsor Police Department, whose officers pepper-sprayed and a Black Army lieutenant and held him at gunpoint.

fox5dc.com/news/virginia-…
Japharii spoke to Wight County Sheriff's Deputies, who mostly were unwilling to talk but clarified that they are a separate law enforcement agency than the ones involved in recent controversies in the area.

Full video:
Read 4 tweets
15 Apr
VIDEO THREAD: Protesters were confronted for a fourth night by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota following the police shooting of Daunte Wright.

Officers were separated by fence from the protesters, and fired rubber bullets, string balls, and pepper spray through it.
The evening began with protesters crowded around Brooklyn Center Police Department.

The situation declined as the evening approached a 10 pm curfew imposed in the city.

The footage in this thread is shot by @chrisjuhnphoto for @N2Sreports.
Protesters assembled in an umbrella shield formation to block less lethal munitions.

Police largely focused their fire on that formation, which appeared to be about 25 feet back from the fence officers were behind.
Read 7 tweets
13 Apr
Tonight @PBS premieres "American Insurrection" a Frontline piece I served as a consulting producer on and which features me on screen as well as my footage.

@Twitter @TwitterDC @TwitterSupport is still marking my whole account "sensitive" and banning me from search results.
Big tech using "sensitive content warnings" to suppress isn't new.

In my case, the first instance I noticed was when Twitter marked footage of mine showing peaceful BLM protesters raise their fists as "sensitive."

Twitter offers no notification or right of appeal.

@JosephWulfsohn got Twitter to reply about it in February 4, where they referred to their "civic integrity policy."

I've never had a single tweet deleted by the platform nor labelled as misinformation.

foxnews.com/media/youtube-…
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13 Apr
THREAD: Last night, protesters gathered outside Brooklyn Center PD to demand action in the death of #DaunteWright.

The situation was peaceful until curfew, when police began pushing protesters back.

All video in thread by @chrisjuhnphoto for @N2Sreports.
Toward the beginning of curfew, police fired rubber bullets through a fence at the crowd.

If you watch this clip closely, you'll hear that a woman yells in pain when an officer discharges the weapon through the fence.
"I'm really sick of just the police occupation in general, harassing Black people, white people, everybody," said one activist carrying an upside down American flag.

He says that as a white man, he doesn't have to worry about being shot over expired tags.
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