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14 Jun, 66 tweets, 25 min read
1. Mini Minneapolis/St. Paul Update:

There were two small marches against gun violence this weekend in the Twin Cities that are unlikely to get national media attention.
2. On Saturday, people marched in North Minneapolis demanding justice for the 3 black children shot earlier this year. Two have since died. There have been no arrests in these cases despite $10K reward in each case.

fox9.com/news/activists…

3. On Sunday, the one year anniversary of the shooting death of 23-year-old Nia Black, Nia's mom, LaTanya Black, founder of Mother’s Against Community Gun Violence, led a Peace Walk for Change in St. Paul calling for an end to gun violence.

macgvnb.com/about-us
4. The Ramsey County Attorney's Office charged a 35-year-old suspect last August but there's been no media coverage of the case since then.
twincities.com/2020/08/18/st-…

Story & segment about LaTanya's peace walk from Fox 9:
fox9.com/news/mothers-m…

5. More on the deaths of the 3 children in Minneapolis in this thread:

6. WCCO reported on the efforts of Marvin Applewhite, the owner of a Minneapolis cleaning business who cleans graffiti in the city because he feels that it negatively impacts people’s perceptions of neighborhoods.

facebook.com/Bluelinecleani…
7. Applewhite has been in a battle with activists who have been painting private property to protest the officer involved shooting death of Winston Smith. He painted a rainbow but activists painted over it.

minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/06/12/min…

8. Someone painted over the protest with gray paint and the activists painted it again. For now the property manager has given up and asked Applewhite not to clean again.

archive.ph/HZdQg

startribune.com/citing-crime-j…
9. Juut Salonspa, a chain with 7 Twin Cities area salons, announced on Facebook that they will close their Uptown location at the intersection of Hennepin Ave. & Lake St. after 35 years citing “store closings, social unrest, crime, and street closures".
archive.ph/mm02u
10. Juut Salonspa said, “We would be heartbroken if anything were to happen to our team members or clients."

Source for screenshots above: facebook.com/JuutSalonspaOf…
11. The intersection of Hennepin & Lake is near where Smith was shot & killed by members of the North Star Fugitive Task Force on 6/3/21.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_o…

Activists have been protesting in the streets resulting in repeated street closures.

startribune.com/citing-crime-j…
12. Last November Juut Salonspa closed their Downtown Minneapolis location due to “the drastic reduction in traffic since COVID-19”.
Archive of website announcement: archive.ph/pUrts

tcbmag.com/juut-salonspa-…
13. Organizers of the 21 Days of Peace initiative say that what they’re doing is working but there has continued to be both lethal and non-lethal violence in the region.

kstp.com/news/21-days-o…
14. "The group that is pushing for peace in north Minneapolis invited police and first responders to a slew of community events Saturday to "take back the streets.”"

kstp.com/minnesota-news…
15. Winston Boogie Smith’s funeral was also held on Saturday.

16. Correction:

Just realized that I pasted the wrong video in tweet #4. Not going to redo the thread. The correct segment is here:



17. BREAKING:

Star Tribune just updated this story. Per MPD Twitter: "11:39 PM, vehicle drives into protesters on Lake Street / Girard. Suspect arrested and taken into custody. 3 protesters transported to hospital by EMS - 1 very critical."

18.
19.

20. Update:

A female protester has died from her injuries. 😔

21. UPDATE:

The name of the deceased female protester is circulating online but hasn’t been announced by officials. I won’t be naming her until her identity is confirmed.

archive.ph/Ahz7Q

22. This woman's death may galvanize protesters. One activist told MPR there will be more protests.

"Activist Toussaint Morrison told the crowd that businesses and residents in the area should expect to see more protests and marches and rallies in the coming months."
23. Another said "we shouldn’t have to wait until the city is burning, businesses are destroyed, community resources are exhausted, for law enforcement to do the right thing by the people."
24. Quote above comes from Johnathon McClellan, president of the Minnesota Justice Coalition.

themjc.org/about-us
johnathonmcclellan.com
25. Update:

26. MPD says 2 additional victims in last night’s Uptown vehicle crash went to hospitals overnight bringing the total to 3 injured, 1 deceased.

27. KARE 11 interviewed Garrett Knajdek, the brother of Deona Knajdek, who was killed last night while protesting in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.

28. Update:

WCCO reports: "Minneapolis police say they are not releasing the name of the driver, citing investigative purposes.”

The driver has been arrested and is in custody. Note that anyone claiming he has been charged is mistaken.

minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/06/14/wom…
29. The driver has not been charged yet. No word from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office yet.
30. If you’re interested in how misinformation spreads when there’s breaking news I have another thread on some of the misidentification by indie journalists and social media sleuths that’s been circulating after last night’s crash in Uptown.

31. Wow. Deona Knajdek’s mother, Deb Kenney, speaking near the crash site with great compassion about how she’ll be praying for the driver’s family and Deona "wouldn't want us to be angry at that man”.

32. Update:

NBC has named the driver in last night’s fatal Uptown crash as 35-year-old Nicholas David Kraus. He was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide, driving after a suspended license, giving false info. No bail.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…

jailroster.hennepin.us/JailRosterOnli…
33. Still no word from Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on charges or court appearance. They can hold Kraus for 36 hours before he needs to appear before a judge.

revisor.mn.gov/court_rules/cr…
34. FOX 9 reports that two women were arrested early this morning near the site of last night’s crash in Uptown after yelling at drivers and opening fire. No word on whether any drivers were injured.

fox9.com/news/woman-dea…

Video:
35. The protesters were trying to keep the intersection of Hennepin & Lake closed to traffic because of Deona Knajdek’s death. See tweet #33 for what Deona’s mother said she would want.

36. Winston Smith was killed at the beginning of a 9-day heatwave in Minnesota which may have suppressed turnout at protests.

37. Temperatures were still in the 80s in the middle of the night during the heatwave.

38. The weather forecast for Minneapolis is much cooler this week, although it will hit 90F on Wednesday.
39. Update:

MPR now reporting that the woman who died last night is named Deona Erickson, although she also used Knadjek. All media I read earlier today were using Knadjek but looks like they are switching to Erickson.

archive.ph/oarMl

mprnews.org/story/2021/06/…
40. Deona Erickson was a program manager on the management team at The Cottages Group which runs residential facilities for adults with developmental disabilities.

archive.ph/eCfpn

thecottagesofstlouispark.com
41. Star Tribune reports that Deona’s brother Garrett Knajdek said:

"She wouldn't want people rioting in the streets and causing chaos," he said. "She doesn't want a mess. She always wanted to make sure people were heard peacefully."

startribune.com/driver-hits-up…
42. Update:

Lake St. at Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis has been closed by protesters for Deona Marie Erickson’s (née Knajdek) vigil which started at 6pm CDT.

43.

44. Multiple streets closed by protests in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis tonight.

45. Lake & Hennepin / Uptown Minneapolis Update:

46. This is what it looked like in the vicinity of Lake & Hennepin late last night.

47. Thread with more photos of the clearing of the blockades on/near Lake & Hennepin.

48. Thread of photos from earlier in the evening last night in Uptown.

49.
50. Protesters are already blocking traffic at Lake & Hennepin again. No surprise.

51. Update:

Thread of photos of the state of Lake St. in Uptown after the city came in and cleared it out around noon today. Protesters seem to be going for autonomous zone #2 after occupying 38th & Chicago for over a year. #Minneapolis

52. Like Portland, Minneapolis & surrounding areas in the Twin Cities is in high conflict with small groups of activists. The high conflict is with MPD & other local law enforcement agencies, city government, the media, residents, & even other activists.

53. Lake St. at Hennepin Ave. is fully closed. Protesters directing traffic.

54. Just realized the thread I shared in tweet #51 is misthreaded so you can't see the whole thread. You can continue here:

55. UPDATE:

See thread for details on the warrant for a blood sample from the driver in Sunday night’s fatal crash in Uptown.

Kraus told cops he was Jesus Christ & Tim Burton and talked about getting his kids to the Super Bowl.

56. Charges not filed yet. The Hennepin County’s Attorney’s Office got an extension.

57. FOX 9 reported last night that the investigation has been hampered by one of the security cameras in the area having been spray painted by a protester, but they did have an unobstructed camera per warrant which said no brake lights were seen.

58. Did Mayor Frey address the fact that protesters closed the intersection again as soon as city crews left?

59. Longer remarks from Deb Kenney, Deona Marie Erickson’s mom, at a different location (State Capitol) than the video I shared in #31. Screenshot has partial transcript.

fox9.com/video/944095
60. At last night’s Deona Erickson vigil:

“Are you willing to die for justice? Are you here for the right reason or are you only out here when the cameras are here, when the people are out here or are you here every. single. day. like the young people?"

61. Any person, group, or movement asking you to die for the cause is an unhealthy, abusive one. Being an effective ally/advocate/activist is not a zero sum game in which you’re either willing to put your life on the line or you’re not.

62. I didn’t think to include that real friends who have your best interests at heart don’t ask you to die for them. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Deona Marie’s death was tragic. We don’t yet know if it was deliberate or an accident.

63. She may have been willing to die for the cause, but no one’s life is better for her death. Not her parents, her brother, her daughters, the people with developmental disabilities she cared for at work, nor her fellow activists.
64. Update on the spray painted camera at Lake St. W & Girard Ave. S. Police looking to arrest the man who vandalized the camera. They have less evidence as a result.

65.

"Police said this is the camera that would have caught the fatal crash Sunday evening, providing law enforcement and the County Attorney’s Office with evidence in the prosecution of the suspect."
66. Tips can be submitted to CrimeStoppers at:
1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
CrimeStoppersMN.org

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