Autonomous March for #AmirLocke Protests 5th Police Precinct and Uptown Minneapolis, Barricading Streets & Leaving Trail of Anti-Police Graffiti: unicornriot.ninja/2022/autonomou…
When #AmirLocke was killed by Minneapolis Police on February 2, he became the third Black man killed by Minnesota police in a span of 66 days. #NoahKelley & #ChristopherFiafonou were the other two. unicornriot.ninja/2022/minnesota…
Mark Hanneman, the MPD Officer who killed #AmirLocke had, in the past, been involved in a contentious statewide State Patrol program where officers gave illicit drugs to #Occupy protesters and the unhoused. unicornriot.ninja/2022/amir-lock…
Other officers involved in the SWAT units that took part in the operation that killed #AmirLocke also had violent pasts [Thread in Quoted Tweet]
https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1490190430075506688
The Judge that signed the no-knock warrant that ended in police killing #AmirLocke was Judge Cahill.
Cahill, who became widely known for presiding over the #DerekChauvinTrial, is said to have "disturbing pattern[s]" in his record, according to activists. unicornriot.ninja/2022/judge-cah…
Cahill, who became widely known for presiding over the #DerekChauvinTrial, is said to have "disturbing pattern[s]" in his record, according to activists. unicornriot.ninja/2022/judge-cah…
Despite below freezing temperatures, protests and disruptions over the killing of #AmirLocke on February 2 has been widely shown to the authorities in a variety of ways in the days following, including a car protest to the Interim Police Chief's house. unicornriot.ninja/2022/amir-lock…
A week after #AmirLocke was killed, hundreds marched to the Bolero Flats Apartment Homes where Locke was killed in. unicornriot.ninja/2022/hundreds-…
The next night, February 9, dozens protested outside Minnesota’s Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) calling for Mark Hanneman’s police officer license to be revoked. Hanneman is the MPD officer who killed #AmirLocke. unicornriot.ninja/2022/protest-a…
An autonomous march on February 11 in South Minneapolis featured groups of participants attempting to tear the fencing from MPD's 5th Precinct, barricades being placed in the streets and a trail of anti-police graffiti in Uptown. unicornriot.ninja/2022/autonomou…
Plans for the autonomous march for #AmirLocke on February 11 were originally posted to the internet without a location a few days before the Friday action, then reposted with a location hours before the 8pm start time. 🧵
Story: unicornriot.ninja/2022/autonomou…
Story: unicornriot.ninja/2022/autonomou…
A participant of the autonomous #AmirLocke march told UR w/out the march they maybe would’ve never come to a protest again:
“I can’t take any more of the rallies that scream at empty buildings, asking and pleading for the white supremacists to give us a crumb or two of justice."
“I can’t take any more of the rallies that scream at empty buildings, asking and pleading for the white supremacists to give us a crumb or two of justice."
The march for #AmirLocke started with chants of “ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards” & “Fuck 12” & went to the 5th Precinct where some attempted to pull the fencing down while others took space. “Amir Locke,” “looks good on fire,” & “shoot back!” were sprayed on the concrete barriers.
After ~20min at the 5th Precinct, the #AmirLocke march went Upown, roving swiftly with no single leader directing its movements.
In its autonomous nature, all tactics were respected & the participants were allowed to choose where they wanted to go after having brief discussions.
In its autonomous nature, all tactics were respected & the participants were allowed to choose where they wanted to go after having brief discussions.
While passing a large mural on Lake St. that reads ‘Daunte Wright,’ the protesters changed their chants from “Say his name – #AmirLocke” to “Say his name – #DaunteWright.”
Wright's killer, Kim Potter was recently given a 24 month prison sentence: unicornriot.ninja/2022/kim-potte… [🧵↕️]
Wright's killer, Kim Potter was recently given a 24 month prison sentence: unicornriot.ninja/2022/kim-potte… [🧵↕️]
During the autonomous march for #AmirLocke on February 11, major intersections Lyndale Ave. & Lake St. & Hennepin Ave. & Lake St. were fully blocked by protesters who occupied the space for short increments of time as the march continued moving.
Story: unicornriot.ninja/2022/autonomou…
Story: unicornriot.ninja/2022/autonomou…
The racially diverse crowd march of mostly young participants in the Feb 11 march for #AmirLocke stopped at Lake St. and Girard Ave, near the parking ramp that Winston Smith was on when he was killed by a federal task force on June 3, 2021. 🧵unicornriot.ninja/2021/federal-t…
🧵The crowd from the #AmirLocke march chanted #WinstonSmith’s name & “Fuck 7 Points & CRG – people over property” in response to property owners (7 Points) hiring armed mercenaries (CRG) as security following weeks of protests last Summer in Uptown Mpls. unicornriot.ninja/2021/private-m…
🧵No charges were brought against #WinstonSmith’s killers*: unicornriot.ninja/2021/no-charge…
*Their names (Hennepin Co Deputy Timothy Inglett & Ramsey Co Deputy Luke Mickelson) were meant to be secret due to their undercover work but left unredacted by the BCA: unicornriot.ninja/2021/police-in…
*Their names (Hennepin Co Deputy Timothy Inglett & Ramsey Co Deputy Luke Mickelson) were meant to be secret due to their undercover work but left unredacted by the BCA: unicornriot.ninja/2021/police-in…
The autonomous march for #AmirLocke lasted over two hours. Anti-police graffiti was widely painted throughout the action with the largest street art piece put up during the march being a massive “F12” & “ACAB” on the Metro Transit building across the street from the 5th Precinct.
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