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UNICORN RIOT
@UR_Ninja
Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized non-profit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems.
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Dec 17 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
NEW: Groundbreaking for a Minneapolis Youth-Serving Community Staple

For nearly three decades, the educational nonprofit WE WIN Institute has been nomadic, serving youth in Minneapolis out of rented spaces. But that era is coming to a close — on November 19, 2024, WE WIN held a groundbreaking event for their new building in Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood. Unicorn Riot was there to document the historic occasion and interview board members, organization partners and a former student-turned-staff. 🧵 Founded in 1996 by award-winning educator Titilayo Bediako, WE WIN Institute has served thousands of youth in Minneapolis with in-school, after school, summer school, tutoring and more. WE WIN recently broke ground on a new building they can call home. unicornriot.ninja/2024/groundbre…
Oct 23 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
🧵: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Kerkhoff (now Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens) oversaw the failed prosecution of over 200 Trump inauguration protesters on felony conspiracy riot charges, with demonstrators and journalists facing ~80yrs for being around when others broke windows. The #J20 case collapsed when it came to light that Kerkhoff, working with her star witness DC Police Detective Greggory Pemberton (also a police union official), had *altered and deleted exculpatory evidence* and lied about it to the court repeatedly:

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Aug 21 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
A march of several dozen Palestine protesters is moving near the Morton Salt Shed (@saltshedchicago) which is a heavily secured location where Democratic delegates are partying on night 2 of the #DNC - an entry point to the convention is also nearby
A small group of masked protesters stand in an intersection holding a banner that reads “Israel Bombs Illinois Pays” in red and green text on a white banner - bike cops are seen speeding past behind them. In the background a banner on a post reads “Democrats Deliver”
A small crowd of protesters marches through the street at night holding the aforementioned banner past The Salt Shed - a large building about a block long with an an industrial style roof that reads “MORTON SALT” in big letters The venue is hosting a large party hosted by the Pritzkers with John Legend reportedly performing tonight per corporate media reports - protesters chant “if we don’t get no justice, you don’t get no peace” as CPD on bikes form up to separate them from #DNC partygoers


About a dozen DNC delegates or attendees with suits and lanyards or other nice dress standing in front of an building
A bunch of cops and/or event security standing around in a street. One female officer shown from behind has a leashed dog and.m a back uniform patch reading “USCG K-9”
A line of bike cops formed up against protesters holding a banner in an intersection
Protesters seen from behind holding up a cloth banner with Chicago cops holding bikes lined up facing them - the Salt Shed’s lit up sign visible across the street
Jul 12 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Nyah Mway, a 13-year-old refugee, was killed by police in Utica, NY the day after he graduated from middle school.

Learn more here: unicornriot.ninja/2024/protests-… On the evening of June 28, Mway and his friend were stopped by three police officers from the Utica Police Department and two Oneida County Deputy Sheriffs on their walk home from a Bible study class and a graduation party.
Jun 29 • 11 tweets • 13 min read
A year ago French police killed Nahel Merzouk, 17, during a traffic stop, leading to a week of mass revolt.

A pattern of deadly traffic stops in France show that police in the U.S. aren’t the only authority figures who regularly kill Black motorists.🧵

unicornriot.ninja/2023/french-po… The two French police officers who killed Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023 initially stated that they were in danger of being run over and fired in self-defense. However, video footage from witnesses shows a different version of the story. Both officers were standing to the side of the car as it started moving again and one of them fired the shots. The car continued to move for about 50 meters and then crashed into a pole. The driver was killed instantly, one of the two other passengers escaped and the third was arrested.

The arrested passenger in the car says one officer urged the other to shoot Nahel at point-blank range. The youth alleged that “the first officer asked Nahel to roll down the window. He told him ‘turn off the engine or I will shoot you’. And he hit him with the gun. Then the second officer arrived and stood in front of the windshield at Nahel’s height. From there, the first officer standing at the level of the window put a gun to his temple and said “don’t move or I’ll put a bullet in your head.”

He went on to report that the second officer told him “shoot him,” and when a frightened Nahel let his foot off the pedal, which was an automatic and not in a parked position, it started moving and the officer in front of the vehicle fired point blank.

Full story from 2023: unicornriot.ninja/2023/french-po…Monument at the traffic pole where Nahel Merzouk’s car crashed after he was fatally shot by French police on June 27, 2023, in La Defense, Paris. A sign reads “How many Nahels have not been filmed?” Photo taken July 2, 2023, contributed by Yegor Halva.
Jun 14 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
🔎 New investigation 🔎
Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters:
Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed
Israeli Firm “Cobwebs” Linked to 2020 Protests, Provides Monitoring Services to Homeland Security for Tracking Dissenters An Israeli spy software tech firm licenses web surveillance tools to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The software contract shows new details about this sensitive technology DHS has used to spy on activists during the last several years. Story:
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May 1 • 23 tweets • 12 min read
NEW: Masked Israel Supporters Attack UCLA’s Palestine Solidarity Encampment with Weapons // Thread 🧵

unicornriot.ninja/2024/masked-is… For 5+ hours last night in Los Angeles, pro-Israel Zionist agitators violently beat, pepper sprayed & threw fireworks at hundreds of college students & protesters as they held UCLA’s Palestine solidarity encampment while security & police stood by idly. 🧵
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Apr 28 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
New story: Tech Workers Rise Up: Organizing Google’s Worldwide Worker Walkout
- 1hr video - 2018 talk w. Tech Workers Coalition @techworkersco
unicornriot.ninja/2024/tech-work… @techworkersco At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Dec. 11, 2018 an open forum titled, “#MeToo and Workers’ Power: Building Solidarity at Google and Beyond,” covered inner workings of the global Google walkout of 20,000 employees & contractors in 2018.
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Apr 19 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Breaking: Nathan Noyce of neo-nazi group Patriot Front was arrested in Richmond, VA today for allegedly participating in the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress.

UR first ID’d Noyce via Dec. 2020 police traffic stop video during a Nazi rally in DC :


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the District of Columbia United States of America V. Nathaniel Noyce Defendant ) ) ) ARREST WARRANT Case: 1:24-mj-00136 Assigned To : Harvey, G. Michael Assign. Date: 4/16/2024 Description: Complaint W/ Arrest Warrant To: Any authorized law enforcement officer YOU ARE COMMANDED to arrest and bring before a United States magistrate judge without unnecessary delay (name of person to be arrested) Nathaniel Noyce who is accused of an offense or violation based on the following document filed with the court: • Indictment • Superseding Indictment O Information C S...
Pic of Nathaniel Noyce, Jacob Brown, Aedan Tredinnick and Thomas Dail sitting on the bed of Noyce’s green pickup truck during a traffic stop
Pic of young white man Nathan Noyce holding a round-police style shield during a Patriot Front nazi march training exercise Full video establishing the initial identification of Noyce & co:

Patriot Front Neo-Nazis Exposed In Parking Lot Clusterf*ck (1:01:37)

Dec 19, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
In case you didn't know, Energy Transfer (which partially owns the Dakota Access Pipeline) has been trying to subpoena Unicorn Riot since March 2021.

This 🧵thread🧵 will summarize our ongoing legal battle and explain ways you can support us. Image The March 2021 subpoena was part of Energy Transfer's federal racketeering lawsuit filed in 2017 against a range of defendants including environmental groups Greenpeace USA, BankTrack and Earth First!. Image
Oct 22, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Minneapolis - Around 1:45 pm as pro-Palestine demonstrators held a 'die-in' at Lyndale/Hennepin, an alleged counter-protester drove into the crowd, possibly firing a a gun or firecracker while driving away.

Our drone footage paired w/ audio from on the ground shows the incident: There were about 1000-2000 people at the rally before this happened. Chants heard included "Free Palestine", and "Up with Palestine, down with occupation", calling an end to the Israeli occupation and "genocide" of the Palestinian people.
A large diverse crowd standing by a Minneapolis intersection holding various pro-Palestinian protest signs as well as Palestinian flags. Some are wearing kaffiyeh scarves.
A large diverse crowd standing in a Minneapolis park sporting various pro-Palestinian protest signs as well as Palestinian flags. Some are wearing kaffiyeh scarves.
Aug 12, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
6 yrs ago on Aug. 11, 2017, UVA & Charlottesville Police allowed 100s of neo-nazis with torches to trap & brutalize students holding an anti-racist rally.

It was a prelude to the #UniteTheRight rally which killed local activist Heather Heyer the next day: https://t.co/MaT8Z5p7psunicornriot.ninja/2017/white-sup…
The premeditated attack at UVA was planned over Discord chats obtained & leaked by Unicorn Riot.

Message logs proved various "alt-right" groups and leaders sought violence to engage in racial intimidation & usher in a genocidal fascist street movement: https://t.co/cgfSJvfCBrunicornriot.ninja/2017/charlotte…
Jul 17, 2023 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
NEW: ‘We Won the Move!’ Minneapolis Council Member @robin4mpls Celebrates After Community Thwarts Plans For Old 3rd Precinct Site

A Thread 🧵

unicornriot.ninja/2023/we-won-th… @robin4mpls In an exclusive interview Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley said Mayor Frey & his allies have conceded on their plans to re-open MPD's 3rd Precinct after community members overwhelmingly expressed opposition in 'community engagement' sessions & a public survey. 2/
Jun 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: On June 3, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe hosted the U.S. Department of Interior’s seventh “Road to Healing” session in Onamia, MN.

survivors of federal Indian boarding schools were invited to share their experiences with the Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… “To this day, I call it the ‘hell place’,” said Grace T. Andreoff Smith at the listening session about her time at the Holy Cross Mission Boarding School, a place of trauma for her. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jun 28, 2023 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
Prior to a planned "March For the Forest" at Gresham Park in DeKalb County, GA, police in tactical gear are seen walking on the bridge over Intrenchment Creek on Constitution Ave, with one officer carrying a black equipment case.

Wednesday is the 5th day of the 6th 'Week of Action' in Atlanta, GA organized by a myriad of Atlantans and their supporters who have been working to protect the forest and its neighbors from the Atlanta Police Foundation's construction of 'Cop City' for over two years.
Jun 7, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Atlanta’s main newspaper (owned by Atlanta Police Foundation sponsor Cox Enterprises) finally confirms what’s been public knowledge since January: the DHS ‘violent extremist’ label Georgia Bureau of Investigation says is applied to “Defend the Atlanta Forest” doesn’t even exist. We noted the falsehood of this claim by Georgia police in our February report about their controversial use of ‘domestic terrorism’ charges against tree-sitters and other #StopCopCity protesters:

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Jun 7, 2023 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
Following hundreds of speakers who voiced their opposition to funding ‘Cop City’ over a 14-hour public comment period, Atlanta City Council approved $67 million in funding for the controversial project early Tuesday morning.

unicornriot.ninja/2023/atlanta-c… Starting Monday morning, crowds amassed at City Hall to speak against Atlanta Police Foundation’s Public Safety Training Center and urge council members to vote against funding the project. Atlantans chanted phrases like “if you build it, we will burn it” and “stop cop city."
Jun 5, 2023 • 50 tweets • 14 min read
Today on June 5, #Atlanta City Council will vote on whether to authorize $33.5 million taxpayer dollars for the Atlanta Police Foundation to fund the construction of the Public Safety Training Center, aka ‘Cop City.’

You can tune into the council here: atlantaga.gov/government/cha… On May 15, hundreds of Atlantans unanimously spoke out against the proposed authorization.

Learn more about the over seven hours of public comment in opposition to 'Cop City' on May 15 here: unicornriot.ninja/2023/we-do-not…
Jun 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Our legal defense fund is just $447 short of $21,000 - can you help us make it to 21 today?

We expect the legal effort to defend our sources and documents from the Dakota Access Pipeline subpoena to drag into a lengthy and costly appeal process.

donorbox.org/unicorn-riot-n… We’re just $247 short of this weekend’s goal to hit $21K in our legal fundraiser - are you able to help us hit the mark?

Energy Transfer has already said they plan to appeal the Hennepin County Court’s ruling that UR is protected by media shield laws.

donorbox.org/unicorn-riot-n…
Jun 3, 2023 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Two years ago today, a federal task force cornered & killed #WinstonSmith in Uptown Minneapolis.

Father of three, Winston Smith, 32, was sitting in a car with a friend after a lunch date around 2pm on June 3, 2021 when deputized sheriffs fatally shot him.

A thread 🧵 Winston 'Boogie' Smith The violent 2021 killing of Winston Smith in Minneapolis led to a fallout within the federalized task force that killed him, legacy media falsely reporting that Smith was a "murder suspect" & weeks of sustained protests with calls for accountability. 2/ unicornriot.ninja/2021/federal-t…
Jun 2, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Three Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizers arrested Wednesday were awarded bond in DeKalb County Magistrate Court Friday afternoon.

unicornriot.ninja/2023/atlanta-s… The organizers were arrested in Atlanta on May 31 after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Atlanta Police Department executed a search warrant at their home.