Below are posts associated with the “Minneapolis” tag.
🔗 linkblog: ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
Facial recognition is always a scary technology, but it’s becoming even more so under the current administration.
🔗 linkblog: After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
CEOs’ silence is indication of a moral vacuum.
🔗 linkblog: We mourn state killings and demand justice, not terror | Friends Committee On National Legislation
FCNL is such a good prophetic voice.
🔗 linkblog: Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Not particularly interested in watching the video footage myself (don’t need those nightmares), so I’m glad for journalists providing descriptions of the footage and how it stands in tension with DHS accounts. Abolish ICE. Gift link.
🔗 linkblog: Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
What a story:
What stayed with Amundson most, she said, was not the adrenaline of the moment but the realization that came while she was holding the agent’s head in her hands and keeping his airway open.
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.
🔗 linkblog: White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says 'the memes will continue'
Big Ellulian “image vs. word” vibes here.
🔗 linkblog: ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’
There are lots of stories circulating on social media that I try wait to read a full article on before I get angry about them. Here’s the article, and it’s as bad (worse?) as every post I’ve seen about it on Bluesky.
The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks. One child is a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.
🔗 linkblog: The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good
Depressing read, but makes me glad I’m renewing my WIRED subscription.
🔗 linkblog: DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
This shooting is making me panicky, and I’m honestly trying to not read any more about it, but this is important.