The Mayor & police chief called
#AmirLocke
a suspect and he was not. The mayor said he banned no-knock warrants and he did not. Did it feel good, Minneapolis, to suspend your disbelief for a few minutes in the ballot box last fall? Theyβve shown you who they are.
So weird how the same country that is quickly and efficiently managing to build tent cities for children at the border wasnβt able to provide quick relief for or save the lives of thousands of Puerto Ricans.
#FamilesBelongTogether
For non-Minnesotans, when right wingers like Loomer tell you
@IlhanMN
is for sharia law & anti-gay, youβre being played (canβt believe this needs to be said). Ilhan is a feminist, an ally of the LGBTQ community who took heat for supporting marriage equality. Loomer is a bigot.
Conservatives saying Kamala isnβt a descendant of slaves because her father was Jamaican almost make me wish I was still teaching Caribbean/Latin American history. Right now Iβd be working on a syllabus for a class titled βHow TF do you think Black people got to the Caribbean?β
So super fun to see a white man mocking his whiteness and a black Vp join in as he self-flagellates. This is what the media is telling us is a βmanβs man.β (Bulwark.)
Um, no
What is happening in Minneapolis right now is a rebellionβof the police against the city they work for. The way they get back at people-esp politicians-who criticize them is to get violent with protestors. They know electeds might be held accountable but they never will be.
There is something deeply pathological about the culture of law enforcement that this was leaked & that a warrant looked for drugsβbut there is also something pathological about media reporting the leak as anything other than βINNOCENT MAN SMEARED BY POLICE.β
#BothamJean
Minneapolisβs mayor on the supposedly dangerous precedent set by the ride share ordinance: βAre we now planning to set a minimum wage for every industry?β
Tired of Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka protecting Bob Kroll & the police union? There are ten senate seats held by MNGOP that Walz-Flanagan won in 2018. If we flip them, Gazelka is no longer majority leader. Starting a thread to post info about DFL challengers.
I'm out of town and hoping friends stay safe in Minneapolis. Take refuge in the many, many welcoming places in the city
#ItsaGayBarPamela
#TrumpMinneapolis
DOJ Report that after the murder of George Floyd, there was a 35% drop in MPD reporting racial data in police stops. Their reaction to the world demanding they stop hurting Black and Brown people: stop collecting data on Black and Brown people.
There is something odd happening with reporting of crime in Minneapolis these days. First, almost every reporter relays MPDβs statements as fact, even as they have all seen as recently as in their original recounting of Floydβs murder, that MPD has a problem with the truth.
With the eyes of the world on Minnesota after the murder of
#GeorgeFloyd
, GOP Senate Majority
@paulgazelka
adjourned a special session early, having passed no police reform of any substance. They left early to protect Bob Kroll and his corrupt police union. Pass it on.
Friends in Minneapolis: please post pics of things you are seeing firsthand. It looks like there is an active, coordinated disinformation campaign happening designed to scare everyone and distract from things actually happening elsewhere in the city.
I have lived among the Minnesotans for almost 20 years. It takes time to become accustomed to their ways. They are a sturdy people who wear their quirks with stubborn pride. Your confusion/disdain literally gives them life.
#BoldNorth
#GrayDuck
#MNAnthropologicalFieldNotes
If it is Walz I really really really want the national Republican apparatus to listen to and follow the MNGOP operative playbook on pushback. They've been real successful at
So imagine you are harassed by a police officer and file a complaint. After some time, you file a data practices request to find out if that officer has been disciplined. That officer will be immediately informed you requested that information. READ. THIS. AGAIN.
This statement is shortsighted, misguided and presumptuous about a context the congresswoman doesnβt understand in a city that β¦checks notesβ¦she does not represent.
INBOX: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig comes out against Minneapolis public safety ballot initiative that would replace the police dept. and create a new dept. under city council control. Her district covers southern Twin Cities suburbs incl. Lakeville and Eagan
I must underscore this point, as a labor guy. By any logical assessment, the Minneapolis Police Federation went into negotiations with what should have been a weaker hand. They had, after all, brought global shame upon the city and Minnesota.
@based_az
@JustThomp
The minimum wage increase is supported broadly across party lines. Sheβs not voting like a moderate dem. Sheβs voting like a right wing nut on this issue.
βIdentity politicsβ is the pejorative term used by the right to describe any assertion of rights by marginalized groupsβthat a left publication like Jacobin would use it shows just how successful the right and white supremacists have been at dividing us.
Centrist Democrats embraced identity politics in the 2016 election. Surprise, surprise β theyβre now working to keep diverse candidates out who threaten their power.
Canβt wait to see the readout when President Biden invites Governor Walz to the White House. Dad jeans, dad jokes, a Bruce and Bob Seger playlist, and then theyβll sit and watch the History Channel together.
Minnesota and the country should know: when we elect Kamala and Tim, Minnesotaβs next governor will be an incredibly well-qualified, accomplished, ready and history-making woman,
@peggyflanagan
.
#LFG
#HarrisWalz2024
Re
#DemExit
. So the logic is: Elizabeth Warren was required to endorse Bernie to save people who are dying, but come November, disappointed Bernie supporters are not required to vote for Joe Biden to save people who are dying. Did I get that right?
This Minneapolis family saw flashing lights behind them and pulled to the side of the road.
Seconds later, officers pulled out their guns and ordered them out of the car.
Then, every officer with a body cam that was recording turned it off or muted it
@KSTP
Saint Paul has had encampments go up and go down. Iβve seen this & wondered why we havenβt had scenes like this. Turns out, the mayorβs office has taken charge, gotten folks housed, and encampments have gone down with police at a distance. The Deputy Mayor has even been present.
We canβt arrest our way out of this affordable housing crisis. What if we spent money on housing + services for unsheltered folks instead of police?
Housing insecurity is a public safety issue.
If only there had been a tragic case that drew national attention to the dangers of no-knock warrantsβone that even caused some jurisdictions to change laws allowing the practiceβmaybe this tragedy could have been avoided
#AmirLocke
#BreonnaTaylor
How many rogue officers can one department have before we realize that maybe itβs the norm thatβs the problem and not the βrogueβ? A rogue MPD officer would be one who acknowledges George Floyd was murdered. A rogue cop would be one who speaks out against their union president.
WCCO, like others, report on crime as if it were somehow being caused by recent efforts to reimagine community safety in Minneapolis. But wait, MPD hasnβt been defunded or reimagined yet. If something is failing itβs the department in its current form.
When the eyes of the world were on MN because of George Floydβs murder, we looked to
@AGEllison
for justice. He led the legal team, supervised strategy & saved us from further embarrassment. It was the trial of the century & thank heavens Keith was there to lead it.
#keith4AG
Reminder: Officer Colleen Ryan was disciplined by Mayor Freyβs police department for speaking *anonymously* to GQ about the toxic work culture at MPD. These officers spoke in uniform to a right wing propaganda outlet and the mayor wants you to believe he just found out about it.
Woke up early in anticipation, but alas. There were no
#SecondCivilWar
presents under the tree. Or maybe Iβm confused about whatβs supposed to happen today. Can someone explain over brunch? Thereβs going to be brunch, right?
I donβt know who needs to hear this, but part of the reason we lost House seats is that districts are gerrymandered as hell so our 2018 wave had us winning seats that would always be tough to defend. So maybe focus on that instead of throwing Black and trans folks under the bus.
In praise of
@amyklobuchar
: Our senior senator often gets grief from right and left (myself included) for playing it safe. The senatorβs speech on the floor today showed the value of her style and reputation. Yesterdayβs Kavanaugh outburst was outrageous by any standard...
This is hilarious. They literally asked a judge to throw out the ballot question altogether but now try to pretend they want to work with the other side in good faith? Here is what I suspect is going onβ¦
Three city residents who filed a lawsuit over the Minneapolis police ballot question ask the city and
@Yes4Minneapolis
to work with them to write new ballot language.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to take the case on an accelerated timeline.
This is astounding. This mayor, ostensibly a democrat, seems unaware of the broad societal (not to mention partisan) support for minimum wages. Yes, mayor industries should have standards and regulation. Welcome to governing.
Minneapolisβs mayor on the supposedly dangerous precedent set by the ride share ordinance: βAre we now planning to set a minimum wage for every industry?β
whatever one thinks about bringing the issue of the drowned child into the campaignβ(I think itβs fair but others disagree)βitβs one thing for a private person to do so & entirely another for the candidate himself to make a joke rooted in the fact that a child died on his watch.
Can I just say that pundits bent over backwards to say Richard Painter had the right message & momentum, and yet todayβs press ignores: 1.
@TinaSmithMN
decimated him. 2. She won by a bigger margin than Karin Housley beat her unknown opponent, with way more people voting.
Even after the worldβs eyes were on Minneapolis, even after the years of embarrassments represented by Bob Kroll and the police union generally, when he had the chance, Jacob Frey handed the police union a better contract then they had before.
Republicans new attack on Tim Walz: Heβs not rich! How dare he claim to be an Everyman?
These guys have to get out more.
For non-Minnesotans:
@Tim_Walz
&
@peggyflanagan
spanked this guy and his running mate in 2022.
MPDβs bold new approach to ending disparities in use of force against Black people: stop gathering data on it! Unsurprising behavior from a corrupt department that has brought worldwide infamy to Minnesota.
A KARE 11 Investigation reveals skyrocketing incidents where MPD claims not to know the race of people they use force against β even when it appears obvious.
Wow
@TinaSmithMN
is in Elle magazine! The dress is amazing, but what I really love is the look on her face. It says, βYou underestimated me, didnβt you? I told you not to, but you went ahead and did it anyway, didnβt you?β
so the red mesh bag that oranges and onions come in, is there a natural opening to them no one has told me about, or does everyone else tear it apart like it owes you money?
our grand niece Chloe said βsee you later alligatorβ (which she just learned) as we said goodbye. I replied βafter a while crocodileβ and she freaked like I had just made up the funniest joke in the world and Iβm going to need you all to keep this secret
I uploaded this video with permission of Mike Forceia of the American Indian Movement. This MPD officer is quite candid about admitting what we all know: if they canβt police like Derek Chauvin they wonβt police at all.
#yeson2
So many women candidates running for President! Will the press find any of them likable? Stay tuned next week!! Which of the ladies will get a rose from Chuck Todd?
@eugenegu
@NewDay
@JodiDoering
I love your social media clout. You usually use it to good effect, but here you sound like a stereotypical male doctor talking down to a nurse. This is a weird, hostile take on the words of a nurse fighting disinformation and speaking from her own experience. Check yourself doc.
The best argument for keeping cops out of schools is being made by police themselves when they tell us they wonβt do the job unless they can choke your kids. Did you know there is no special certification cops in schools are required to passβlike school nurses do?
@BullyCreative
@TanaHargest
Maybe the city needs to create a PTSD fund for the residents of the city who live with their consequences of these officersβ behavior. Please. Can we just call this what it is, a cop sick out staged for a press release?
Parents have been concerned about mask mandates in schools and now itβs been proven those mandates are harmful to childrenβs learning and mental health. Thanks to parents in Waconia and around the state who have stood strong for our children!
#MNGov
Via:
People being depressed when literally millions of votes have not been counted in all of the key states are doing Trumpβs disinformation work for him. He is not ahead. We do not know who is ahead until the votes are counted. Everyone needs to chill TF out.
Shout out to
@MelisaFranzen
, the DFL Senate Minority leader who led the charge to victory in that chamber. Itβs bittersweet because she will no longer be in the senate due to redistricting and a male colleague whose ego was more important than caucus leadership.
Thank you
@AGEllison
.
@keithellison
did the country an enormous moral favor: he showed us what it looks like when the state takes police violence seriously. Guilty on all charges!!
#chauvinverdict
You hope? Thereβs a Senate bill to ban the practice. Is there a House companion you can sign onto? If not, why not draft one. We, regular citizens, can βhopeβ this ends. You can actually make that happen.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
From left to right: Jewish Tanakh, Ojibwe language Bible, Minnesota Historical Bible, Minnesota Historical Quran - the books the constitutional officers are being sworn in on.
#OneMinnesota