Last week I was at a conference in reforming justice and someone used the analogy of police to population is a domestic abuse sitatuation. And the cops still blame us, their victims, and still refuse to acknowledge their part in it. They are trained pros, with military grade weapons.

I’m still thinking about his. The way they use the excuse of one or two people being unruly to attack an entire peaceful crowd. They literally shoved us around for an ambulance to get through a road that was blocked by unoccupied HSI vehicles. Assholes with guns always blame the unarmed protesters.

Her defense today was “cook books are my porn, I don’t judge yours”. Which really ends the conversation. 🤣

The MPD also said they didn’t violate theirs on June 3. These ordinances are purposefully written to not actually provide sanctuary or separation.

She has so many cook books.
SHE DOESN’T COOK!
She does bake. I love her, she’s an awesome baker. I admit I’m, we will say, quirky. But that ain’t normal.

SPPD, I’m so used to complaining about MPD I’m forgetting the extra P.

Why did SPD gas us?
What’s the point of a separation policy if they are going to show up and attack us anyway?

SPD gassed me and hundreds of peaceful protesters after ICE brutalized one of us, claiming it was to get an ambulance through a street that had 4-6 federal vehicles stacked up jamming it. No ambulance was going to be able to get down that street. This was an outrageous use of force.

They claimed it was to get an ambulance through a street that had 5+ federal vehicles jammed up. If they had come in from the end of the block with a stretcher, or the actual ambulance we would have moved out of the way. I have filed a complaint with SPD.

I was really happy with that level of agreement. www.minneapolismn.gov/government/g...
I looked at November publish dates. CCPO has requested this data be tabulated rather than having to look at individual PDFs, so hopefully that is on its way.

I did a ride along with the MPD a few weeks ago, and one with the BCR the next day. Every call I was on with the MPD could have been handled by some sort of community responder, they were trespassing, open container, a woman having a dispute with her aunt and just needed someone to negotiate.

Someone in a mental health crisis being met with empathy and empowerment instead of forced compliance or incarceration. We need more emergency response options that are based in meeting people where they are.

Life goals.