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Justice & Public Safety

The Surveillance of a Teacher

In early June, Thoreson’s work to help her community during Operation Metro Surge led to seven federal officers showing up on her front lawn. 
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The Long Fight Against Toxins in One Neighborhood

After her 16-year-old son Trinidad died in 2013 of dilated cardiomyopathy — a condition associated with exposure to air pollution — Holmes became an activist. Many people in her Indigenous community were dying before the age of 55, and she began to question what had once seemed normal.
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Part 4: How the Hennepin County Attorney Defines Public Safety

"I know victims who would much rather not have been victimized in the first place," she said. "When we know there are successful things that can keep kids out of the system and help them not come back, that's really about prevention. And that's the best public safety."
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Protesting Details at the Appleton Prison

Core Civic will earn a billion dollars from the sale and subsequent contract, while we pay the bill. Not a bad scam if you can get it, likely the biggest fraud this state has ever seen.
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Part 3: Exploring Community-Based Violence Intervention Programs

A panel discussion talked about how effective community-based violence intervention programs are in resolving behaviors in the long term.
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Part 2: Restorative Justice Seeks Accountability Without Prison

How a community-based group is helping youth and adults take accountability for their actions, without incarceration.
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Part 1: Discussing Gun Violence Remedies in Bloomington

"The system will fail us if we wait for the system to solve itself.”
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Whipple Watchers Describe the Current Needs and Situation in ICE Detention Center

U.S. Congresswomen, Haven Watch representatives, and other local advocates spoke at a Friday news conference about conditions that remain at the Whipple federal building, and the impact and needs of Minnesota families dealing with detention and deportation.
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Single Mothers Lost Income Hiding From ICE — and Can’t Afford to Renew Immigration Papers (The 19th)

Single mothers are already more likely to be low-income, facing higher rates of food and housing insecurity. Even three months of work disruption could put them in a precarious position, at risk of losing their housing and not having enough to feed their children.
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Minneapolis police review: “No progress has been made”

“The City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department remain far from achieving the transformational change necessary to address the root causes of race-based policing” — the Minnesota Department of Human Rights
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Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch Report on ICE-Related Violations

Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report about accountability, needed reform, and community investment required to recover from the ICE occupation, including anecdotes from 150 interviews.
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Commentary: Emilia Gonzalez Avalos Speaks About Human Rights Violations Report

"This year, they will dress themselves in white, red, and blue, and ask us to celebrate 250 years of America. So let us read our own founding document: 250 years ago, people declared independence from [the British] government. These are their words, not mine. 'Send hither swarms of officers to harass our people, a government that kept standing armies without the consent of our legislatures, a government that made the military superior to civil power.'"
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Values Voiced by Minnesota Legislators in Response to ICE Accountability Measures 

One of my questions as a voter: Why did votes for bills to protect Minnesotans, increase transparency, and enforce civil rights fall along party lines in almost every instance?
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Petitions, Sit-in, and Group Advocacy at Capitol Today to Require a House Vote on Gun Violence Prevention Measures

"Students are done begging lawmakers to care about our safety. More than 7,000 people signed this petition in just one week because Minnesotans are demanding action on gun violence, not excuses and delays. Students across Minnesota are watching, organizing, and ready to hold them accountable if they continue to block these lifesaving policies.”
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Talk & Do: Mothers in Greater Minnesota Call for Anti-Racist Education and Accountability (Part 1)

Yes, kids will be kids, “until you teach a child what they can and cannot do, and then they're going to be a different kind of kid.” By humanizing school systems, kids can “show up as whole people, not scared, not timid, and not head on a swivel — learning is not taking place in those situations, when we're just trying to get through a day.”
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