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Justice & Public Safety

News Bites: Minnesota Immigrants, ICE, and Politics

A noise demonstration is scheduled in Albert Lea Sunday on behalf of a 23-year-old man with serious health issues who has been in ICE-related detention for 14 months. And Keith Ellison updates campaign volunteers on cases against ICE agents.
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DEEP DIVE: The Values of Trust, Data, and Strategy in Solving Violent Crimes

With the Minneapolis police budget under scrutiny for effectiveness commensurate with dollars spent, analysis of how Saint Paul public safety programs have been effective in some ways as a comparison, and the Hennepin County attorney election in play, I revisited notes from a conference held a year ago by the Minnesota Justice Research Center titled “Committing to Progress in Policing.”
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EXPLAINER: Minneapolis Policing Budget (updated 10/15)

As Minneapolis faces proposed property tax increases amounting to 11.3 percent — alongside cuts to public services, park hours, and municipal positions — public debate has intensified over funding priorities and fiscal oversight. Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed budget allocates $246.8 million to the Minneapolis Police Department — more than the combined budgets of the Fire, Public Works, and Health departments. Of every $1,000 in 2027 property taxes, about $223 goes to policing.
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Community Members on Front Lines Ask for Statewide Eviction Moratorium

With February rent due, at least 68 organizations came together to ask for an eviction moratorium so that renters cannot be kicked out of their homes while ICE agents are targeting Black and brown faces.
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The Peaceful Protectors of the Twin Cities: A Photo Gallery of the January 23 Protest

Some of the images taken by Minnesota Women's Press photographer Sarah Whiting at the January 23 protest in downtown Minneapolis that brought roughly 40,000 people together in sub-zero weather.
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Images from the Daytime Gathering After Alex Pretti Was Killed by ICE

Protestors returned to sub-degree weather after Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents, as chronicled by Minnesota Women's Press photographer Sarah Whiting.
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What I Experienced and Photographed in North Minneapolis

"Bovino came over and told me he would arrest me if I kept pushing back — I never once touched that officer. My hands were on my camera."
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Faith Leaders Speak Out About Minnesota’s Calling to Show the Meaning of Love and Connection

"We're going to show the rest of this country the kind of care we have for one another."
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Photo Gallery: The Day of Renee Good’s Killing, Minnesotans Gathered

Hours after Renee Nicole Good — a 37-year-old mother of three who had moved to Minneapolis last year from Missouri — was killed by an ICE agent, thousands of people gathered in the neighborhood where she died to honor her. She had just dropped off her six-year-old child at school with her partner when she encountered ICE trucks and SUVs and was surrounded by agents.
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Healthcare Workers Speak Up About Protections Needed When Facing ICE Agents

Recently, ICE officers gained access to a patient at the HCMC Emergency Department without presenting a valid judicial warrant and treating the patient as if they were a criminal for more than 24 hours. A news conference with health care workers and community leaders urged institutions to create protective protocols as soon as possible, and explained the options.
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Publisher’s Commentary: Revisiting Insights From the 1930s on Fascism, and Hope

Additional information about fascism added January 10…
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RESOURCES: Action Steps to Protect Minnesotans With Immigrant Roots

We are sharing this compilation of insights for those who want…
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Faith Leaders Stand Together to Denounce Language of Hatred and Violence

  Khalid Omar is a community organizer with Isaiah…
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NEWS: Community Members Speak About Minnesota Values

"This is a multi-billion dollar company with over 1,900 stores across the country, where people like us and our families have supported them and made them what they are."
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PDF of “Know Your Rights” in English and Somali

 
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