Amanda Otero
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 13 Jan
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Thank you for having me, Rachel.
You know, I'm really angry.
A lot of us are angry.
Let me take you back to last week, Tuesday morning at my child's preschool as, you know, three and four and five-year-olds were getting dropped off in their little snowsuits.
Parents and teachers looked up and not a block away, federal agents were tear gassing neighbors and arresting legal observers.
Parents and teachers worked quickly to get the kids inside and safe.
And that's becoming a daily occurrence here in our neighborhoods.
And so I'm...
Yeah, I'm feeling devastated at the the trauma and the terror that we're putting our our kids and our neighbors through.
And I will also say I'm feeling really proud of Minneapolis.
We we have a lot of love and courage and folks are showing up to take care of each other.
And we're not going to stop doing that.
Absolutely.
You know, we have had a surge of federal agents on the ground since December 1st when Operation Metro Surge began.
And every day that goes by, more and more people are joining us and playing all kinds of roles.
As you've mentioned, ice watch and patrolling pickups and drop offs, but also giving rides to students to school, delivering groceries for families, running errands for them, doing everything we can to keep our neighbors safe.
I do really feel that everybody, everybody whose values are being violated by this violence on our streets, many people who haven't necessarily, as you say, been an activist before are doing something.
And, you know, there's a lot of roles to play.
There's a lot a lot of ways to plug in.
And people are really yeah, people are really meeting the moment.
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