Elliott Payne

On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the Senate being equally divided. The vice president votes. Affirmative, and the point of order is sustained. Gotta make sure.

Stopping homicides from taking place, preventing carjackings. That's the work of a police officer in a city. Meanwhile, we have ICE agents throughout our city and throughout our state who, along with border control, are creating chaos.

Oh, this is completely indiscriminate. This is lawless. It's reckless. It's chaotic. It is anything but targeted. My experience is that I'm walking up and down Central Avenue, which is the major commercial corridor in my ward that I represent. And you will just see vans and vans of ICE agents driving through, fully militarized. And in that video clip that you just showed, they just...

pulled up to somebody sitting at the bus stop waiting to go home this is a u.s citizen who just happens to not have the correct color skin and they start harassing him i walk up and i just record them i introduced myself as the minneapolis council president i asked for name and badge number they don't share it and there's one of their agents is one running around waving his taser at everybody unholstered and just being completely belligerent uh and

olin kiinnostunut sitä henkilöä, kun toinen tuli takaisin ja pyrkii minua. Tämä ei ole toimintamallien järjestäminen. Kaikki tietävät, että tämä on kaupungin, jossa George Floyd on tullut. Olemme pysyneet vuosina reformoimaan poliisipuolueemme, suunnittelemaan valtion suunnitelmaa ja jatkuvasti suunnittelemaan hallituksen suunnitelmaa, vaikka Trumpin hallitukset pysyivät siihen.

Tämä on meme, jota Trumpin hallituksen käyttäjä käyttää koko ajan, joka koko ajan, joka koko ajan, joka koko ajan, joka koko ajan, joka koko ajan, joka koko ajan, joka koko ajan

Kaikki, joita näin, olivat ihmisiä, jotka huoltoivat poliisilainan, vaikka poliisipalvelumme tuli takaisin deeskalatoimaan tilannetta. Ne protesterit eivät olleet loppuun. He olivat esittäneet ensimmäisen päivän oikeuksia.

telling ICE to get out of our city and they were recording. I walked around the perimeter of that scene and I witnessed another person trying to hand out a pocket constitution to these officers because clearly these people need a new lesson on what our constitution is and means and how important it is to us. So what I see is just our neighbors coming out

to bear witness and to support our community and to say, no, we will not tolerate this unlawful occupation of our city.

Well, the power that we have as elected leaders comes from the citizens of the United States through their voting. We only get to have the power that we have by their generosity. And that power is given to us and it can be taken away from us. And they are showing their power every single day by organizing, by patrolling our community, by providing mutual aid to families that are just trying to get their kids to school,

Just trying to get groceries, just trying to stay in their homes and keep their rent paid and their heat on. The way that we are organized and caring for each other in Minneapolis is growing stronger every single day that this occupation is happening. And if the Trump administration wants to escalate, we still have our united community that is here standing up and standing strong.

I'm Council President Elliott Payne and I'm on Lowry and Central.

We just heard that two legal observers were arrested today.

We are seeing increased ice activity in the neighborhood.

And we're asking all of our community members to show up for each other in this moment.

Go to defend612.com to find out how you can get involved.

And stay safe and stay vigilant.

Merlin, I knew your father.

I am yet convinced that he was not of this world.