Jacob Frey

They also turn them on for themselves because they want to be safe.

They also show their faces.

They show their faces.

They're not afraid of doing something horrible that they might be held accountable for because they aren't going to do that horrible thing.

These federal agents are not held to the same standards that we are.

And the whole thing is, by the way, kind of wildly ironic, right?

Because it's the Minneapolis police that in the past have been the ones that, you know, have had sort of a federal consent decree that has been pushed, that we have all been pushing to carry out.

Meanwhile, you've got the federal government that's doing this kind of garbage right now.

And so, no, they're not holding themselves to the same standard at all.

Yeah, I get it.

And there's a greater good here.

And I'm so proud, by the way, of so many people throughout our city.

that have united around, yes, getting justice, yes, First Amendment speech, yes, peaceful protest, and also, importantly, not taking the bait.

We stand by our immigrant neighbors.

We will say it till we're blue in the face.

And one of the ways that we need to stand by them is not giving this federal administration an excuse to come in here with a greater occupying force.

And so I have seen activists themselves de-escalate a situation with other activists.

I've seen people pull other people back, say, hey, don't do that.

That's not who we are.

We care about our immigrant community and this could ultimately hurt them.