Michael Simon Johnson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's having, like, immediate direction.
So that same day, I went to the site where just a week earlier, an ICE officer had shot and killed a Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, in the city's south side.
I'm on the corner of Portland and 35th on one end of the block, and there is a sign on this tree that someone posted.
It says, Visitor Guide.
The block you are entering has become a space of mourning.
Remember, you are a guest in this neighborhood.
Take a deep breath.
Approach the space with reverence.
Notify neighborhood leaders of suspicious activity.
There's a lot of flowers, a lot of flags, a lot of teddy bears.
There's a bunch of people that have made a fire.
A car just pulled up, like driving down the block, stopped, asked if these people need more firewood for this fire.
And dropped it off.
There were about a dozen people there.
Some people were staying for just a few minutes.
Others were lingering.
Why did you choose to come here today?
I asked the woman who'd brought flowers what she was feeling.