Michelle Hackman
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There were flowers all over, but they were still trying to get a few photographs to see whether there was any markings of what had happened.
I think they were probably looking for bullet casings too, but there just was nothing.
It was all covered in flowers and memorials at this point.
Probably 300 people on the street corner, you know, just yelling, F ICE, ICE out.
Spoke with, you know, some of those people who had protested Friday and thought, you know, maybe they'd have the weekend off, but then ended up protesting again on Saturday and again, again on Sunday.
He had on a placard over his chest saying, you know, peaceful observer, do not shoot.
And, you know, he's like a sort of typical Minnesota guy.
He wants everybody to know that we're, you know, we're regular people.
Nobody's getting paid to be here.
And, you know, we're just, you know, trying to make this case and do it peacefully and hopefully, you know, get ICE out of town.
Yeah, I mean, I think as long as it goes on, I don't think that they're going to be deterred.
I mean, you know, ICE has ramped up its tactics.
And, you know, there are people who follow their vehicles around in cars.
And, you know, we're hearing reports of those people getting boxed in by ICE, their windows broken, people dragged away.
to jail or to the, you know, federal Whipple Center where that's where they would take ICE detainees, but they're also taking, you know, people now who are protesters.
And I think that they're more determined than ever at this point, even though, you know, it's clear what the consequence can be when they cross ICE in the wrong way.
No, I didn't see any activity at the places I was going.
I mean, you know, they're not here to police the demonstrators, but they're being followed around when they're trying to make their apprehensions, and that's where these clashes tend to happen.
It definitely looks that way.
You know, Caroline Levitt spoke from the podium today and laid out all these conditions that they want Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota to meet in order for them to draw down the federal immigration presence in Minneapolis.