Economic blackout in Minnesota to protest against ICE: No work, no school, no shopping'

"The Day of Truth & Freedom protest comes in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. Their demands include that ICE leave Minnesota, that the ICE officer who killed Good be legally held accountable, an end to additional federal funding for ICE, and for the agency to be investigated for human rights and constitutional violations."

"Like the high is going to be -10F with wind chills of up to -20F, Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, president of the Minnesota Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, told the Guardian. We are a northern state, and we are built for the cold, and we are going to show up, but folks are going to need to pay attention to not just the march, but what people are doing, the individual stories of solidarity that people are going to be doing."

A no work, no school, no shopping blackout Day of Truth & Freedom was launched by community, faith and labor leaders to protest an ICE surge in Minnesota. The action follows the killing of Renee Good, an unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis. Organizers demand ICE leave Minnesota, legal accountability for the officer who killed Good, an end to additional federal ICE funding, and investigations into ICE for human rights and constitutional violations. Dozens of local businesses announced closures in solidarity and the Minneapolis City Council endorsed the general strike. The day’s events include a downtown Minneapolis march at 2pm local time despite dangerously cold weather forecasts.

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