Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States – Activists in Minneapolis are demanding all charges be dropped against those who protested against police brutality and racism in the year since George Floyd was murdered, saying the arrests are an attempt to clamp down on dissent.
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in relation to Floyd’s death on April 20.
The verdict caused joyous celebration and calls for further justice, especially for the hundreds of protesters still facing charges.
About 600 people were arrested in the initial protests, which activists call an “uprising”, but mass arrests have occurred at numerous demonstrations since. Most recently, about 150 arrests were made during protests following Daunte Wright’s killing by former police officer Kim Potter, which occurred in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center as Chauvin’s trial was taking place.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States – Minneapolis activists have called for the suspension of all charges against police brutality and racism since the assassination of George Floyd, saying the arrests are an effort to address dissent.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin he was convicted on April 20 for second- and third-degree murder and second-degree murder related to Floyd’s death.
The verdict sparked a joyous celebration and calls for more justice, especially for the hundreds of protesters who still have allegations.
About 600 people were arrested during the initial protests activists call it a “rebellion”, but mass arrests have taken place in numerous demonstrations. Recently, about 150 arrests were made protests Daunte Wright’s murder of former police officer Kim Potter took place in the Minneapolis neighborhood of Brooklyn Center while Chauvin’s trial was taking pla
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In this particular case, the P’squosa are one of the many bands of Native peoples encompassed by the federally recognized Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. While the band signed a treaty that promised a reservation, it wasn’t recognized, leading the P’squosa to eventually lose ownership of their land base entirely.
Randy Lewis, a P’squosa elder who’s a board member of the Land Back Project (no relation to Big Bull-Lewis), has ancestry connected to many of the bands encompassed by the Colville. He says that throughout his life, he’s seen many efforts to reclaim land some that he was a part of himself, like the occupation that led to the creation of Daybreak Star in Seattle and the Alcatraz occupation of 1969. While the individual protests ended, those aspirations remained.
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