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Ocelot II

(130,533 posts)
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:26 AM Jun 2025

Well, the No Kings protests here in Minnesota should be especially interesting.

One of them was cancelled because it's in the shelter-in-place area, but the rest are on. I'm off to one of them in a bit, not at all afraid to be there. (For a flyover state we sure manage to get tangled up in big national incidents (e.g., George Floyd)). I hope the people who had planned to go to the cancelled event in Anoka will go to one of the others; there are at least six or seven in the Twin Cities area. It's even more important now!

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Well, the No Kings protests here in Minnesota should be especially interesting. (Original Post) Ocelot II Jun 2025 OP
Be safe, Ocelot & All! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1
I'm not worried, just excited to be there. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #4
I expect Boogaloos, Prouds, and PatriotFront groups to show up blm Jun 2025 #2
Yes, please be safe, Ocelot peggysue2 Jun 2025 #3
Looking forward to it, fuck the Nazis and the haters. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #5
Keep your wits about you, Ocelot. It's turning dangerous out there. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #6

blm

(114,658 posts)
2. I expect Boogaloos, Prouds, and PatriotFront groups to show up
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:46 AM
Jun 2025

to destroy what they can and targeting law enforcement hoping the left will be blamed. Like they did in 2020.

Oct/2020:

Feds say far-right group coordinated attack on Minneapolis police precinct during protest

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on Friday announced that the FBI brought charges against a member of the far-right “Boogaloo Bois” group for organizing and participating in an effort to “incite a riot” outside a Minneapolis police precinct in May amid protests against the police killing of George Floyd.
According to the legal complaint filed Monday, Ivan Harrison Hunter, a 26-year-old from Boerne, Texas, who claims to be a member of the Boogaloo Bois, communicated with fellow members in late May ahead of a planned trip to Minneapolis as police had already started clashing with protesters in the city.

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/522509-feds-say-far-right-group-coordinated-attack-on-minneapolis-police-precinct/

peggysue2

(12,532 posts)
3. Yes, please be safe, Ocelot
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:48 AM
Jun 2025

I can certainly understand the anxiety. The timing of these murders may have been purposeful if indeed they were politically motivated.

Protesters need to be watchful of their surroundings. I salute all who are participating today.

Sadly, this event underscores the urgency of the moment.

Ocelot II

(130,533 posts)
5. Looking forward to it, fuck the Nazis and the haters.
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 12:09 PM
Jun 2025

I'll be wearing my SMASH THE PATRIARCHY t-shirt and I've got my sign ready to go. I hope nobody is too intimidated by this incident to attend.

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