Quoting Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley:
Instead of arresting the murderers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the FBI was out today targeting our neighbors for standing up to ICE.
This is an act of political repression meant to intimidate and terrorize us for keeping our communities safe from violent federal agents this winter.
Trump sent masked secret police to terrorize our community and occupy our city. Across the world, Minneapolis residents are seen as heroes for the ways we resisted fascism. Our collective bravery and solidarity exposed the true costs of the Trump administration’s fascist playbook.
Now, with the tide of public opinion working against Trump, they are turning to legal retaliation to deflect from their massive failure to improve quality of life for working class people. The retaliatory tactics this administration is using today are frightening – but they are a sign of weakness.
In Minneapolis we are proud that everyday people on the ground took action to stand with our immigrant neighbors. Observation of law enforcement is not a crime. Protecting our neighbors against unconstitutional violence is not a crime. Standing up for and loving our neighbors is not a crime.
To everyone who has observed, responded to, and organized around ICE and federal agents’ illegal and violent actions: know that we are all with you and in this struggle together. We did not stand for ICE's occupation and we will not stand for blatant legal intimidation.
The U.S. Attorney and the rest of the feds at today's press conference don't care that two people are dead at the hands of their employees. They know who those killers are, and where they are. Instead, they're arresting people who were trying to stop this country's march into fascism.
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