on the ground in Minneapolis

I do not live in Minneapolis, although I have visited the city several times because I have family there. I always found that the "Minnesota Nice" slogan was apt. People up there were just nice people. What I am hearing lately is infuriating and a little spooky. I have two nephews that live in Minneapolis. When I spoke with them recently they told me the same thing: "Whatever you see on TV or whatever you're hearing about Minneapolis, it's much worse than that."

A few points

+ It appears that ICE is setting up multiple cell towers around town that can grab onto your cell phone and make a connection, and potentially allowing ICE to penetrate your phone, see who you call, where you have been, and what you may have posted online.

+ There have been many people in Minneapolis reporting they were scooped up by ICE, roughed up, beat up, and dumped in a random city park. Locals have formed groups that keep an eye on all the parks overnight to help someone to the hospital, etc. Many people have been helped this way.

+ locals have been using various private, encrypted messaging systems - as you might expect - to form resistance groups, and ICE keeps trying to hack into their communications.

+ locals have been protecting "brown" people by going grocery shopping for them, driving them around, etc. Minnesota Nice.

This breaks my heart and makes me mad as hell.

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