• March 28, 2024

[Video] Police Arrest 41 White BLM Protesters

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A white BLM group that calls itself Coalition to Wake Your Ass Up blocked a bridge on Interstate 35W early on Wednesday morning.  The police reacted quickly and blocked the exit to prevent more protesters from joining the protest.  By that time, traffic was backed up for a long way.  The police then moved to get the protesters off the interstate.  By the end of the protest, 41 people were arrested, mostly white.

From Breitbart News:

“Coalition to Wake Your Ass Up calls for abolition of policing in response to police killings of Black people,” the group writes in a press release. “This group demands the dismantling of the police department, which includes disarming, defunding, demilitarizing, and disbanding police. We believe that security for all of us does not lie in use of aggression and force.”

The release stated: “Real security occurs when all of us have meaningful employment, educational opportunities that help us pursue our own life choices and the adequate healthcare needed to live fruitfully.”

Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says the 41 arrested individuals “will be charged appropriately for their actions which endangered the motoring public.”

“The State Patrol supports the right to exercise one’s First Amendment rights, but the freeway is not the place to do so,” Col. Matt Langer, Minnesota State Patrol Chief, said in a press statement. “The closure of an interstate freeway for the purposes of a demonstration is unacceptable. They are used by everyone and are an artery for emergency vehicles. It is illegal to walk on the freeway and blocking traffic is dangerous for both pedestrians and motorists.”

Col. Matt Langer, Minnesota State Patrol Chief, said in a press statement.:

 

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