As grateful as I am that more people are waking up to the violence of ICE and US law enforcement, I’m disappointed that it not only took so long, but that it took murdering white people for others to care.
I am thankful to have more support against ICE and police brutality but I’m ashamed that so many people I know didn’t care when it was happening to black and brown people.
It primarily goes to show me that many of you don’t see people of color as people at all.
In 2026, ICE has killed nine people, and I’m sure many of you only know about two of them.
Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos were all murdered this year at the hands of ICE.
They were all just as human and just as deserving of your outrage as Renee and Alex, and I hope you all remember their names as well.
By no means am I saying that this newfound support and outrage isn’t needed or appreciated, but along with that, I hope that if you weren’t outraged at the deaths of any other people, maybe take a moment to reflect on why that is, and make an effort to care about everyone who’s been killed, assaulted, and/or harmed. Not just the ones you deem worthy of it.
Again, while I am exceedingly grateful for the newfound support and outrage, I’m extremely disgusted at the amount of white people I’ve seen harassing black and Latino people for not speaking up more about this.
Especially with comments like “how can you keep posting normally at a time like this?” when I guarantee none of them have spoken up when this was only happening to minorities.
This brutality has been going on and directed towards people of color for longer than the US has been a proper country. No one is perfect and some things do take time, but most of you displaying this selective outrage are older than I am and I need you to get with the program.
If you’re going to be vocal and angry about whats happened this month, I appreciate it, but do not direct it towards the people who have BEEN speaking out, and are trying to take care of themselves despite these events, STAND UP and direct it towards the officers directly killing people.
even when I draw skinny people I make a point to draw rolls and folds and a little bit of skin if nothing else spilling out from the belt line bc like everyone has these things and it's important to me to include that. I also do this for pervert reasons but that's beside the point.
orientalism in weaboo culture is not taken seriously at all which ya makes sense but its crazy how many ppl form their identities or sense of selves from pretending to be little asian girls or anime boys and then see like no issue with sexualizing Japanese middle school uniforms or real asian women in general and ur just like. not supposed to mention its racist or else ur evil as if the behavior of tying asian races to a third gender babywoman uwu Creature isn’t incredibly fucked
As grateful as I am that more people are waking up to the violence of ICE and US law enforcement, I’m disappointed that it not only took so long, but that it took murdering white people for others to care.
I am thankful to have more support against ICE and police brutality but I’m ashamed that so many people I know didn’t care when it was happening to black and brown people.
It primarily goes to show me that many of you don’t see people of color as people at all.
In 2026, ICE has killed nine people, and I’m sure many of you only know about two of them.
Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos were all murdered this year at the hands of ICE.
They were all just as human and just as deserving of your outrage as Renee and Alex, and I hope you all remember their names as well.
By no means am I saying that this newfound support and outrage isn’t needed or appreciated, but along with that, I hope that if you weren’t outraged at the deaths of any other people, maybe take a moment to reflect on why that is, and make an effort to care about everyone who’s been killed, assaulted, and/or harmed. Not just the ones you deem worthy of it.
Again, while I am exceedingly grateful for the newfound support and outrage, I’m extremely disgusted at the amount of white people I’ve seen harassing black and Latino people for not speaking up more about this.
Especially with comments like “how can you keep posting normally at a time like this?” when I guarantee none of them have spoken up when this was only happening to minorities.
This brutality has been going on and directed towards people of color for longer than the US has been a proper country. No one is perfect and some things do take time, but most of you displaying this selective outrage are older than I am and I need you to get with the program.
If you’re going to be vocal and angry about whats happened this month, I appreciate it, but do not direct it towards the people who have BEEN speaking out, and are trying to take care of themselves despite these events, STAND UP and direct it towards the officers directly killing people.
Someone at an old job asked why I wanted to write up the meeting minutes for our team and I said 'i wanna control the narrative' and they were like 'what' and I pointed out that no one was gonna remember what we said in six months and so my interpretation of the meeting would dictate the assumed reality of what happened
"none of you ever send corrections when I offer the draft so y'all have consented to my version"
"we don't read that shit"
"you must trust me implicitly to create our shared reality that's so sweet"
That's how several coworkers decided I was a supervillain and how I learned several coworkers didn't understand record keeping as like a CONCEPT
I still remember being in high school immediately after the Parkland shooting. My homeroom teacher looked thirty terrified teenagers in the eye and told us exactly what he would do if there was an active shooter. He said he would block the door with his body.
He told us, “I have lived a good enough life to attempt to buy you some time to jump out of the third-story windows and give you a chance to live.”
At the time, Republicans claimed that school shootings and piles of dead children were a necessary price to pay to protect the Second Amendment. They insisted the right to bear arms was absolute and untouchable.
But now? They say the Second Amendment no longer applies when the guns are being wielded by law-abiding protesters.
Now, the Second Amendment apparently doesn’t apply because ICE agents can kill someone and use the fact that he was simply legally carrying a gun as justification for that murder.
This is what matters to them more than keeping children safe and alive. It was never about the Constitution. It is about who they believe is allowed to hold the power.
(this list is mainly ways non-locals can donate but by extension offers a lot of resources and places to volunteer in the Twin Cities + there are specific ways to donate time under the cut which can be adjusted to your local neighborhood)
full credit to cataloo from r/minnesota [x]
🩵Immigrant support
Immigrant Defense Network – coalition of 90+ groups organizing rapid response and collecting evidence.
Immigrant Law Center of MN – free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
COPAL – advocacy, organizing, phone hotline. Focus on Latine community.
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) – education and protest organizing.
Interfaith Coalition on Immigration – advocacy, aid, events.
Monarca MN – training and phone hotline.
Unidos MN – education, protests, advocacy.
Center for Victims of Torture – advocacy and mental health services for immigrants and refugees.
International Institute of Minnesota – refugee resettlement group that provides support and legal help to vulnerable new-to-country families.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota – offers services to refugees, including legal aid to non-citizens.
🩵Food support
If local, food donations are welcome, otherwise monetary donations help these types of orgs source what is most needed
VEAP
Second Harvest Heartland
Every Meal
The Food Group
Meals on Wheels MN
Find a local food shelf
🩵Mutual aid funds & community support
Community Aid Network
Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid
Leo's Tow (Venmo @leostowingmn) is towing cars back to families if a car is stranded when someone is detained.
🩵More links
MN50501 Mutual Aid Linktree – well-organized list of various Twin Cities groups.
Mplsmutualaid Linktree – many neighborhood and individual GoFundMes listed here.
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Stand with Minnesota – extensive list of organizations, mutual aid, and crowdfunding campaigns.
🩵Donate blood
Memorial Blood Center declared a blood emergency on Tuesday, Jan 13. MBC is the blood supplier for both tier 1 trauma hospitals in the metro area (Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Health).
American Red Cross
🩵Donate food or other goods
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Volunteer your time (under the cut)
🩵Mutual aid
Reach out to your neighbors – especially if you know they are staying home right now – and ask if they need groceries or toiletry items. Offer to pick up prescriptions, give rides, or shovel their driveway. If you know them well, bring them a treat that you know they'll enjoy. Or just ask them how they're doing and let them know you are there to support.
Connect with any of the orgs above and see if they are looking for volunteers.
Connect with a church or mosque in your area. From u/MuddieMaeSuggins: "I know a lot of regular Redditors are not religious (myself included) but like it or not this is a where a lot of community organizing happens, especially in immigrant communities."
Connect with your local school's admin office and/or their PTA. It's ok to reach out even if you don't have kids at the school. PTAs are organizing mutual aid for school families, safe rides, school observers.
🩵Activism
Find an official protest or other event via Indivisible, 50501, FREE AMERICA, or MIRAC. Students at many high schools are staging walk-outs; if your local school is doing this, reach out to school leadership or the PTA and ask how you can support as a community member.
Join the effort to stop Hilton from housing ICE by booking hotel rooms and then cancelling at the last minute. This action can be done from home! The effort is being organized by Sunrise Movement, who are telling activists to target specific hotels one-by-one. More info: SHUT DOWN HILTON
Find people in your area who are actively monitoring ICE and/or stationing themselves in high-traffic areas and ask how you can help. Check for local FB events where people are organizing and just show up.
At minimum, read the COPAL Handbook before you go out to observe. The DFL, Monarca, and other orgs have been hosting online trainings for constitutional observers (though these fill up quickly).
When you see ICE in action, start recording. Be as loud and as disruptive as possible: honk your horn, set off your car alarm, blow your whistle. Let people know that ICE is in the area. If you see someone being detained, try to get their name and a phone number to call their emergency contact.
If you do not feel comfortable observing ICE in person, there are ways you can support from home. Just ask the people who are organizing in your area. I have social anxiety, and I had never participated in any kind of political action before this past Saturday. If I can do it, you can!
Local organizers are requesting that people who help monitor ICE DO NOT participate in 1-to-1 mutual aid efforts, as these can put the families you are helping at risk.
If you have friends/acquaintances who are sympathetic but not politically active, reach out to them. Show them that they're not alone in feeling helpless. Pick a few low-commitment actions from this list and do them together.
Frustrated Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers fled a Minnesota neighborhood after residents alerted each other by triggering car a
Basically, people are using their key fobs to set off their car alarms when they see ICE.
This is effective for several reasons:
Obviously, it alerts everyone that something is wrong. Given ICE has been terrorizing Minnesota, people are likely to immediately know it is ICE. This gives people time to flee or barricade themselves in their homes.
ICE loses the element of surprise.
If one person hears a car alarm go off, they can trigger their own alarm, alerting even more people, but also making it really annoying for ICE. Annoying sounds petty, but it can be effective. Have you ever been in a building when a super loud fire alarm went off? It's very hard to concentrate. You can't hear much else. You just want to leave. ICE experiences this when a whole street if car alarms go off. Which means they make mistakes.
