For a country that loves free speech, you’d think we’d be able to practice it everywhere. But not if it’s protesting police brutality in a mall. That’s what ten organizers in Minneapolis have found after police brought multiple charges against them like trespassing, disorderly conduct, and unlawful gathering for last month’s December 20 protest at the Mall of America. And that’s not all:
Beyond the reality that these demonstrations were completely peaceful, the random selection and charging of these particular demonstrators with crimes makes no real legal sense. Furthermore, the City of Bloomington is now demanding that protestors pay for the “overtime” charges of police.
America, land of the free, right?
Team Blackness also discussed the whiteness of the Oscar nominations, a funeral service gone horribly awry, and Bill Cosby versus Woody Allen in a game of “who’s the worst.”
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