Anti-ICE Blockades, Witness Speaks On ICE Shooting, and Bowling for Love on V-Day
"Filter blockades" are popping up at intersections around the Twin Cities as residents are employing a new technique to slow down federal immigration enforcement. Host Sean McPheron is joined by Racket co-founder Em Cassel and producer Tiffany Bui to discuss the purpose, effectiveness, and outcomes of these blockades. The team also offers up recommendations on how to spend Valentine's Day in the Twin Cities if you're single, and unpacks new information on the Jan. 14 incident where an ICE agent shot a man in the leg in North Minneapolis.
Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode:
- Minneapolis tells residents to stop building anti-ICE barricades, but they keep popping up (Star Tribune)
- Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents (MPR)
- Two Venezuelans, charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting, re-detained despite judge’s orders (Star Tribune)
- ‘I saw everything’: Woman speaks out after ICE shot and detained her partner in north Minneapolis (MPR)
- The Bodyguard: Date Night + Friendship/Dating Mixer! (Trilingua Cinema)
- Il Cinema Ritrovato at The Main Cinema and Walker Art Center (MSP Film)
- Cheesy Garlic Bread Donuts (Mario's St. Paul)
- Cross Country Skiing at Theodore Wirth Park (Loppet Foundation)
- Cry For Help at the Bowling Alley: Bryant Lake Bowl, Memory Lanes, Elsie's, The Nook
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