I wish I was there

[mellowtigger]

I didn't see any reports of violence at the No Kings protests here in Minnesota. That's good news. After many were cancelled at the request of law enforcement and Governor Walz, I wondered what the actual turnout would be like.

It was great.

There was a 2-hour livestream of the event on YouTube, which I didn't know yesterday. Here's a photo from this thread on BlueSky, with many more photos posted in the replies. There are also good photographs showing up on Reddit in the communities for Minneapolis and Twin Cities, like this one about Minnetonka and this one from the desk of slain representative Melissa Hortman in the House chamber. This BlueSky photo, below, even made it to the generic Pics community on Reddit.

A special honorable mention to this 102-year-old veteran out doing his #antifa duty during a protest somewhere in the USA yesterday. Also to a random girl at a small town of Alexandria in Minnesota who held a sign that said, "I deserve better."

I wish I was able to attend, but I had to work. Thank you to all the Minnesotan's who showed up, at every location. But there should be a lot more N95 masks on faces, okay? Now, I need to get ready for work again today.

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

The Minnesota assassinations are horrifying.

[house_wren]

Thanks for this post.