Tag Archives: OccupyMN
Videos> OccupyMN Homes> Jackhammer Eviction and Broken Doors at Press Conference
Published on May 25, 2012 by UpTakeVideo In the dark of night, Hennepin County Sheriff’s officers raided a foreclosed Minneapolis home that is being “defended” by Occupy Minnesota according to the group. Occupy says five people were arrested, but the a crowd of fifty people prevented the officers from evicting them from the house. This is the Hennepin […]
Occupy Minnesota: Drugs & the DRE Program at Peavey Plaza
Minneapolis Police Got Occupy Activists High, For Research DRE=Drug Recognition Expert IS OUR POLICE OFFICERS LEARNING? By LIZ COLVILLE May 3, 2012 wonkette.com Published on May 2, 2012 by HongPong Video documentation by local activists and independent media shows that police officers and county deputies from across Minnesota have been picking up young people near Peavey Plaza for a […]
Video> OccupyMN Targets ALEC Corporate Influence In Government
OccupyMN Targets ALEC Corporate Influence in Government Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Feb 6, 2012 Occupy organizers say corporate money has too big of an influence on Minnesota’s government and there needs to be reforms. Scott Hargarten of OccupyMinneapolis and OccupyMN says those reforms target the corporate influence that groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) . […]
Video> NDAA is now law, Hope you don’t get Indefinitely Detained
Uploaded by roguemediaChannel on Feb 6, 2012 On Febuary 3rd 2012, a group of protesters from Occupy St. Paul and Minneapolis went to Obama’s campaign HQ in Minneapolis to let them know how they felt about the NDAA. This law that Obama signed into law on New Year’s Eve allows for anyone labeled as hostile to the state […]
WHealthy Human Village> Coming January 20, 2012 in Minneapolis
WHealthy Human Village 2012 A New Beginning Opening Ceremonies Friday, January 20, 6 pm Opening Ceremony for the WHealthy Human Village project is this Friday at 6pm, at the American Indian Center (Franklin & Bloomington Avenues in Minneapolis). Potluck. Bring musical instruments to musically jam with us (esp. if you play a type of music […]
Video> Thom Hartmann> The Good! Occupy Minnesota. The Bad! The NYPD.
The Good! Occupy Minnesota. The Bad! The NYPD. The Very Very Ugly! Mitt Romney.
Video> Obama NDAA OK Draws OccupyMN Protest At Reelection HQ
Obama NDAA OK Draws OccupyMN Protest At Reelection HQ Think bad thoughts about the government and you could go to jail…forever. That may sound like a Soviet-era law, but civil libertarians say it’s possible under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which is awaiting President Obama’s promised signature. The NDAA, was passed by the […]
Video> Minneapolis Occupiers “Mic Check” County Board
OccupyMN has had a number of disagreements with county officials. Since the occupation began on October 7, there have been a number of attempts to remove the protestors from The People’s Plaza ( also known as the Hennepin County Government Plaza). The protesters have argued that they are just exercising First Amendment rights. In response, […]
Video> Court OK’s Occupy MN To “Re-sign” Plaza
The signs calling for income equality are back up again at The People’s Plaza (also known as Hennepin County Government Center) in Minneapolis. Occupy MN went to court and got a temporary restraining order preventing Hennepin County from removing the signs. In granting the order, U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle wrote “the parties are going to have […]
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