[test] 2,000 people sang outside the ICE hotels

VCG,

I was just interviewed for an article in The Bulwark about Don Lemon getting arrested for reporting on protesters inside a church.

The Trump Administration claims the protesters violated federal laws meant to protect churches from having their services disrupted.

The hypocrisy is staggering.

Federal agents haven’t investigated their own colleagues who pulled the triggers and killed Minnesotans in the last few weeks. They ARE investigating the governor and the mayor.

And as I told The Bulwark, they’ve deeply affected dozens of churches here in Minneapolis.

I also told them that, a week ago, eight to ten churches asked for clergy to come and provide support to create a protective band so people could come to church, because dark-skinned people are afraid to come to church.

Churches that used to have 300 to 800 people on Sundays now routinely see small groups of just 50 to 75 people.

We’re calling on ICE to get out.

Last week, 2,000 people processed from a church to the hotels where ICE agents are housed and sang together outside. The video went viral with 3.5 million views. It tapped into something people needed to see.

This kind of resistance is based on nonviolent action theory, including tactics used in Yugoslavia, where resisters called on the military to defect. When people with power are asked to choose differently, sometimes they do.

This isn’t a sprint or a marathon. It’s a relay race. Some people run sometimes, others run at different times. Minneapolis has its leg right now, and then it will come to other cities, if Trump has his way.

I want you to know this — you don’t have to feel guilty if you feel like you’re not doing enough. You can help from where you are.

Your support of any amount makes this possible. It funds the protective witness outside churches. The organizing across the Twin Cities. The work to document what’s happening on the ground. And the effort to take back Congress in 2026 from the Republicans enabling this.

We’re not leaving. We’re waiting for ICE OUT day.

In this together,

Doug

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