My inability to get a handle on the size of the crowd from inside the crowd is a metaphor for today writ large. In addition to the big downtown protest, there were multiple protests at the airport, clergy arrested for blocking the airport access road, at least two impromptu neighborhood protests I’m aware of near my house. There were food drives. There were street parties. Many businesses that were “closed” kept their doors open and offered free coffee, pancakes, warming spaces. Nobody really knows everything that happened.
@inthehandsPaul Cantrell we really showed how and showed out today. Today was the first time I’ve heard the “I believe that we will win” chant and actually believed it. For every person down town there were at least as many at other protests or working rapid response teams. I fucking love the twin cities.
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