{"id":16097,"date":"2019-11-02T11:40:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T15:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/2019\/11\/02\/hands-up-dont-shoot-forum-in-duluth\/"},"modified":"2019-11-02T11:40:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T15:40:04","slug":"hands-up-dont-shoot-forum-in-duluth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2019\/11\/02\/hands-up-dont-shoot-forum-in-duluth\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hands up, don\u2019t shoot!\u2019 forum in Duluth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Demonstrators shut down Duluth city council meeting in October 2018 in protest against its voting for police riot gear. (Dan Kraker \/ MPR News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By LUCAS ALAN DIETSCHE<\/strong><\/p>\n

DULUTH, Minn.\u2014Oct. 22 was a triple holiday in the Duluth and Superior area. It was the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. It was also Save the Kid’s National Week of Action Against School Pushout.\u00a0And it was also the\u00a0one-year\u00a0anniversary of the Duluth city council\u2019s voting for riot gear for the local police.<\/p>\n

A \u201cHands Up Don\u2019t Shoot\u201d forum, initiated by members of Save the Kids, a nation-wide abolitionist and transformative justice group; Socialist Resurgence; and the University of Minnesota-Duluth NAACP, commemorated the triple holidays. The Oct. 22 event at the university was attended by 40-50 students and local activists.<\/p>\n

Activists held pictures of direct and indirect victims of police brutality while reading victims\u2019 stories. Then a panel of criminologists and activists, including Indigenous spokespeople, answered questions related to the history of the police, whether to abolish police, and regarding alternatives to policing. The event was ended with a Save the Kids and Socialist Resurgence member discussing their work and how to \u201ckeep the fight going.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the issue of the riot gear: From the beginning of summer in 2018, Democratic Mayor Emily Larson and the mainly Democratic city council indicated that they supported the riot gear. Despite picket lines of protesters, organized as a token effort by the Citizen Review Board, city council took the deciding vote on Oct. 22, 2018.<\/p>\n

The day of the vote, a march of students organized by the University of Minnesota-Duluth NAACP took place. Later that day, a protest before the council meeting was organized, with members of Save the Kids, indigenous community, the Criminal Justice\u00a0Committee\u00a0of the NAACP, For the People-TP, Occupy Duluth, Socialist Action, and Twin Ports DSA. Twin Ports Anonymous, and Anti-Colonial Land Defense marching to the protest site. In the middle of the peaceful protest, this group marched to city council demanding to shut down the packed meeting. https:\/\/www.duluthnewstribune.com\/news\/4517720-protesters-shut-down-city-council-meeting-councilors-approve<\/a><\/p>\n

Many shouted, \u201cNo Justice, No Peace!\u201d and connected the need for riot gear to the need of the authorities to put down the opposition to expansion of the Enbridge pipeline, which carries toxic tar sands oil from Canada, across the Great Lakes, and to the United States\u2014despite a history of major oil spills.<\/p>\n

The Duluth City Council voted by a majority to support the riot gear. Since then, unfortunately, hardly any opposition to Duluth police or their riot gear has taken place. Many local activists see the Citizen Review Board as a rubber stamp for the local police needs.<\/p>\n

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