Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
This report from CrimethInc. details the evolution of rapid response networks in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, in response to escalating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics. The networks have adapted from a centralized system to a decentralized, highly mobile, and confrontational approach, involving counter-surveillance, neighborhood-based patrols, and direct action against ICE agents. The report emphasizes the importance of adaptability, community cohesion, and courage in the face of increasing ICE violence.
Organize. Adapt.
"Recently, ICE agents threw a tear gas canister out of their vehicle while driving on the highway to try to deter someone from following them. Agents have not only followed patrollers home, but have identified the driver or vehicle following them and led drivers to their own home addresses as a form of intimidation. Patrollers shared with us that agents have beaten them, have tried to run them over, have driven directly at their vehicles head on, held them at gunpoint, shot out their tires, and dragged them out of moving vehicles. While the murder of Renee Nicole Good shocked the nation, it came as no surprise to those who have been on the streets of the Twin Cities over the past six weeks."
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