Mpls City Council Modifies Protest Bill after Removing Activist from Chamber
By Joey Peters
Posted in Politics for the Hell of It | 1 Comment
Council Member Cam Gordon
Right before an important vote concerning protest protection at the upcoming Republican National Convention, an early morning attempt to speak out at a Minneapolis City Council meeting against the resolution led to the forced removal of an activist from the council room Friday.
Jude Ortiz, a member of Coldsnap Legal Collective, stood in front of City Council members and read a “Reprobation for the City of Minneapolis” criticizing last week’s committee passing of a resolution promising to ban police use …
