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To: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office
Helping your neighbors is not a crime. Drop the charges NOW!
Federal prosecutors are charging 15 people in Minnesota with criminal charges for organizing to protect and support their neighbors during Trump’s violent and chaotic Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids earlier this year.
These are everyday people who are now being punished by the government for attempting to hold ICE accountable for their brutality and unlawfulness, and supporting those most vulnerable in their communities.
Helping your neighbor is not a crime, and we refuse to be bullied and intimidated into silence and fear. Drop the charges against the Minnesota 15 now!
Why is this important?
Trump’s aggressive and haphazard occupation of Minnesota earlier this year wreaked havoc in Minnesota—with individuals, families, schools, and businesses still navigating the aftermath of the manufactured crisis.
ICE agents terrorized neighborhoods, drove recklessly through our streets, violated basic constitutional rights, abused and harmed people, and murdered two peaceful observers—Alex Pretti and Renee Good (and lied about the circumstances leading up to those murders).
Tens of thousands of regular people courageously showed up to organize—marching in the street, tracking ICE agents to expose their violence and unlawfulness, protesting outside hotels and car rental shops, peacefully observing vulnerable locations in their communities, and making sure people had access to basic necessities like food, water, toiletries, and rent funds.
Minnesota served as not only an example of resistance, but a vibrant, loving, and principled example of what our country could be—a stark contrast to Trump’s cruel, violent, fear-based agenda. And it’s that beacon of hope that the Trump administration is trying to snuff out.
The federal government is charging 15 Minnesotans a part of a broad coalition called Direct Action Minnesota “for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers,” and for efforts to allegedly “violently oppose immigration law enforcement.”
Meanwhile, the violent insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol in 2021—threatened lawmakers and assaulted police officers—have been pardoned by the Trump administration, and Trump even tried to direct taxpayer dollars to a $1.8 billion slush fund to pay them off.
This isn't about justice—it’s about punishment and intimidation. Add your name to the petition to demand the charges be dropped immediately!