What’s happening in Minnesota is terrible. Trump’s occupation of these cities is an act of war against people on American soil. What gives me hope are the grassroots efforts like Stand With Minnesota to collect resources and fight back. A few stories I’ve encountered this week (via Kottke) I thought I’d share:

From Margaret Killjoy:

Half the street corners around here have people — from every walk of life, including republicans — standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders.

And from Email from Family in Minnesota by Jen and Pete (via Brent Simmons):

The people here are subdued, but not hopeless. Defiant, but not violent. We are doing our best to protest peacefully as this is what our constitution allows.

No matter where you fall on the political spectrum I believe we can all agree that we have rights in this country: free speech, the right to peacefully protest, the right to due process to name a few.

I choose to believe this will end soon.